Referral & Review

The Surgery, Radiology, and Bioengineering [SRB] IRG is composed of four chartered study sections and five special study sections which function on the underlying principles of overlapping orbits of SRA and reviewer expertise. This results in great flexibility to respond to multidisciplinary science, both hypothesis and non-hypothesis driven science, as well as new initiatives. The technology-oriented study sections are designed to feed into the more clinical study sections as the research evolves. The special study sections are very flexible, responsive to all mechanisms, and often the site for the review of emerging areas of research.

The following study sections are included within the SRB IRG:

Surgery, Anesthesiology and Trauma Study Section [SAT]
Surgery and Bioengineering Study Section [SB]
Diagnostic Radiology Study Section [RNM]
Diagnostic Imaging Study Section [DMG]
Medical Imaging Technologies Study Section [SSS-7]
Bioengineering and Physiology Study Section [SSS-8]
Medical Computer Science Study Section [SSS-9]
Cardiovascular Devices Study Section [SSS-W]
Bioelectromagnetics and Ultrasound Study Section [SSS-X]

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Surgery, Anesthesiology and Trauma Study Section [SAT]

[SAT Roster]

The Surgery, Anesthesiology and Trauma [SAT] Study Section deals with basic and clinical research in anesthesiology and surgery including but not limited to transplantation, trauma, shock, sepsis, burns, and ischemia.

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Surgery and Bioengineering Study Section [SB]

[SB Roster]

The Surgery and Bioengineering [SB] Study Section deals with basic and clinical investigation of surgical research primarily related to cardiac, vascular, pulmonary, and gastrointestinal systems: bioengineering, biomaterials, mechanical devices, and drug delivery.

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Diagnostic Radiology Study Section [RNM]

[RNM Roster]

The Diagnostic Radiology [RNM] Study Section deals with basic and clinical studies of all diagnostic imaging modalities for anatomical, physiologic, metabolic and diagnostic information. Additionally, imaging of disease progression and therapy are reviewed here.

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Diagnostic Imaging Study Section [DMG]

[DMG Roster]

The Diagnostic Imaging [DMG] Study Section reviews applications dealing with the development and evaluation of new technology for imaging, including instrumentation and software for producing, evaluating, storing, and transmitting images for anatomical, physiological, metabolic, diagnostic, and therapeutic information.

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Medical Imaging Technologies Study Section [SSS-7]

The Medical Imaging Technologies [SSS-7] Study Section reviews all modalities of medical imaging, including gamma ray, MRI, functional MRI, PET, SPECT, X-ray, CT; visible, IR, and UV photons; optical, photo-acoustic, microwave acoustic, and exotic imaging methods.

Specific Areas covered by SSS-7:

·         Image reconstruction, analysis, segmentation, and registration

·         Computer-assisted diagnosis and surgery

·         Picture archival and communication systems, teleradiology, and telemedicine

·         Image display devices and image storage devices

·         Diagnostic imaging quality control and assurance

·         Detectors and cameras

·         Scintillation crystals, solid-state photon to electrical signal converters

·         Detector and camera electronics and high performance magnets [high and low temperature superconductors, hybrids, resistive, permanent]

·         Imaging contrast agents, imaging ligands [fluorescent, X-ray, radioisotope labels]

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Bioengineering and Physiology Study Section [SSS-8]

The Bioengineering and Physiology [SSS-8] Study Section reviews applications in the general area of bioengineering and physiology with special focus on medical devices. The applications on clinical research deal with all organs of the body, except the heart and blood conduit systems.

Specific Areas covered by SSS-8:

·         Biomaterials, wound healing, tissue and cell engineering, pancreatic cell and tissue transplantation

·         Biosensors and monitors, electronics - mechanical and electrical engineering

·         Trauma, critical care, cancer, pathology

·         Imaging, laser, ultrasound, fiber optics, endoscopes, catheters

·         Medical education/software development, neural network

·         Blood gases, drug delivery devices

·         Surgical tools, implanted devices

·         Infection and biocompatibility

·         Obesity and metabolism

·         Septic shock

·         Clinical assays and clinical biochemistry

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Medical Computer Science Study Section [SSS-9]

The Medical Computer Science [SSS-9] Study Section reviews research related to various aspects of computer bioengineering and application of computer technology in biomedical research.

Specific Areas covered by SSS-9:

·         Hardware and software development

·         Interactive systems

·         Computer security

·         Medical informatics

·         Remote sensing

·         Robotics

·         Virtual reality, artificial intelligence and expert systems

·         Databases and data mining

·         Computer-assisted professional education and training, modeling, simulation

·         Clinical decision making, chaos and nonlinear dynamics

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Cardiovascular Devices Study Section [SSS-W]

The Cardiovascular Devices [SSS-W] Study Section reviews applications which primarily deal with heart and vascular devices. Many are used for monitoring physiological parameters such as ECG, blood pressure, and blood oxygen saturation. The devices are designed for adults, children, babies, and fetuses.

Specific Areas covered by SSS-W:

·         Angioplasty, heart assist devices, catheters

·         Cardiovascular biomaterials, vascular prostheses and heart imaging devices

·         Heart pumps

·         Syringes as well as lasers for use in the cardiovascular system

·         Applications dealing with hemodialysis

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Bioelectromagnetics and Ultrasound Study Section [SSS-X]

The Bioelectromagnetics and Ultrasound [SSS-X]656 Study Section reviews applications on the development of instrumentation to use ultrasound and electromagnetic technology for imaging and therapeutic uses.

Study sections of the SRB IRG, particularly those reviewing applications in surgery and in radiology, have shared interests with all the clinical IRGs in CSR. The study sections of the SRB IRG that review applications in bioengineering have shared interests with both the clinical and basic science IRGs.

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