FUJIFILM VisualSonics Inc. (originally VisualSonics Inc.) is a
biomedical
Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine) company focused on the commercialization of
high-frequency ultrasound
Preclinical imaging is the visualization of living animals for research purposes, such as drug development. Imaging modalities have long been crucial to the researcher in observing changes, either at the organ, tissue, cell, or molecular level, i ...
and
photoacoustic imaging
Photoacoustic imaging or optoacoustic imaging is a biomedical imaging modality based on the photoacoustic effect. Non-ionizing laser pulses are delivered into biological tissues and part of the energy will be absorbed and converted into heat, le ...
equipment for research purposes. The company is headquartered in
Toronto, Canada
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor ...
(with European headquarters in
Amsterdam
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).
History
VisualSonics was founded in 1999 by Stuart Foster, Medical Physicist out of
Sunnybrook Research Institute Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) is the research component of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It is one of the largest research centres in Canada and is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto
The University ...
, Toronto. Dr. Foster's laboratory had been focused on developing a higher frequency ultrasound system since 1983 in order to better study mouse models of human disease. In 2010 the company was acquired by the American clinical ultrasound company, SonoSite Inc. (based in
Bothell, WA). In 2012,
FUJIFILM
, trading as Fujifilm, or simply Fuji, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, operating in the realms of photography, optics, office and medical electronics, biotechnology, and chemicals.
The offerings from th ...
Holdings acquired SonoSite Inc.
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References
External links
Official Website
Biomedicine
Companies based in Toronto
Medical imaging