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Grants & Awards

2024

  • NIH R01 - Kim, Dong-Hyun
    Transcatheter Intra-Arterial Delivery of Oriented Anti-PD-L1 Immune checkpoint inhibitors Immobilized Nanocarriers for Local Combination Immunotherapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
    National Cancer Institute
  • NIH R01 - Golestani Rad, Laleh and Daniel Kim
    Safe and Effective MRI for Pediatric Patients with a Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • NIH R01 - Allen, Bradley
    Linking in vivo hemodynamics with outcomes in Type B aortic dissection using 4D flow MRI
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • Clinical Trial Agreement - Lewandowski, Robert
    A Prospective Multicenter Single-Arm Staged Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Embrace™ Hydrogel Embolic For Transcatheter Embolization of Arterial Bleeding in Solid Organs and Peripheral Arteries
    Instylla, Inc.
  • Clinical Trial Agreement - Liu, Benjamin
    A multicenter, randomized, prospective double-blind, cross-over Phase 3 study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 0.04 mmol Gd/kg body weight of gadoquatrane for MRI in adults with known or suspected pathology of the central nervous system (CNS), compared to 0.1 mmol Gd/kg approved macrocyclic gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs)
    Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • Investigator-Initiated Study - Allen, Bradley
    Qualitative and quantitative performance of gadopiclenol in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging
    Guerbet
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship - Maroun, Anthony (Mentor: Allen, CVMRI Lab)
    3D Hemodynamic Surveillance for Improved Risk Prediction in Type B Aortic Dissection
    American Heart Association
  • Industry-Sponsored Award - Mouli, Samdeep
    VO90YAGER
    Boston Scientific Corporation
  • Malnati Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Award - Bagci, Ulas and Angela Waanders
    HOPE: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Optimized Pediatric Tumor Evaluation
    Lou and Jean Malnati Brain Tumor Institute of the Lurie Cancer Center
  • Clinical Trial Agreement - Mouli, Samdeep
    Role of Arterial Three-Dimensional Road MapGenerated from Pre-Procedural In-Suite Computed Tomography Angiogram (Angio-CT) in Prostatic Artery Embolization (PAE) for Treatment of Signs and Symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc

2023

  • NIH R21 - Lee, Jeesoo
    Mitral Regurgitation Quantification Using Dual-venc 4D flow MRI and Deep learning
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • Industry-Sponsored Award - Parrish, Todd
    TracInnovations (TI) Motion Tracking and Retrospective Motion Correction Data Collection on a Clinical 3T MR Scanner
    TracInnovations
  • Industry-Sponsored Award - Gupta, Ramona
    Prot #VNS 21-05: Evaluation of the GORE(R) VIAFORT Vascular Stent for Treatment of Symptomatic Inferior Vena Cava Obstruction with or without Combined Iliofemoral Obstruction
    W. L. Gore and Associates
  • Industry-Sponsored Award - Lewandowski, Robert
    Prot #CL000030: Pilot Study of the Use of BioTraceIO 360 for Planning, Monitoring and Assessment of Liver Tissue Ablation Procedures
    TechsoMed Medical Technologies Ltd.
  • Industry-Sponsored Award - Golestani Rad, Laleh
    Simulation and measurement of RF heating of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) in adults and pediatric phantoms in OASIS vertical MRI systems
    FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation
  • Industry-Sponsored Award - Mouli, Samdeep
    Prostate Radioembolization in a Canine Model
    Biocompatibles International Ltd.
  • Pepper Scholars Program - Jarvis, Kelly
    Heart-brain MRI evaluation of hemodynamic coupling in hypertension and healthy aging
    Northwestern Claude D. Pepper Older Americans’ Independence Center
  • Sylvia Wolff Research Grant Fund - Jarvis, Kelly
    Arrhythmia-resolved 5D flow MRI for the evaluation of heart-brain hemodynamic coupling in the setting of atrial fibrillation
    Northwestern University Center for Arrhythmia Research
  • NIH F31 - Baraboo, Justin (Mentor: Markl, CVMRI Lab)
    Arrhythmia-resolved 5D Flow MRI in Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • NIH F30 - Weiss, Elizabeth (Mentor: Markl, CVMRI Lab)
    Dual-Venc 5D flow for Assessment of Congenital Heart Disease in Pediatrics
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • NIH R41 - Cantrell, Donald and Sameer Ansari (Research Institution)
    Motion-Resistant Background Subtraction Angiography with Deep Learning: Real-Time, Edge Hardware Implementation and Product Development
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • NIH U01 - Bagci, Ulas
    Hybrid Intelligence for Trustable Diagnosis and Patient Management of Prostate Cancer (HIT-PIRADS)
    National Cancer Institute, NIH
  • ASNR Foundation Grant - Hill, Virginia
    Augmented Intelligence Analysis of Meningioma MRIs According to DNA Methylation Subgroups, Molecular Markers, and Copy Number Variants
    American Society of Neuroradiology
  • NIH R01 - Laleh Golestani Rad
    Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • RSNA Emerging Issues - Long-Term COVID Effects Award - Kim, Daniel and Daniel C. Lee
    Discovery of Racial Disparities in Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Long COVID Patients using Rapid Quantitative Cardiovascular MRI
    Radiological Society of North America
  • NIH R01 - Kim, Daniel and Daniel C. Lee
    Quantitative Detection of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Long COVID Patients using a Comprehensive, Rapid, Free-Breathing Cardiovascular MRI
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • Industry-Sponsored Award - Gupta, Ramona
    Prot #VNS 21-07: Evaluation of the GORE VIAFORT Vascular Stent for Treatment of Symptomatic Iliofemoral Venous Obstruction
    W. L. Gore and Associates
  • NIH R41 - Cantrell, Donald and Sameer Ansari
    Motion-Resistant Background Subtraction Angiography with Deep learning: Real-Time, Edge Hardware Implementation and Product Development
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • NIH S10 - Markl, Michael
    State-of-the-art High Field 7T MRI System Upgrade to Accelerate Translational Sciences
    Office of the Director, NIH
  • NIH K01 - Jarvis, Kelly
    Heart-brain MRI for the evaluation of hemodynamic coupling in aging and Alzheimer's disease.
    National Institute of Aging
  • R03 - Golestani Rad, Laleh
    Assessing RF heating of active implantable medical devices in low-field MRI system
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

2022

  • Career Development Award - Cantrell, Donald
    Motion-Resistant Artificial Subtraction Angiography with Deep Learning
    American Heart Association
  • RSNA Emerging Issues - Long-Term COVID Effects Award - Bagci, Ulas
    PASC Pulmonary Fibrosis Prediction with Deep Learning and Multimodal Data
    Radiological Society of North America
  • Mechanisms Underlying Cardiovascular Consequences Associated with COVID-19 and Long COVID - Daniel Kim and Daniel C. Lee
    Rapid Cardiovascular MRI for Quantifying Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in COVID-19 Survivors
    American Heart Association
  • Pepper Scholars Grant - Kelly Jarvis
    Heart-brain MRI evaluation of hemodynamic coupling in hypertension and healthy aging
    Northwestern Medicine Center for Applied Health Research on Aging
  • R03 - Laleh Golestani Rad
    Application of machine learning for fast prediction of MRI-induced RF heating in patients with implanted conductive leads
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • K99/R00 - Gunasekaran, Suvai
    Non-contrast 3D T1p Mapping for Myocardial Fibrosis Quantification of Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Patients
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • SIR Pilot Grant - Andrew Gordon
    Multiparametric PET/MRI for Evaluation of Hepatic Structural and Functional Changes after Yttrium-90 Radiation Lobectomy
    Society of Interventional Oncology
  • - Allen, Bradley
    2022 ARRS Scholarship
    American Roentgen Ray Society
  • COVID-19 Research Recovery Grants - Golestani Rad, Laleh
    Developing novel MRI technology for safe imaging of children and infants with cardiac devices
    Northwestern University
  • Industry-Sponsored Award - Ansari, Sameer
    Prot #06.5.1.H1: RESCUE: A Randomized, Blinded, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group Design to Determine the Safety of RNS60 in Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke Patients Undergoing Endovascular Thrombectomy (RNS60 Stroke Trial)
    Revalesio Corporation
  • Industry-Sponsored Award - Markl, Michael
    Prot #STU00218128: Low-field cardiac MRI with MR-LINAC: opportunistic screening for treatment-related cardiomyopathy
    ViewRay Technologies, Inc.

2021

  • Third Coast CFAR Pilot Award - Chen, Jennie
    Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Early HIV Infection
    Third Coast Center for AIDS Research
  • Industry-Sponsored Award - Mouli, Samdeep
    Role of Arterial Three-Dimensional Road Map Generated from Pre-Procedural In-Suite Computed Tomography Angiogram (Angio-CT) in Prostatic Artery Embolization (PAE) for Treatment of Signs and Symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA
  • NIH R01 - Ansari, Sameer (MPI) and Timothy Carroll
    Predicting Stroke Risk in Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease with Novel High Resolution,Functional and Molecular MRI Techniques
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • NIH U01 Supplement - Bagci, Ulas (MPI) and Cemal Yazici
    Type 1 Diabetes in Acute Pancreatitis Consortium (T1DAPC) - Imaging Morphology of Pancreas in Diabetic Patients following Acute Pancreatitis (IMMINENT) Study
    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  • Eleanor Wood-Prince Grant - Savas, Hatice and Ceylan Cankurtaran
    Multimodality Imaging with advanced multiparametric MRI and molecular imaging to improve treatment planning and evaluate early response assessment in neurooncology : A pilot study for multidisciplinary initiative
    Northwestern Memorial Hospital Women's Board
  • R01 - Golestani Rad, Laleh
    Reconfigurable MRI technology for safe and high-resolution imaging of deep brain stimulation at 3T
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • R01 Renewal - Markl, Michael and James Carr
    Comprehensive Cardiac Structure-Function Analysis in Heart Transplantation
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • R21 - Kim, Daniel, Oliver Cossairt, and Aggelos Katsaggelos
    Next-Generation Cardiovascular MRI powered by Artificial Intelligence
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering
  • R01 renewal - Kim, Daniel
    Precision MRI of Left Atrial Fibrosis for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • Dixon Translational Research Grant - Kim, Daniel and Daniel C. Lee
    MRI of Chronic Heart Injury Associated with COVID-19
    Northwestern Memorial Foundation
  • Dixon Translational Research Grant - Jeesoo Lee
    Multimodality Quantification of Mitral Valvular Regurgitation in Complex Anatomies Including Percutaneous Mitral Valve Clip Placement
    Northwestern Memorial Foundation
  • R01 - Markl, Michael and Sameer Ansari
    Non-invasive Evaluation of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease Using Hemodynamic Biomarkers
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • R21 - Ragin, Ann
    The Role of Aortic-Carotid Hemodynamics and Aberrant Flow in HIV Cerebral Injury
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • Young Investigator Grant - Leaver, Amber
    Applied Strategies for MRI-Guided High-Definition tDCS for Major Depression”
    Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
  • R01 - Parrish, Todd and Matthew Tate
    High-resolution Infrared Thermal Imaging (ITI) for Simultaneous Functional Mapping of the Entire Craniotomy in Awake Patients
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

2020

  • R01 Supplement - Kim, Daniel and Daniel C Lee
    Administrative Supplement to Real-time Wideband Cardiac MRI for Patients with a Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • Sylvia Wolff Research Grant Fund - Elbaz, Mohammed
    Left Atrial 4D Hemodynamic Signatures of Atrial Fibrillation
    Northwestern University Center for Arrhythmia Research
  • Career Development Award - Allen, Bradley
    Hemodynamic evaluation in type B aortic dissection with 4D flow MRI for risk-stratification and treatment planning
    American Heart Association
  • R03 Small Grant Program - Leaver, Amber
    Neurobiology of seizure generalization during electroconvulsive therapy for major depression
    National Institute of Mental Health
  • Pilot Grant - Kim, Dong-Hyun
    Development of Immune check point inhibitor loaded Lipiodol for Local immunotherapy of HCC,”
    Society of Interventional Oncology
  • R21 Exploratory/ Developmental Grants - Elbaz, Mohammed
    4D Virtual Catheter (vCath) Assessment of Hemodynamic Pathways in Aortopathy Pathogenesis
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) - Kim, Daniel and Daniel C. Lee
    Real-time Wideband Cardiac MRI for Patients with a Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) - Zhang, Zhuoli
    Image-guided Interventional Combination Liver Cancer Immunotherapy
    National Cancer Institute
  • R03 Small Grant Program - Golestani Rad, Laleh
    Assessing RF heating of deep brain stimulation implants in high-field open-bore MRI systems
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • Dixon Translational Research Grant - Deshmukh, Swati
    Sonographic Assessment of Sarcopenia in Patients with Advanced Hip Osteoarthritis Before and After Joint Reconstruction Surgery
    Northwestern University
  • Dixon Translational Research Grant - Allen, Bradley
    Highly Accelerated Pulmonary Nodule First Pass Perfusion for Improved Characterization of Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules
    Northwestern University
  • SCMR Seed Grant - Allen, Bradley
    Evaluating Multi-Institution Variability in 4D flow MRI Hemodynamic Characterization of Type B Aortic Dissection with 3D Printed Models
    Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
  • Sylvia Wolf Research Grant - Elbaz, Mohammed
    Left Atrial 4D Hemodynamic Signatures of Atrial Fibrillation
    Northwestern Medicine
  • Dixon Translational Research Grant - Hill, Virginia
    Using Machine Learning with Deep Learning Algorithms to Detect and Triage Emergencies on Noncontrast Head CTs
    Northwestern University

2019

  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) - Lewandowski, Robert
    Yittrium-90 radiation lobectomy: Dose optimization and prediction of FLR hypertrophy to enable resection of HCC
    National Cancer Institute
  • T32 Institutional Research Training Grant - Markl, Michael
    Graduate Training Program for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • GI Cancer Pilot Project Award - Zhang, Zhuoli
    MRI-Guided Electroporation-Enhanced Dendritic Cell Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer
    Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Riaz, Ahsun
    LEGACY: Local RadioEmbolization for the Assessment of Tumor Control with Yttrium-90 Glass Microspheres (TheraSphere®)
    Biocompatibles UK Ltd
  • Industry Sponsored Research - Hill, Virginia
    Research Collaboration between Northwestern and Google LLC
    Google LLC
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Liu, Benjanim
    LowEr Administered Dose with highEr Relaxivity: Gadovist vs Dotarem (LEADER 75)
    Covance Inc.
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Mouli, Samdeep
    Prostate Radioembolization in a Model
    Biocompatibles UK Ltd
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Mouli, Samdeep
    Immunologic Response to Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization in an Animal Model of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
    Biocompatibles UK Ltd
  • Transformational Project Award - Markl, Michael
    Patient Specific In-Vitro Modeling of Hemodynamic Outcome in Aortic Coarctation Repair
    American Heart Association
  • Innovative Project Award - Kim, Daniel and Jane Wilcox
    Wideband Cardiac MRI for Predicting Right Heart Failure after LVAD Implantation
    American Heart Association

2018

  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) - Kim, Dong-Hyun
    Image-Guided Transcatheter Delivery of Natural Killer Cell Therapy Augmented with IFN-Gamma Eluting Microspheres
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Salem, Riad
    Prostatic Artery Embolization (PAE) for Treatment of Signs and Symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
    Biocompatibles UK Ltd
  • Joe Niekro Foundation Award - Ansari, Sameer
    Diagnosis of Acute Stroke using Thermoencephalography
    SNIS Foundation
  • Dixon Award - Parrish, Todd
    Infrared thermography for intraoperative functional mapping In glioma surgery
    Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Markl, Michael
    Development of Machine Learning and Processing of Cardiovascular MRI and CT Images
    Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc.
  • Society Grant - Mouli, Samdeep
    Y90 Radioembolization Combined with Immune Checkpoint Blockade in a Model of Hepatocellular
    Society of Interventional Oncology
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Grant, Thomas
    Quantitative Ultrasound for Predicting Steatosis Grade in Adult Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
    Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.
  • Dixon Award - Markl, Michael
    Virtual Catheter (vCath) for Noninvasive Hemodynamics in Bicuspid Aortic Valve
    Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  • R21 Exploratory/ Developmental Grants - Schnell, Susanne and Vitaly Rayz
    Multi-modality 4D Flow MRI data enhancement for quantification of cerebral aneurysms hemodynamics
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • R03 Small Research Grants - Golestani Rad, Laleh
    Safety assessment of MRI in patients with retained cardiac leads
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • R03 Small Research Grants - Lin, Kai
    Automatic quantification of myocardial motion in older adults
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • K99/R00 NIH Pathway to Independence Award - Golestani Rad, Laleh
    Patient-adjustable MRI technology for high-resolution imaging of deep brain stimulation
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • NSF Young Investigator - Parrish, Todd
    BIGDATA: IA: Collaborative Research: Asynchronous Distributed Machine Learning Framework for Multi-Site Collaborative Big Brain Data Mining
    National Science Foundation
  • R03 Small Research Grants - Golestani Rad, Laleh
    Computational methodologies for safety assessment of MRI in patients with deep brain stimulation implants
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

2017

  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) - Kim, Daniel and Daniel C Lee
    Rapid Real-Time Cardiovascular MRI for Detecting Coronary Artery Disease
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • Education Grant - Ansari, Sameer
    Illinois Stroke Intervention Registry and Trials Network (ISIRTN)
    MicroVention, Inc.
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Larson, Andrew
    Development and Pre-clinical Validation of Sorafenib-Eluting Embolic Microspheres to Enhance Therapeutic efficacy of Lipiodol TACE
    Guerbet LLC
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Riaz, Ahsun
    Biomarker Analyses in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Treated with TheraSphere®
    Biocompatibles UK Ltd
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Hurley, Michael
    SMART - A prospective, multicenter registry assessing the embolization of neurovascular lesions using the Penumbra SMART COIL System
    Penumbra, Inc.
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Omar, Imran
    Determining the Incidence of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in the Knee of National Basketball Association Players Using a Standardized Magnetic Resonance Imaging Protocol
    GE Healthcare
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Carr, James
    Efficacy of Gadoterate Meglumine in Diagnosis of Vascular Diseases Using MRA
    Guerbet LLC
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Carr, James
    Cardiac MRI application in Pulmonary Hypertension
    Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Markl, Michael
    Investigation of Post-Surgical Aortic Hemodynamics After Aortic Valve Replacement
    CryoLife, Inc.
  • R21 Exploratory/Developmental Grants - Kim, Daniel and Michael Markl
    MRI of Left Atrial Hemodynamic Disorders in Atrial Fibrillation
    National Institute on Aging
  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) Renewal - Markl, Michael and Cynthia Rigsby
    Functional Cardiovascular 4D MRI in Congenital Heart Disease
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

2016

  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) - Zhang, Zhuoli
    MRI-Guided Dendritic-Cell-Based Vaccine Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer
    National Cancer Institute
  • RSNA Research & Education Foundation Award - Carr, James
    Cardiac MRI and PET for Early Diagnosis and Screening in Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity
    Radiological Society of North America
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Lewandowski, Robert
    Perfusion DynaCT for Liver Cancer Pre and Post TACE/ Y90 Therapy
    Siemens Medical Solutions
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Salem, Riad
    Landmark Analysis of Radiologic Response to Radioembolization
    Biocompatibles UK Ltd
  • SIR Foundation Award - Kim, Dong-Hyun
    Tumor Associated Macrophage (TAM) – Targeted Radiosensitizers for 90Y Radioembolization
    Society of Interventional Radiology
  • Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial - Liu, Benjamin
    Dose Finding Study in Central Nervous System (CNS) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
    Guerbet LLC
  • AHA Scientist Development Grant - Schnell, Susanne
    Comprehensive Cardiac and Neurovascular 4D flow MRI for Improved Embolization Therapy in VGAM patients
    American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate
  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) - Kim, Daniel
    MRI of Diffuse Left Ventricular Fibrosis in Atrial Fibrillation
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • R21 Exploratory/Developmental Grants - Kim, Daniel
    Rapid Pediatric Cardiovascular MRI without Contrast Agent or Anesthesia
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • R01 Research Project (Traditional) - Barker, Alex
    Role of Valve-Mediated Hemodynamics on Bicuspid Aortopathy
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

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