Dr Robert Swann

innovation management

Case histories - Dexela

Dexela was founded in 2005 to commercialise methods of tomosynthesis for breast cancer screening and other low-dose medical x-ray imaging applications. The company built a portfolio of intellectual property in this field and is a leader in the core imaging geometry IPR, computational techniques for image reconstruction and viewing workstations for tomosynthesis.

In 2008, Dexela acquired Aviex LLC, and developed a family of novel large-area CMOS X-ray detectors.

x-ray sensor x-ray sensors
2923 CMOS X-ray detector (packaged) Dexela Flat Panel CMOS X-ray Detector (unpackaged)

The Dexela detectors are ideal for breast tomosynthesis and mammography, and are a major advance on existing products for fluoroscopy, dental CT, and non-destructive testing (NDT).

Robert joined as a Non-Executive Director in 2010 to help the company grow its semiconductor business.

Dexela was sold in 2011 to Perkin Elmer.