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Two ultrasound images depict a thyroid tumor. Conventional ultrasound produced the image on the left, which does not capture the details of the tumor's microvasculature. The image on the right, produced by high-definition microvasculature imaging, shows the vessels in higher detail.

The best of both worlds

How advanced ultrasound and AI techniques can improve cancer diagnostics

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Finger on the pulse of drug delivery

Preclinical study could lead to multiple doses in one injection

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Six microscopic images show two injured microtissues over time. The top row depicts a knife wound immediately after the injury was created, and then at 4 and 8 hours after. The bottom row shows the laser wound immediately after the injury then the wound 4 and 10 hours after

Skin cell discovery may improve burn healing

A newly uncovered skin cell function could be a target for future therapies

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Program director positions

NIBIB is seeking to fill several vacancies

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Fatal attraction?

MRI and surgical robots find common ground

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Covid Virus

Information about NIBIB's effort to increase diagnostic testing capacity for SARS-CoV-2.

Funding Opportunities

Scientific Program Areas

Diversity and Health Disparities Research Funding

Diverse group of people

NIBIB has issued several funding opportunities to address diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility issues in the areas of maternal health, COVID-19 tests, and promoting diversity in health research, among others. Read about these funding opportunities and other NIBIB activities.

NIBIB Events

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Find out about upcoming NIBIB-sponsored webinars and conferences or view recordings of recent events.

Director's Corner

Dr. Bruce Tromberg, Director of NIBIB

RADx Initiative: Bioengineering for COVID-19 at Unprecedented Speed and Scale

May 04, 2022

Bridge 2AI: Call to the bioengineering community

June 08, 2021

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Science Education Topics

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

engineered cells

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Health Provider using a telehealth device

Protein expressed in the photoreceptors and retina of a rat. Image appears as fluorescent layers of red, purple, blue, yellow, and green.

Drug Delivery Systems

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Optical Imaging

Digital twins (woman face and her digital face

Computational Modeling

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Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

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Rehabilitation Engineering

Xray image of a human ankle

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Computed Tomography (CT)

combined PET and CT image using imaging agent in rabbit head

Nuclear Medicine

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Image-Guided Robotic Interventions

human brain scan using MRI/DTI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

ultrasound patch on arm that measures blood pressure

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Learn how medical scans work and what to expect during your next one.

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