Co-Chair, Australian Stroke Alliance
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EMVision has built the prototype of a lightweight brain scanner for ambulances, developed for an Australian stroke research group with federal funding, and has lodged paperwork to trigger a further milestone payment.
EMVision reports encouraging early results for its 'blood or not' algorithm that spots brain bleeds, developed with Australian Stroke Alliance grant support; Stage 2 testing of the full system comes next.
Adelaide X-ray firm Micro-X will put its $8 million share of a $40 million Medical Research Future Fund grant toward developing a portable brain CT scanner for pre-hospital stroke diagnosis.