FY24 SBIR PHASE I TOPIC NO. 459 PROJECT TITLE: AN AUTOMATED SCREENING PLATFORM FOR EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF MALNUTRITION IN CANCER PATIENTS

$4M USD

Funder	NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
Recipient Organization	Biosensics, Llc
Country	United States
Start Date	Sep 11, 2024
End Date	Sep 10, 2025
Duration	364 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Principal Investigator
Data Source	NIH (US)
Grant ID	`11193066`

Grant Description

This project aims to develop an automated screening platform for early identification of malnutrition in cancer patients by creating a machine-learning-based model that combines CT imaging input and questionnaire-based tools.

The proposed solution will incorporate novel biomedical image segmentation tools based on artificial intelligence to assess body composition from CT scans.

Accurate skeletal muscle and adipose tissue segmentation will be used with current questionnaire-based parameters such as BMI changes and food aversion to develop thresholds for detecting malnutrition.