End of Summer Update
IA is awarded £250,000 in grant funding from the UK Technology Strategy Board
The grant will help to accelerate development of the company’s platform Dynamika. Dynamika is the first in class standardised Computer-Aided Detection solution for objective quantitative analysis of MRI and dynamic MRI data acquired from patients with auto-immune conditions, musculoskeletal disorders and inflammatory cancers.
Release of Dynamika 4.0 is planned for 21 September 2011
Dynamika 4.0 will be released on 21 September 2011. The new version incorporates new features including extended parametric maps, improved reporting, faster patient motion correction, greater usability through PACs compatibility and much more.
IA is planning expansion into the USA through the NYC Venture Fellows Programme
IA participated in the New York City Venture Fellows Programme, sponsored by the Mayor of NY.
The programme connects emerging business leaders from around the world with mentors from leading companies. It helps the companies to set up offices in the USA, and facilitates the companies’ international growth.
IA is shortlisted for the Future 50 Businesses of the UK Award
In association with Real Business, Red Bull, and Mayor of London, Image Analysis is shortlisted for the Future 50 Businesses Award. Out of 180 entries, Image Analysis is selected to go through to the final judging process. The panel includes MessageLabs founder Jos White, Mark Pearson of My Voucher Codes and the Extreme Sports Company’s Al Gosling.
In conjunction with Accenture, IA presented at UKRC 2011
Dynamika’s integration with PACs allows our users easy seamless access to the Computer Aided Detection functionality. IA’s presentation on this attracted a lot of interest from conference attendees and gave us confidence that we are working closely to our customer’s requirements. Accenture is a selected supplier of Agfa digital radiology imaging management solutions and PACs solutions to the North East and East clusters.
IA’s Focus on Computer-Aided Detection is supported by AuntMinnie and UKRC
AuntMinnie, a leading radiology news website, and the UK Research Council nominated Dr. Olga Kubassova, MD of IA, as a runner up in the UK Women of Outstanding Achievements Awards competition.
New Journal Articles Published this Summer
Dynamic Gadolinium Enhanced MRI Allows Accurate Assessment of the Synovial Inflammatory Activity in Rheumatoid Knee Joints – A Comparison with Synovial Histology, Axelsen, Ostergaard et al, Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, 2011
Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI Can Monitor the Very Early Inflammatory Treatment Response upon Intra-Articular Steroid Injection in the Knee Joint: A Case Report with Review of the Literature, M. Boesen, O. Kubassova, M. A. Cimmino M. Østergaard, P. Taylor, B. Danneskiold-Samsoe, and H. Bliddal, 2011
Correlation between Computer-Aided Dynamic Gadolinium-Enhanced MRI assessment of inflammation and semiquantitative synovitis and bonemarrow oedema scores of the wrist in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. M. Boesen, O. Kubassova, R. Bouert, M. B. Axelsen, M. Østergaard, M. A. Cimmino, B. Danneskiold-Samsoe and H. Bliddal, Rheumatology , 2011