The Cone Beam Breast Computed Tomography (CBBCT) scanner

Background on Technology

Spinoff Company Receives $2.5 Million NIH Grant to Build Prototype Scanner
May 11, 2005
Koning Corp., a Rochester-based imaging start-up and a spinoff company from the University of Rochester Medical Center, today announced that it has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to build a next-generation scanner for the early diagnosis of breast cancer, image-guided therapeutics and breast cancer screening.

New Technology Improves Tumor Detection
February 27, 2001
Knowing that early detection is often the key to reducing cancer deaths, a University of Rochester Medical Center scientist is developing new technology to build a next-generation CT scanner that could lead to more successful treatment of lung cancer and many other types of malignancies.

NIH Funding

NIH Funding Continues to Grow at URMC

Clinical Trials

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