Earmark - Improved Lung Cancer Management-Advanced Imaging Technology (Note: transferred from RDTE,A line 32)

Agency:		Department of Defense--Military
Bureau:		Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
Account:		Research, development, test, and evaluation, Army (21-2040)
Certifying Official:		Deputy Comptroller Program/Budget
Contact Information:		http://WWW.DOD.GOV 703-697-5131

Improved Lung Cancer Management-Advanced Imaging Technology (Note: transferred from RDTE,A line 32)

1 recipient will receive $2,012,000. This is a continuing earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

Description: The development of imaging technology that improves the early detection and management of lung cancer holds great potential to reduce the heavy burden of lung cancer in the United States. The two main goals of this project are to detect lung cancer in CT images at an earlier and potentially more curable stage and to decrease the time needed to accurately assess malignance of lung lesions. Several acquisition and analysis technical advances will be explored and concurrently optimized in order to achieve these goals. The core of the project involves the development of computer aided detection (CAD) and image analysis techniques that automatically detect low contrast and small lung cancer presentations.

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
Hollings Cancer Center at M.U.S.C.	$2,012		Public Educational Institution	Charleston, SC

Citation

Source: Appropriations Report Language - Conference

Reference: 108-622

Location: Line 31, Page 259

Citation Excerpt: Improved Lung Cancer Management-Advanced Imaging Technology (Note: transferred from RDTE,A line 32)

Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007