News & Press Releases
2023/11
IllumiSonics Inc., Announces Publication of Landmark Clinical Validation Study in Breast Cancer PARS® H&E images equivalent to traditional gold-standard H&E images with 98% diagnostic concordance for cancer versus benign. read more |
2023/11
illumiSonics Announces the Appointment of Steve Basta as Chairman of the Board illumiSonics Inc., a leading company in optical imaging systems providing unprecedented cellular and molecular data, is pleased to announce that Mr. Steven Basta has been appointed as chairman of the board of directors effective October 20, 2023. read more |
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2023/08
IllumiSonics Inc., Announces the Appointment of Scott Durbin as Chief Executive Officer illumiSonics Inc., a leading company in optical imaging systems providing unprecedented cellular and molecular data, is proud to announce the appointment of Scott Durbin as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective August 8, 2023. read more |
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2023/07
IllumiSonics label-free fresh tissue histology imaging to be presented at the 25th World Congress of Dermatology illumiSonics, a leader in label-free imaging, is pleased to announce that Dr. Ally-Khan Somani will be presenting on PARS fresh skin tissue imaging at the 25th World Congress of Dermatology in Singapore, July 3rd-8th, 2023. read more |
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2023/04
Dr. Jill Stefanelli Joins illumiSonics Inc., as an Advisory Board Member and Consultant in Digital and Molecular Pathology illumiSonics Inc., is proud to announce that Jill Stefanelli, PhD has joined the company as an Advisory Board Member and Consultant in Digital and Molecular Pathology. read more |
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2023/ 03
Dr. Ilona Urbaniak Joins illumiSonics Inc. as Senior AI Software Engineer illumiSonics Inc. is delighted to announce that Dr. Ilona Urbaniak has joined the illumiSonics team as Senior Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software Engineer. read more |
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2022/ 12
Glen Mackey Joins illumiSonics Inc. as a Member of the Board of Directors illumiSonics Inc. is pleased to announce that Glen E. Mackey has joined the company as a member of the Board of Directors. read more |
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2021 / 12
Jochen Schweizer Appointed as New Chief Operating Officer illumiSonics Inc., a medical tissue imaging company, announced today the appointment of Jochen Schweizer as COO. read more |
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2021 / 02
illumiSonics Inc. Expands its Board of Directors with the Appointment of Dr. Kevin Fahey The company has taken this action in anticipation of its growth and the commercial introduction of its proprietary Photo Acoustic Remote Sensing (PARS®) tissue imaging platform. read more |
Recent News
2024/04
How lasers and AI could help detect cancerous tissue in minutes Featured on CTV News Kitchener. A cancer detecting system built from scratch at the University of Waterloo (UW) is nearing completion and could be on the market within two years. read more |
2024/03
illumiSonics’ technology a revolutionary step in cancer diagnosis When it comes to treating cancer, the time it takes to complete a diagnosis can have a significant impact on patient outcomes. In the U.S., the average time to complete a diagnosis is over five months, which can delay lifesaving treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy. read more |
2022
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2022 / 11
Dr. Parsin Haji Reza appointed Translational Medical Staff, Wills Eye Hospital |
A bylaw approved by the Wills Eye Hospital Staff and the Philadelphia Board of Directors of City Trusts to appoint Dr. Haji Reza as a Translational Medical Staff for 2 years. Wills Eye Hospital is a non-profit eye clinic and hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is the oldest continually operating eye-care facility in the United States. Wills Eye Hospital has consistently been ranked one of the top three ophthalmology hospitals in the United States and its ophthalmology residency program is considered one of the most competitive residency programs in the world.
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2022 / 03
Researchers' Corner 20/20 Innovation Vision |
Dr. Parsin Haji Reza featured in CIL Researchers' Corner. The feature article focuses on Canada's Recovery - Research is Key: contributions, efforts, achievements, and challenges of our top research performers moving Canada into its recovery stage post pandemic - read more.
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2022 / 03
Top 100 in Physics |
Our paper published in Scientific Reports, "Functional and structural ophthalmic imaging using noncontact multimodal photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy and optical coherence tomography," is one of the top 100 most downloaded physics papers that were published in 2021 - read more.
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2022 / 03
PARS® featured in BioPhotonics Magazine |
Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Reveals Clues About Cancer, Blindness. By leveraging the imaging contrast created in the light-matter interactions caused by laser excitation, photoacoustic remote sensing provides detailed information in real time - read more.
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2022 / 01
«Looking Disease in the Eye» PARS® featured in IEEE Pulse magazine |
IEEE Pulse magazine of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society has highlighted PARS and PhotoMedicine Labs research in the field of ophthalmology - read more.
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2021
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2021 / 11
Engineering Research Excellence Award to Dr. Parsin H. Reza |
Congratulations to Dr. Parsin H. Reza for receiving the Engineering Research Excellence Award at the Assistant Professor Level from the University of Waterloo. This awards recognizes outstanding research accomplishments, innovative ideas and dedication to Waterloo Engineering research - read more.
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2021 / 08
illumiSonics featured on Microsoft Customer Stories |
illumiSonics is working to accelerate real-time, touchless laser research geared to revolutionizing medical imaging with Azure - read more.
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2021/08
illumiSonics featured on Microsoft News Centre Canada |
HIMSS21: Empowering a patient-centered healthcare model - read more.
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2020
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2020 / 09
First time reported label-free, non-contact, in-vivo ophthalmic Imaging using PARS® |
Professor Parsin Haji Reza and his team at the PhotoMedicine Labs for the first time reported label-free, non-contact, in-vivo ophthalmic imaging using photoacoustic remote sensing (PARS®) microscopy. This work is the first non-contact photoacoustic imaging of ocular structures - read more.
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2020 / 05
New Frontiers in Research Fund awarded to SYDE Professor Parsin Haji Reza |
Next Generation of Surgical Microscopes for Real-time Virtual Histopathology will be funded by the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF). This research fund awards $46.3 million for Exploration projects that push research boundaries in Canada - read more.
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2019
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2019 / 11
UW researchers develop imaging tech that could ‘revolutionize’ cancer surgery |
There is no cure for cancer, but treatment could be dramatically improved thanks to an invention out of the University of Waterloo. Parsin Haji Reza and his team at the university are working to revolutionize cancer detection - read more.
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2019 / 10
Professor Parsin featured in the WEAL magazine |
Parsin Haji Reza, who joined Waterloo as a professor of systems design engineering in 2018, is director of the Photomedicine Lab and co-founder of startup illumiSonics - read more.
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2019 / 06
SYDE Prof. received $420,000 funding from Mitacs Accelerate Program |
Dr. Parsin Haji Reza a professor at the SYDE and the director of PhotoMedicine Labs received $420,000 from Mitacs Accelerate Program in collaboration with illumiSonics Inc. - read more.
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2018
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2018 / 12
IRAP Reward |
illumiSonics awarded IRAP project grant for its ground breaking activity.
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2018 / 06
Clinical study gets ethics approval to study a variety of human cancers |
illumiSonics sponsored clinical study gets ethics approval to study a variety of human cancers, and compare PARS® imaging to standard light microscopic assessment.
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2018 / 03
New location |
illumiSonics moves to Waterloo, Ontario.
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2017
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2017 / 01
University of Alberta researchers develop new way to view tumours |
A couple of University of Alberta biomedical engineers have come up with a new way to view tumours called photoacoustic remote sensing.
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2017 / 01
PARS® microscopy is highlighted in UofA news |
«Breakthrough technology illuminates early tumour development» Researchers publish their work on a new imaging system, changing the way we see structures deep inside the body - read more.
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2016
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2016 / 04
Patent granted |
illumiSonics Inc., issued U.S. patent - Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (PARS®).
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2015
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2015 / 08
Alberta innovates micro-voucher grant for illumiSonics Inc. |
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2015 / 02
illumiSonics has been selected as one of 18 semi-finalists in SPIE start-up challenge. |
The SPIE Startup Challenge is a valuable resource for entrepreneurs in photonics.
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2015 / 02
illumiSonics is one of the best start-up companies |
illumiSonics has been selected to showcase at HealthKick 2015 as one of Canada's top start-up health companies.
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