The seven winners of the 2016 Putting Patients First grants by AHRA and Toshiba America Medical Systems have been announced.
The grants will fund education and training programs to improve safety and the patient experience in diagnostic imaging. AHRA and Toshiba awarded one grant of up to $20,000 to an integrated delivery network and six grants of up to $7,500 -- three focused on pediatric imaging and three on overall patient care and safety in imaging.
The $20,000 grant was awarded to the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, VA, which will implement a comprehensive MRI education program targeting children and their parents to help reduce pediatric sedation and anesthesia during exams.
The other grants were awarded to the following sites:
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- ProMedica Toledo Hospital in Ohio
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Boca Raton Regional Hospital in Boca Raton, FL
- Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, NJ
- Jefferson Outpatient Imaging in East Norriton, PA
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)