by | Jan 28, 2024 | Chen, Da-Ren, He, Lina, Ozdemir, Sahin, Yang, Lan, Zhu, Jiangang
— WGM microresonators are an immature technology with room for improvement
Microresonators are optical devices that are an important component of microlasers used in optoelectronics, data communications, and sensing. Most microresonators are WGM type, which confine light to a very small volume for si…
by | Jan 19, 2024 | Lomonosova, Elena, Mullen, Mary, Verma, Priyanka, Zhao, Peinan
— T-020659 — Functional Biomarkers of Platinum Chemotherapy and PARP Inhibitor Response
Technology Description
Most patients diagnosed with high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) undergo first-line platinum therapy and PARP inhibitor maintenance therapy. However, the degree to which HGSOC p…
by | Oct 13, 2023 | Dodson, Karen, Ellebedy, Ali, Feldman, Mario, Hultgren, Scott, Pinkner, Jerome, Tamadonfar, Kevin, Timm, Morgan
— Technology Description
Researchers in Scott Hultgren’s laboratory at Washington University have created two prospective vaccine treatments designed to prevent the colonization of prominent uropathogens. These vaccines have potential for treating urinary tract infections (UTIs) with specific m…
by | Aug 10, 2023 | Jha, Abhinav Kumar, Li, Ran, Woodard, Pamela, Zheng, Jie
— Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a two-stage neural network model, with CNN and BNN architecture, to segment carotid atherosclerotic plaque components based on multi-weighted MR images and measure the uncertainty of the segmentation output. Th…
by | Aug 2, 2023 | Mutic, Sasa, Zhang, Tiezhi
— Existing LINACs inefficiently deliver non-coplanar beams
The goal of radiation treatment is to precisely deliver a prescribed radiation dose to the targeted tissue, while avoiding dosing the surrounding normal tissues and organs. These treatments require radiation beams to be delivered from multipl…