Technology
The missing link in better healthcare for all, beyond AI and machine learning, could be in the low cost, portable, read/write, medical imaging systems Openwater is developing.
We are devising a new generation of portable medical imaging technologies to enable improved access to medical diagnoses and treatments. The core of our breakthough image quality is in our opto-electronic and holographic systems, and novel lasers that enable our portable system to rival the resolution and image quality of multi-million dollar medical imaging scanners.
Below are examples of the image quality we have achieved with our breakthrough scanning systems that use just red and near-infrared light and ultrasound pings.
Rat Heads and Skulls:
Imaged with Openwater systems with different greyscales to see different features.

Non-invasive imaging
of rat tumor
Openwater image of rat tumor
3D Openwater scan of rat tumor
Imaging Tumors in Live Rats
Imaged with Openwater systems with different greyscales to see different features.


Openwater image of rat tumor


Openwater kidney imaging
Imaging of Kidneys
Imaging pig kidneys with Openwater Imaging Systems
Kidney vasculature using Openwater Imaging
Openwater systems showing renal
pyramids in pig kidney

Openwater vs MRI kidney imaging comp.
(Opewater on the left, MRI on the right)
Rat Abdomen and Spinal Features - Recorded with Openwater scanning system



Over the last two years we have built new lasers, cameras, ultrasonic systems and put them together in slimmed down holographic system architectures - we have also designed and built new compute/control systems, electronics boards, firmware, and software to enable scanning of the body and invented and built novel image reconstruction techniques and image visualization software. We then refined these systems, and in the process made some breakthroughs in image quality - and continue to do so

Example of an Openwater Scan System for rapid prototyping


Our wand system that can see inside brain and body with blood flow fidelity of 0.1% even in capillaries. We are starting hospital studies on humans for use as a stroke detector at the end of 2020
Today we have 8 rapid prototyping systems at Openwater that enable us to try scanning different features of the body and to rapidly reconfigure our systems to create new kinds of both functional and structural scanning.
In addition we are now building prototypes for different indications including blood flow (for stroke detection in ambulance), oxy/deoxy and full-structural imaging of different organs for different conditions like cancers.
Our first product will be stroke detection in ambulances and urgent care facilities

We are pursuing a full brain scanning system with bloodflow detection system for stroke, generalized neuro and BCI; we can also include full brain structural information without ionizing radiation or contrast injections
We have about 30 patents in process, 6 that are fully issued and another 4 published, some of the links are below. We will be publishing in the scientific literature as well in the future.
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Optical imaging in a diffuse medium - link here
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Device for optical imaging - link here
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Expanding beam optical element - link here
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Co-located imaging and display pixel - link here
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Optical transformation device for imaging - link here
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System and device for optical transformation - link here
Here are a few links to some recent talks on Openwater explaining the technology in more detail.
TED Talk - Mary Lou Jepsen at the 2018 TED Annual Conference - Vancouver, Canada - Introducing the basic physics behind the Openwater system. ~1 Million views!
Wired Health 2019 - London - talk by Mary Lou Jepsen - April 2019 - updates on the Openwater systems
Long Now Seminar on Long Term Thinking (SALT) - Nov 29 2018 - Discussing the long term implications of Openwater.
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