Five years ago, we reported that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) had awarded CapeRay a key patent to protect our novel dual-modality […]
Posts Tagged ‘Invention’
An Icon Bids Adieu
In 1985, Dr Jay Stein and his good friend David Ellenbogen teamed up to co-found Hologic with 12 employees and the intention […]
Battle Over Patents
At CapeRay we have been meticulous in protecting our intellectual property (IP) rights by regularly filing for patents and celebrating the […]
Who Gets the Credit?
A patent provides protection to the inventor for 20 years, during which period the patent owner has an exclusive right […]
The Future of Breast Imaging?
The European Journal of Radiology has just published a paper by two Boston radiologists, Michael Fishman and Madan Rehani, entitled “Monochromatic X-rays: […]
Another Breakthrough from SA
Last Friday, we highlighted the contribution of two South Africans – Jamie Ambrose and Allan Cormack – to the development of computer […]
CT Turns 50
Fifty years ago on 1 October 1971, “Jamie Ambrose, a consultant radiologist at Atkinson Morley’s Hospital in Wimbledon, south London, made […]
Ten Years … and Counting
Ten years ago, on 15 August 2011, we posted a blog on our website entitled “To screen or not to screen? That […]
The DBT Pioneers
Digital breast tomosynthesis – DBT – has its origins in Holland in the 1930s when the neuroradiologist and electrical engineer George Ziedses […]
Mothers of Invention
We are all familiar with the proverb, “Necessity is the mother of invention,” the origins of which are attributed to Aesop’s Fables […]