MONTREAL – The research project titled Tête première (head first), led by the team of neurologist Louis De Beaumont (pictured), who is also a researcher at the CIUSSS du Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal research centre and a professor in the Department of Surgery at Université de Montréal, will assess the brain’s capacities to sustain blows to the head during a full university football season.
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BURLINGTON, Ont. – FedDev Ontario has contributed $2.1 million to Harmonic Medical Inc. to accelerate commercialization of its innovative, non-invasive ultrasound therapy equipment used to treat uterine fibroids. Using focused ultrasound technology, Harmonic Medical Inc. has developed a safe and effective system to treat uterine fibroids without surgery.
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EDMONTON – A University of Alberta spinoff company is hoping its new technology to analyze ultrasound images will make diagnosing health problems possible even from remote locations.
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TORONTO – The first-ever patient radiation therapy treatments generated with machine learning in the RayStation treatment planning system (TPS) have been conducted. Patients with localized prostate cancer are being treated with this unique technology at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, as part of a comprehensive evaluation study.
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HALIFAX – Densitas Inc., a leading provider of AI solutions for digital mammography, announced that it has won a procurement of its densitas densityai software for deployment in up to 24 breast cancer screening clinics across Germany that will provide breast density measurements at point of care to identify women for supplemental breast cancer screening as part of the DIMASOS 2 Trial.
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VICTORIA – The B.C. government has announced the new Gordon Heys Family PET/CT (positron emission tomography/computed tomography) scanner suite is open at the B.C. Cancer Centre in Victoria. In a news release, the province said the project cost $6.5 million and is the first publicly funded scanner outside of the Lower Mainland.
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SURREY, B.C. – As the SFU ImageTech Lab rounds its first year of operations, Professor Ryan D’Arcy, who played a pivotal role in establishing the world-class medical imaging facility, is stepping down as the lab’s founder to focus on recent breakthroughs in his brain imaging and neurotechnology research.
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TORONTO – The Vector Institute, an independent, not-for-profit research institute focused on machine learning, has announced a partnership with the University Health Network (UHN) and the University of Waterloo (UWaterloo) to enhance radiology diagnoses with AI.
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OAKVILLE, Ont. – Siemens Healthineers is pleased to announce that the MULTIX Impact, an innovative floor-mounted radiography system, has been licensed by Health Canada. It offers excellent value for money and makes access to high-quality imaging technology much easier. The intuitive to use operating system and modern wireless detectors used by the MULTIX Impact optimize clinical processes in radiography by improving both productivity and patient experience.
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HALIFAX – Densitas, a leading provider of AI solutions for digital mammography, announced that Drs. Eliot Siegel (pictured), Georgia Spear, Nisha Sharma, and Judy Caines have joined their advisory board. “We are honored to attract such visionaries to our advisory board,” said Mo Abdolell, CEO of Densitas. “Their collective expertise spans the fields of radiology, breast imaging, artificial intelligence, and imaging informatics.”
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