But what if, despite these obstacles, we could democratize medical imaging? What if we could make it less costly and easier to use with a goal of providing at least one medical screening for every person on the planet every year? What if we made medical imaging as available as a doctor’s statoscope?
The new technology: a game changer
After 15 years of research and development and $1 billion invested, a scientific team has not simply finally re-invented the X-Ray machine but designed it so that so price-friendly that the whole world can benefit.
Our scientists have developed a medical imaging machine using an electron field emission called cathode silicon. Instead of using heat to generate X-rays, these “cold cathodes” use an electric field to draw out the electrons that eventually become a stable X-Ray stream at low voltage. This digital technology is light and compact. It offers beam uniformity, precise exposure control, and dynamic focal spots, creating a superior image quality, increased imaging speed and reduced exposure time. And with a temperature that remains at room-level, patients don’t have to wait for the tube to cool down.
What makes this even more exciting is that, while we know that cold-cathode technology has been tantalizing the industry with its potential in recent years, we have found the key to mass production. Using breast scans as an example: unlike some conventional breast tomosynthesis which has a big X-ray tube and a precisely moving arm loading the tube, the Nanox solution has no moving mechanism and each source is compact and simple. Therefore, we will be able to provide a less costly stationary DBT solution due to the reduced cost of the fixed array X-ray source, with the additional benefits of the increased longevity of the Cold cathode technology.
The bottom line is that we are hopeful this new technology will bring digital imaging well into the preventive zone of medicine worldwide. The long-term version is to turn scan sessions into a commodity. Regarding the aforementioned challenges, the new technology addresses:
