Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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Otto Zhou
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Department: Physics
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Xintex, Inc
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
The SFIs of the investigator are related to the funded research since the technology being used in the project has been licensed to the company with which the investigator has multiple relationships.
The Institution has determined that since the technology could be further validated as a result of the research, these financial interests could conflict with project.
low-dose and high-resolution tomosynthesis for lung cancer screening
Early detection is the key for increasing the survival rate of lung cancer, which continues to be the leading cause of cancer deaths in the world. The aim of this proposal is to develop a stationary digital chest tomosynthesis (s-DCT) system with increased spatial resolution and enhanced sensitivity and specificity for detection of small lung nodules, utilizing a unique carbon nanotube based x-ray source array technology invented by our team. The project has the potential of leading to a high-sensitivity, high-specificity, low-dos and low-cost lung cancer screening modality for the general population.
Filed on April 17, 2015.
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Otto Zhou filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Zhou | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Conflict of Interest | Xintex, Inc | Value cannot be readily determined |
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