Proscia touts study showing digital pathology software detected melanoma
The startup shared results of a prospective study showing its deep learning software detected melanoma with 93% sensitivity and 91% specificity.
The startup shared results of a prospective study showing its deep learning software detected melanoma with 93% sensitivity and 91% specificity.
Proscia and other digital-pathology firms promise to make pathologists more efficient as they analyze tissue. The need is driven by a steadily declining U.S. population of pathologists.
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Flybridge Capital Partners led the funding round, and Fusion Fund, Emerald Development Managers, Razor's Edge Ventures and Robin Hood Ventures also participated.
Proscia has inked a deal with a dermatopathology laboratory in a move designed to support its launch of a comprehensive AI-powered digital pathology softwaredermatopathology-specific digital pathology product in the fourth quarter of 2018.
In addition to its cloud-based products for digital pathology, Proscia has released nine image analysis modules targeting prostate, breast, and skin cancer for research use only.
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Proscia CEO David West said a recent Seed round would be allocated to new jobs across product development and sales and marketing, including a director of sales position and amplify sales.
Proscia's platform lets users integrate multi-gigabyte digital biopsies with storage services from the likes of Dropbox, Amazon, and in-house storage systems.
Proscia, a Baltimore-based startup, is looking to use machine learning and cloud-based technology to combat cancer, launching a new software platform aimed at pathologists that provides storage for multi-gigabyte digital biopsies, while simultaneously harnessing what it calls “second-opinion collaboration technology.” The cloud-based program, according to Proscia, offers “large-scale management, analytics, access and collaboration” for whole […]