DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING FACILITIES RENOVATION

描述(由申请人提供)： DHMC最近成立了ACVIC，以开发和促进定量生理成像和图像引导干预方面的最新重大进展，包括评估血管生成和分子成像。ACVIC被指定为卓越中心，将在床边分子和生理成像方面取得重大进展，以满足众多国家卫生研究院(NIH)-国家癌症研究所(NCI)资助的研究人员的需求。自启动ACVIC以来，对这些先进能力的需求呈爆炸式增长，几名研究人员已表示有兴趣以自己的资金加入ACVIC。ACVIC计划在未来两年增加五个独特的先进成像系统和五个额外的教员，它将填补现有项目中重大的科学和临床科学空白，并将促进现有院系之间的合作，特别是塞耶工程学院和放射科、心脏科、肿瘤科、儿科心脏科和病理学系之间的合作。为了在现有设施内实现这些目标，计划在战略位置翻新空间。放射科正下方的存储区域非常适合患者从医院、诊所和外部进入，有直接进入动物设施的设施，而不会让患者接触动物。除这些资源外，行业捐款和其他有针对性的筹资将提供配套资金，用于完成ACVIC成像系统和设施的储存区到实验室空间的翻新工作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): DHMC has recently founded the ACVIC to exploit and contribute to recent major advances in quantitative physiologic imaging and image-guided intervention, including assessment angiogenesis and molecular imaging. ACVIC is designated as a center for Excellence that will enable significant advances in bench-to-bedside molecular and physiologic imaging, to serve the needs of numerous National Institutes of Health (NIH) -the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded researchers. Since initiating ACVIC, there is explosive demand for these advanced capabilities and several investigators have shown interest to join ACVIC on their own funding. With planned addition of five distinct advanced imaging systems and five additional faculty over the next two years, ACVIC will fill significant scientific and clinical science gaps in present programs and will facilitate collaboration among existing departments, including in particular the Thayer School of Engineering and the Departments and Divisions of Radiology, Cardiology, Oncology, Pediatric Cardiology, and Pathology. In order to achieve these objectives within the existing facilities, plans are to renovate space in a strategic location. The storage area directly below the Radiology Department is excellent for patient access from the hospital as well as from the clinics and outside, with means for direct access to the animal facility without exposing patients to the animals. In addition to these resources, the industry contributions, and additional targeted fundraising, will provide matching funds for completion of the renovation of the storage area to laboratory space for the imaging systems and facilities of ACVIC.