BioImagene Ushers in 2009 with Record Growth.CUPERTINO, Calif. -- BioImagene, the leading provider of innovative digital pathology solutions, announced a record 2008. The company saw a doubling of business volume compared to the previous year, with 50 scanners shipped in the in the fourth quarter alone. Pathologists worldwide scanned and analyzed 25,000 anatomical pathology anatomical pathology n. The study of the structural and compositional changes that occur in organs and tissues as a result of disease. Also called pathological anatomy. slides using BioImagene systems during this quarter. Other fourth quarter highlights included additional venture funding from Siemens Venture Capital, the successful establishment of a Global Customer Care Center and expansion into European markets. The company added new reference laboratory customers, as well as hospital customers that are among the Best Cancer Hospitals as ranked by US News and World Reports. Agility Bio - a division of BioImagene Inc, entered into a partnership with Advinus Therapeutics, a TATA enterprise, to provide imaging services in conjunction with preclinical preclinical /pre·clin·i·cal/ (-klin´i-k'l) before a disease becomes clinically recognizable. pre·clin·i·cal adj. 1. development services offered by Advinus. Dr. Ajit Singh For the founder and chief of the political party Rashtriya Lok Dal in Uttar Pradesh, India, see Chaudhary Ajit Singh. Ajit Singh was the Maharaja of Marwar Jodhpur Rajasthan and the son of Maharaja Jaswant Singh. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , BioImagene observed, "It has been an outstanding year for us and for digital pathology. The current economic climate does not appear to have dampened the demand for digital solutions for anatomic pathology. This bodes well for Digital Pathology as an industry, as well as the future of Personalized Medicine  The external links in this article or section may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies. ."
Dr. Singh had spoken recently at the California Society of Pathologists
where he hailed Digital Pathology as "O the last missing link for
enabling Personalized Medicine."
BioImagene specializes in end-to-end Pathology Workflow Optimization. Specifically, it develops and sells fully integrated hardware and software systems to acquire, view, share, manage, archive and analyze tissue images in a pathology laboratory. The use of digital pathology systems is expected to dramatically increase over the next five years as the technology will become more accessible to all pathologists and also necessary for their work. Pathologists are likely to parallel the adoption of digital imaging and PACS (Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries. (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems In medical imaging, picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) are computers or networks dedicated to the storage, retrieval, distribution and presentation of images. The medical images are stored in an independent format. ) by the radiologists in the 90's. Currently, over ninety percent of radiologists use PACS for the majority of their daily work. About BioImagene BioImagene is the leader in providing innovative and affordable digital pathology solutions for clinical diagnostics and drug discovery. BioImagene products are FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. - cleared for specific clinical applications, and are intended for research use for other applications. |
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