# Image Acquisition and Analysis Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 2022 · $247,014

## Abstract

SUMMARY - IMAGE ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS MODULE
The Image Acquisition and Analysis Module provides our Participating Faculty and their laboratory staff access
to state-of-the-art equipment and technical support for highly sophisticated imaging and analyses. This
equipment and support is essential for the success of numerous NEI-funded projects, and for new faculty to
acquire critical preliminary data for R01 applications. Vision research projects involving imaging require expert
knowledge of different acquisition methods; brightfield, darkfield, fluorescence, phase contrast and DIC
microscopy as well as optical coherence tomography. Also required is understanding of the theory underlying
the acquisition of the data, storage, transfer and interpretation of the data in order to to maintain the integrity of
the data for ethical analysis and quantification. These latter aspects create a significant barrier to those with little
experience in imaging but who wish to employ imaging-based methodologies in their vision research, and they
can also hinder the progress of even the most experienced operator if the equipment is not well maintained. The
Image Acquisition and Analysis Module provides the theoretical and practical training necessary to overcome
the former of these barriers, and the technical expertise and care required to manage the complexities of
equipment utilized for a variety of imaging modalities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10394406
- **Project number:** 5P30EY008098-34
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **Principal Investigator:** Ian A Sigal
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $247,014
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-04-01 → 2024-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10394406

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10394406, Image Acquisition and Analysis Core (5P30EY008098-34). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10394406. Licensed CC0.

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