DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING FACILITIES RENOVATION

描述（由申请人提供）： DHMC最近成立了ACVIC，以利用和促进定量生理成像和图像引导干预的最新重大进展，包括评估血管生成和分子成像。 ACVIC被指定为卓越中心，将使床旁分子和生理成像取得重大进展，以满足众多美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）-美国国家癌症研究所（NCI）资助的研究人员的需求。 自从启用ACVIC以来，对这些先进能力的需求呈爆炸性增长，一些调查人员表示有兴趣自费加入ACVIC。 随着计划在未来两年增加五个不同的先进成像系统和五个额外的教师，ACVIC将填补目前计划中的重大科学和临床科学空白，并将促进现有部门之间的合作，特别是包括工程的塞耶学院和放射科，心脏病科，肿瘤科，儿科心脏病科和病理学的部门和部门。 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以及诊所和外部进入，并可直接进入动物设施，而不会使患者暴露于动物。 除了这些资源外，业界捐款和额外的定向筹资将提供配套资金，用于完成将储存区改造为ACVIC成像系统和设施的实验室空间。

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.