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- 17 Jan 2010 06:23
Stockholm, 15 January 2010
XCounter notification of changes in significant shareholdings
XCounter AB (AIM: XCT) ("XCounter"), a technology leader in the development of
photon counting X-ray detectors and tomosynthesis based 3D medical imaging,
announces today that it has received notification from XR Invest AS that it has
purchased 11,818,181 XCounter shares representing 13.05 % of the issued share
capital of XCounter.
Stockholm, 03 December 2009
XCounter notification of changes in significant shareholdings
XCounter AB (AIM: XCT) ("XCounter"), a technology leader in the development of
photon counting X-ray detectors and tomosynthesis based 3D medical
imaging, announces it has received notification from Whitehorse Investing Ltd
("Whitehorse") that it has purchased 4,100,000
XCounter shares representing
9.41 % of the issued share capital of XCounter, from HealthCap. The Company has
also received notification that funds managed by HealthCap RNS Number : 5924E
XCounter AB
22 December 2009
PRESS RELEASE
Stockholm, 22 December 2009
XCounter notification of changes in significant shareholdings
XCounter AB (AIM: XCT) ("XCounter"), a technology leader in the development of
photon counting X-ray detectors and tomosynthesis based 3D medical imaging,
announces today that it has received notification from Whitehorse Investing Ltd
("Whitehorse") that on the 21st December 2009 it purchased 734,786 XCounter
shares taking its total shareholding to 4,834,786 shares which represents 11.1 %
of XCounter.
thehub
- 17 Jan 2010 06:25
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recent rns commercial agreement with industrial sector in norway they are taking 11m shares in the compant and here is whyhttp://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:DIYVMW5AHBoJ:www4.twi.co.uk/j32k/gsp/PR14610-ProjectOutline.pdf+ajat/industrial&hl=en&gl=uk&sig=AHIEtbSTfOHX-DwdjXboCFOqGWUzSKitpQ
* Applications
* Sensors
Ajats digital sensors and sensor technology has been incorporated in a plurality of industrial applications, which have benefited from the exclusive performance with regards to sensitivity, clarity and resolution, signal to noise ratio and contrast. Such applications include:
* NDT of pipes and pipe welds
* NDT of tube to tube sheet weld inspection in heat exchangers
* Industrial CT and laminography for inspection of pipes in nuclear power stations
* High quality backscatter imaging in real time and without moving parts
* PCB, BGA, wire bonding inspection in micro and nanno-focus systems
* Automatic X-ray Inspection (AXI) in the food and can industry
* Fur, Cork, Seed inspection
* Ultra High resolution Animal CT and micro CT
Whatever the application or the need for industrial non destructive or automatic inspection, AJAT works closely with its customers/partners, the system integrators (OEMs).
Since the imaging technology is based on individual imaging tiles (chips), it is very versatile and flexible and can be readily customized to the specific application needs
thehub
- 17 Jan 2010 06:26
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2.8m grant by german government we have 3 members on the grant commitee by the 26th jan more than the current mkt cap a sleeping giant 260p highs/funding resolved 2 instititional investers and new commercial partners subscribed for stock.http://rsna2009.rsna.org/program/committees.cfm. It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on 22 Dec 2009 17:28:35 GMT PCT Development
XCounter aims to develop a PCT detector which the Directors believe is key to the provision of low
radiation dose and high image quality scanning. The Company aims to develop a sustainable and simple but
robust detector, which delivers high sensitivity and energy resolution, fulfilling the requirements for many
X-ray imaging applications, as well as delivering a high frame rate that would allow for fast image
recognition.
Medical applications
As announced on 2 July 2009, the Company is working with Artemis, a spinoff of
the University of Erlangen's Institute of Medical Physics, under the leadership of Prof. Willi Kalender, to
collaborate on the research and development of the PCT platform in the Mammo CT area for low dose
3D X-ray CT-imaging for breast cancer detection. The Directors believe that the new device which is
intended to result from this collaboration may have the potential to offer more comprehensive and higher
quality breast scanning facilitating earlier detection of breast cancer, the most common form of cancer found
in women.
Artemis and its founder, Prof. Kalender, have substantial expertise and a proven track record in CT physics,
system and applications development. It intends to develop, validate, clinically test and commercialize a
low-dose, high-resolution breast CT scanner using the XCounter photon counting digital direct conversion
solid state detector technology.
Co-development of the breast CT scanner provides a cost effective way for XCounter to progress the
development of the detector technology as, under the current proposals, Artemis intends to provide 1.75m
over a period of two years during the R&D phase of the project. Artemis would fund XCounter's detector
development in return for exclusivity for the PCT technology in the Mammo CT application.
Artemis has applied for a 2.8m grant from the German government (Bundesministerium f Bildung und
Forschung) to fund half of the project. It is currently anticipated that the German government will announce
the results of the grant application on or around 26 January 2010.
If Artemis' application for the grant is successful, the Company anticipates negotiating and signing a co-
development agreement with Artemis in the first quarter of 2010 which will include provisions granting
Artemis exclusivity for the PCT technology for the Mammo CT application. Following the developmental
phase, Artemis proposes to licence the product to a major OEM and it is XCounter's current intention at that
time to enter into a supply agreement with Artemis, so as to exclusively manufacture and supply the detector
components to be integrated into the completed Mammo CT device.
The Directors believe that the total initial market for the complete Mammo
CT systems to be 150m per annum.
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- 17 Jan 2010 06:27
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XCounter AB (publ) (AIM: XCT), a technology leader in the development and
commercialisation of 3D medical imaging, has announced a commercial partnership
with the global leader in brachytherapy, Nucletron B.V.
In this first step of the cooperation between Nucletron and XCounter, the latter will evaluate
the properties of a novel imaging system for brachytherapy treatments. This evaluation is a
pre-study prior to moving to a full agreement on the development of a dedicated imaging
system for brachytherapy, especially designed for Nucletron.
The incidence of most cancer types is growing. Approximately 50% of all men and 30% of
all women in the USA will develop some kind of cancer at some point in their lives (NIH,
2002). This means that the need for effective methods for cancer treatment, such as
brachytherapy, is growing rapidly.
High image quality and low dose imaging are vital components in precision cancer
treatment. We find XCounters imaging principles very attractive and are looking forward to
the results of this pre-study, says Dick van Waes, Business Director Brachytherapy and
Imaging of Nucletron.
It is with great pleasure that we can announce XCounters commercial partnership with
Nucletron. Nucletron has chosen to cooperate with XCounter as a result of our unique
imaging concepts, as well as our ability to handle development on behalf our customers. In
line with our business concept, which is to invent and develop innovative patient and disease
specific imaging systems and concepts for leading medical companies, the agreement is a
further recognition of the capabilities of our company as we continue partnering discussions
for the XC Mammo -3T, says Tom Francke, CEO at XCounter. We are looking forward to a
fruitful cooperation with Nucletron.
Brachytherapy is a high precision, minimally invasive radiation therapy, favourably used for
cancer treatment in parts of the body which have sensitive adjacent organs. Examples of such
treatment areas are gynaecological body sites, breast, bladder, brain, head and neck, lung,
esophagus and prostate
thehub
- 25 Jan 2010 07:50
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XCOUNTER AB/XCT anytime soon wait for the A.A BUY.Co-development of the breast CT scanner provides a cost effective way for XCounter to progress the
development of the detector technology as, under the current proposals, Artemis intends to provide 1.75m
over a period of two years during the R&D phase of the project. Artemis would fund XCounter's detector
development in return for exclusivity for the PCT technology in the Mammo CT application.
Artemis has applied for a 2.8m grant from the German government (Bundesministerium f Bildung und
Forschung) to fund half of the project. It is currently anticipated that the German government will announce
the results of the grant application on or around 26 January 2010.
If Artemis' application for the grant is successful, the Company anticipates negotiating and signing a co-
development agreement with Artemis in the first quarter of 2010 which will include provisions granting
Artemis exclusivity for the PCT technology for the Mammo CT application. Following the developmental
phase, Artemis proposes to licence the product to a major OEM and it is XCounter's current intention at that
time to enter into a supply agreement with Artemis, so as to exclusively manufacture and supply the detector
components to be integrated into the completed Mammo CT device.
The Directors believe that the total initial market for the complete Mammo
CT systems to be 150m per annum