FY24 SBIR PHASE I TOPIC NO. 459 PROJECT TITLE: AN AUTOMATED SCREENING PLATFORM FOR EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF MALNUTRITION IN CANCER PATIENTS

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Abstract

This project aims to develop an automated screening platform for early identification of malnutrition in cancer patients by creating a machine-learning-based model that combines CT imaging input and questionnaire-based tools. The proposed solution will incorporate novel biomedical image segmentation tools based on artificial intelligence to assess body composition from CT scans. Accurate skeletal muscle and adipose tissue segmentation will be used with current questionnaire-based parameters such as BMI changes and food aversion to develop thresholds for detecting malnutrition.

Key facts

NIH application ID
11193066
Project number
75N91024C00094-0-9999-1
Recipient
BIOSENSICS, LLC
Principal Investigator
Ashkan Vaziri
Activity code
N43
Funding institute
NIH
Fiscal year
2024
Award amount
$400,000
Award type
Project period
2024-09-11 → 2025-09-10