World Lung Day (WLD) on September 25 is a day of awareness and action for lung health, a chance for all of us to come together and promote improved lung health around the world. Hundreds of millions of people around the world are affected by...
One emerging application for dual-energy X-ray subtraction is the opportunistic detection of coronary calcifications. Coronary artery calcifications (CAC), or the presence of calcium buildups in arteries that supply blood to the heart, is common in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD)3. A 2021 update by the American Heart Association maintains that CHD is the leading cause of death attributable to cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the US. CVD accounted for approximately 18.6 million...
Showcasing Emerging Technologies for Low-Resource Settings Waterloo, Ont. (September 07, 2021) KA Imaging’s Reveal™ 35C has been included in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) compendium of innovative health technologies for low-resource settings, launched August 31, 2021. This compilation features emerging technologies assessed and found to potentially improve health...
Our CTO Karim S. Karim was one of the speakers on the sidelines of the 2021 Islamic Development Bank Group Annual Meeting in Uzbekistan. Dr. Karim introduced Reveal 35C as a solution for low and middle-income countries to screen for Covid-19 and other infectious diseases...
VCA Education Solutions for Health Professionals – Dual Energy Radiography Dr. Karim S. Karim, CTO of KA Imaging, and Jay Potipcoe, Applications Specialist, will be presenting a live webinar on September 25, 2021, specifically tailored to imaging technologists about single exposure dual-energy subtraction X-ray. They will first...
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that occurs in every part of the world. It is spread through airborne bacteria from one person to the next without physical contact. Although cases are relatively low in Canada and the US, in 2019 alone, 1.4 million people died from TB worldwide5. Tuberculosis is...
KA Imaging Pitches Reveal™ 35C Technology KA Imaging is eager to pitch their solution for previous X-ray technology shortfalls on August 26, after being selected to take part in the Breaking Boundaries Collaboration Challenge. This online competition will provide the opportunity for selected winners to work with both public and private sectors and advance healthcare resources provided to U.S. Veterans. For KA Imaging, this would mean bringing Reveal™ 35C, the world’s first portable dual-energy...
It has been an exciting time for KA Imaging, having presented the first portable dual-energy X-ray detector to the world in 2018. In September 2020, after a great deal of dedicated work, Reveal™ 35C was granted both USA FDA 510 (k) clearance and a Health Canada Medical Device...
Standardization and InnovationKA Imaging’s Sebastian Maurino, Imaging Physicist, Engineer, and Imaging Research Team Lead, presented a poster virtually at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting 2021, titled Dual-energy Subtraction Efficiency: Development of an Objective Quality Metric for Tissue-subtraction Radiography.The research proposed...
A Webinar Held by Dr. Karim S. Karim and Jay PotipcoeKA Imaging presented a webinar on July 27 to clarify the uses of dual-energy subtraction X-ray and explain the limitations of old techniques. Using dual energy has many clinical benefits as well as operational and financial. Dr. Karim S....