Dear Business & Industry Insider,
It's a common occurrence in healthcare for new innovations to make the leap from the university setting to the corporate world, where they ultimately evolve into successful products and companies (PACS firm Stentor is just one recent example that comes to mind).
But a new start-up called BlinkRadiology from Springfield, IL, may have set an unofficial record for the jump from bench to boardroom. The company set itself up just months after data on its unique "blink" comparator technology was presented at the 2006 RSNA show.
Maybe you remember the study -- researchers from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, also in Springfield, developed a "blinking" image review method that superimposes new and prior images upon each other, rather than comparing them in the traditional side-by-side or up-and-down method.
Sure, it sounds wacky, but many who saw the study said the technique made suspicious lesions appear to jump out from the images. Now, BlinkRadiology is looking to take advantage of the phenomenon by commercializing the technology. Find out how the company plans to get radiologists to start blinking in the reading rooms in our Insider Exclusive, which you can reach by clicking here.
In other major news affecting imaging vendors, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking manufacturers of gadolinium-based MRI contrast media to include a "black box" warning on their products. Get more details on that development by clicking here.
Also find out which ultrasound vendor gets bragging rights as the top company by viewing our story on the latest report on ultrasound sales from Klein Biomedical Consultants of New York City. The article can be viewed by clicking here.
