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A trailblazer in medical imaging: Terry Peters
Terry Peters, a New Zealander-Canadian with a background in Electrical Engineering from the University of Canterbury, has been on a transformative journey in image-guided therapy over his fifty-year career. His story unfolds as a series of pivotal moments and breakthroughs. In 1971, Peters’ mentor Richard Bates redirected his career from engineering to medical imaging. At the time, medical imaging primarily relied on radiographs that had remained unchanged for over 75 years. Peters was tasked with measuring bone density and studying wave scattering in homogeneous mediums. This challenge set the stage for his groundbreaking work discovering computerized tomography (CT). Although his…
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The Radialis PET Imager: Thunder Bay health innovation ecosystem nurtures cutting-edge healthcare technology
When you think of cities housing and building transformational medical technology (medtech), your first guess probably isn’t ‘the city with a giant heart’. Nestled on the northwestern corner of Lake Superior, Thunder Bay, Ontario, is home to one of Canada’s most promising medtech companies specializing in positron emission tomography medical device manufacturing, Radialis.
INOVAIT announces third round of funding for artificial intelligence and image-guided therapy projects
June 21, 2023 | Toronto, ON – INOVAIT, the pan-Canadian network for image-guided therapy (IGT) hosted by Sunnybrook...
Sunnybrook’s Medventions program expands to Atlantic Canada with the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub
June 19 2023 | Today, Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) and INOVAIT are proud to announce the expansion of...
Recapping the 2023 INOVAIT Discovery Forum
Last week, the INOVAIT Network hosted its 2nd Annual Discovery Forum, bringing together members from across the...
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