NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes just got $11.75 million to develop an alternative way to produce medical-grade isotopes for diagnostic imaging - sidestepping the common use of uranium.
Cambridge startup Ultivue just closed out a $5.15 million Series A for its reagent kits that help researchers inexpensively achieve extremely high resolution microscopy. Notably, Illlumina cofounder David R. Walt helped launch the company.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
This week, while covering an industry conference, radiology-focused newsletter AuntMinnie.com explored the notion that picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) in their current form may be dead.
This one’s a big data play for the pathologist set: Bay Area startup 3Scan is developing an ultra high-res, 3-D tissue imaging platform that’s churning out data on the scale of whole-genome sequencing. The startup just raised $6.7 million in a Series A round, led by Lux Capital. Before that, the four-year-old company raised about $350,000 from the […]
The year 2014 saw tremendous advances in health care, with medical imaging filling gaps in medical knowledge and enhancing patient care. Looking ahead, innovation in imaging technology will continue to improve patient care through even more tailored diagnosis and treatment, increased efficiency and portability, and improved health outcomes. Moreover, millions of seniors stand to benefit […]
There’s too much time and distance involved in sharing medical images today, says the team of physicians and computer scientists at MyMedImage. Instead of patients carrying CDs or printouts of ultrasounds, MRIs, PET scans, mammograms and other diagnostic images from doctor to doctor, MyMedImage wants to enable them to manage, share and store their own […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Bringing Light | Bert Klasey, Chris Baron & James Allen Smith from Focus Forward Films on Vimeo. A toxin produced by scorpions to paralyze their prey is the backbone of a new imaging agent that could enable cancer surgeons to perform more precise cancer surgeries. In the video above, Blaze Bioscience’s scientific founder, Dr. James […]
Why wait months to determine whether a tumor is responding to cancer treatment if it’s possible to know sooner? That’s the question being posed by a pair of inventors in Toronto who are crowdfunding clinical studies of a new device to monitor the effectiveness of chemotherapy on breast tumors. Called WaveCheck, the noninvasive device combines […]
When you think of medical imaging, you likely think of x-rays, MRIs and ultrasounds. But imaging technologies are also key pieces to a research lab, where scientists first study the effects of diseases or therapies on animals. A young California company is using a $5 million Series A to improve its molecular imaging probes and […]
Sofie Biosciences announced it will receive a $1.8 million Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to be paid out over three years. The money will support the in vivo imaging diagnostics startup in an effort to make “the first digital chip technology for the rapid and easy […]
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
The growing A-fib market continues to gain the attention of the major players this week: GE Ventures helped Acutus Medical to close a $28 million Series B round. The San Diego-based startup is working to develop a minimally invasive, real-time 3-D Cardiac Chamber Imaging and Dipole Density Mapping system. This technology could help physicians locate […]
As medtech gets sleeker, more mobile and all-around better looking, look to these six devices–from biosensors to exam tables–for tips to follow in device design. (Hint: pediatric medtech is winning this round, followed closely by biosensors.) [imagebrowser id=20]
The mobile health company that developed the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration-cleared ultrasound imaging system that works on a smartphone is looking to boost its uptake with a $4.2 million series A. Mobisante announced the first closing of series A financing from WRF Capital, the W Fund and a group of angel investors, including […]
The FDA has given the OK to digital health startup Nephosity to market its image viewing mobile app for diagnostic purposes. Nephosity said it receive 510(k) clearance for use of its app in situations where a clinician doesn’t have access to the traditional means of viewing CT scans, MRIs and X-rays. A radiologist, for example, […]
The start of Q2 means the nearing of a big milestone for Pittsburgh drug startup Complexa Inc. — if it can raise the necessary capital. Complexa is looking for a $7 million Series B so that it can file its Investigational New Drug Application early this summer and begin its first in-human trials in August. […]