CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ramesh Raskar, founder of the Camera Culture research group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab and associate professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT, is the recipient of the 2016 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. Raskar is the co-inventor of radical imaging solutions including Femto-photography, an ultra-fast imaging camera that can see around corners, low-cost eye-care solutions for the developing world, and a camera that allows users to read pages of a book without opening the cover. Raskar seeks to catalyze change on a massive scale by launching platforms that empower inventors to create solutions to improve lives globally.

The global dental imaging equipment market is estimated at US$ 2,088.2 Mn in 2015 and will expand at a moderate CAGR during the forecast period 2016-2024. 

Neurologist and Harvard professor Ole Isacson, MD, is joining Pfizer as senior vice president and the chief scientific officer of its neuroscience research unit. He begins duties on Sept. 16.

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 8 — The CARESTREAM OnSight 3D Extremity System that uses cone beam CT (CBCT) technology to capture weight-bearing and other types of extremity exams has received FDA 510(k) clearance and is available for order in the United States.

WAUKESHA, WI – September 7, 2016 – Today, GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE) is proud to announce that MAGiC (MAGnetic resonance image Compilation), the industry’s first multi-contrast magnetic resonance (MR) technique, is now 510(k) cleared by the U.S. FDA*. MAGiC, the result of a collaboration with SyntheticMR AB, gives clinicians more data than conventional scanning in a fraction of the time.

TUSTIN, Calif., Sept. 7, 2016 – To show the benefits of the recent FDA approval of ultrasound contrast for characterizing liver lesions in adults and pediatrics, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.’s AplioTM 500 Platinum ultrasound system, with its comprehensive contrast imaging package, will be used during a live case following the International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS) Bubbles Conference, September 8–9, 2016, in Chicago.

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 31 — Carestream is shipping its new DRX Core family of DRX detectors designed to make reliable, high-quality DR imaging affordable for imaging centers, small to mid-size hospitals, urgent care facilities, specialty clinics and providers that perform mobile imaging exams.

Siemens Healthineers has announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the SOMATOM Drive computed tomography (CT) system. This new dual source scanner is designed to drive precision in diagnostic imaging across a wide range of clinical disciplines – from pediatrics and emergency medicine to cardiology and oncology – as well as deliver a new level of quality in patient with the potential to reduce examination time, preparation, and follow-up care.