Imeka
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Last deal

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Grant

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24.10.2023

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3

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$1M

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Imeka is a provider of brain imaging platform that helps researchers get the most out of their medical images.

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founded date

01.01.2011

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For Profit

Last funding type

Grant

IPO status

Private

Description

Imeka's technology offers MRI high-standing structure and deep learning algorithms, which allows pharmaceutical companies to understand brain connectivity specifically white matter imaging. The company's diffusion imaging tools are able to measure extracellular water fraction (free-water), which is sensitive neuroinflammation. Imeka's technology has applications in important brain disease areas such as Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer and Parkinson. The company's main goal is to play an influential role in the search and development of cures for brain disease. Imeka's team includes Maxime Descoteaux, Ph.D., founder & CSO, who is an internationally renowned leader in medical imaging and diffusion MRI.
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Pierre-Marc Jodoin is from the University of Sherbrooke, Canada where he works as a full professor since 2007. He specializes in the development of novel techniques for machine learning and deep learning applied to computer vision and medical imaging. He mostly works in video surveillance and brain and cardiac image analytics. He is the co-director of the Sherbrooke AI plateform and co-founder of the medical imaging company called "Imeka.ca" which specializes in MRI brain image analytics.

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Maxime received a Ph.D. from the INRIA Sophia-Antipolis and did a post-doctorate fellow at the NeuroSpin, CEA Saclay in Paris, in computer science and neuroimaging. He is a world reknown expert in diffusion MRI and medical imaging. Maxime supervises the science, research and software developments at Imeka.

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Jean-René Bélanger

CEO

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