TiaLinx: Developing The First Non-Contact, Non-Ionizing Scanner To Detect Breast Cancer
Executive Summary
With the breast cancer screening population expected to reach almost 250 million by 2018, TiaLinx says its new AR60-A scanner is the first non-contact, high-resolution imaging technology that does not emit ionizing radiation, and is an affordable screening alternative for the 210,000 primary care physicians in the US and significantly more worldwide.
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