WPI receives $3.5M to develop robotic system to eliminate brain tumors
Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have received a five-year, $3.5-million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue development on a robotic system that can destroy brain tumors.
The system is operated within an MRI scanner and delivers a minimally invasive probe to destroy metastatic brain tumors with high-intensity therapeutic ultrasound.
The grant is the second major NIH award ...