DOTmed February 19, 2025
Australian X-ray technology company Micro-X has been awarded up to $16.4 million by the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to develop a lightweight, full-body mobile CT scanner.
Unlike conventional CT scanners, which typically weigh over 4,400 pounds, Micro-X’s proposed system will weigh just 225 kilograms. The technology is based on the company’s Nano Electronic X-ray (NEX) Technology X-ray tubes, which have previously been developed under contracts with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Australia’s Medical Research Future Fund.
“Micro-X continues to go beyond boundaries to challenge the constraints of legacy X-ray and deliver solutions that meet the needs of customers, users and patients,” said Micro-X CEO Kingsley Hall.
The project is part of ARPA-H’s Platform Accelerating...
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