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News Release from: Supertron Technologies
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 10 July 2003
Award funds MRI development work
Supertron Technologies has won a funding award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Programme to design and build the next generation of MRI array coils.
Supertron Technologies has won a $2,675,000 funding award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Advanced Technology Programme (ATP) to design and build the next generation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) array coils which will improve image quality, reduce the duration of the procedure and greatly lower the cost of MRI imaging Supertron is only the 30th company from the State of New Jersey to win an ATP-NIST award since 1990
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 18 Dec 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Supertron is collaborating with staff at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital to demonstrate and test the MRI array coils.
Joseph R Flicek, CEO of Supertron, states: "This is a tremendous opportunity to lower the cost of MRI imaging while expanding MRI's diagnostic quality, both of which will greatly benefit the US healthcare system.
Supertron is extremely honoured to receive this ATP NIST award and to have this opportunity to accelerate the development of this advanced MRI medical imaging technology.
The healthcare system is in desperate need of lower costs with improved quality and Supertron is positioned to provide both".
ATP is providing $2 million of Supertron's ATP funding award which totals $2,675,000 over three years; the project began on 1st July 2003 with a targeted completion date of 30th June 2006.
The ATP project objective is to design, build, and test a superconducting multichannel MRI array coil, which will greatly improve MRI image quality and reduce MRI image acquisition time.
Increased patient throughput will lead to lower cost MRI imaging for the US Healthcare System.
Currently there are over 20 million MRI procedures performed annually in the USA.
The cost of an individual MRI scan often exceeds $1000, and this product represents a great opportunity to reduce these costs and enhance the quality of care.
Supertron's technology is based on 12 years of research at Columbia University and the University of British Columbia and includes technology licensed from TRW.
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