{"entity":{"id":"imagine-scientific","kind":"company","name":"Imagine Scientific","aka":["Imagine Scientific, Inc.","IMAGINE SCIENTIFIC, INC."],"tldr":"Imagine Scientific is a Massachusetts company, spun off from astrophysics research, building a mammography machine that uses X-rays of a single energy. It aims to find cancers in dense breasts with a lower radiation dose.","summary":"Imagine Scientific, Inc., of Norwood, Massachusetts, describes itself as a spin-off from astrophysics research developing a patented monochromatic X-ray mammography instrument for 2-D and 3-D breast imaging, with the aim of better detection of cancerous lesions in dense breasts and screening doses more than 85 per cent lower, as the company states. Its co-founders are Eric Silver and Marjorie Randell-Silver. In fiscal year 2026 NCI awarded it USD 1,462,590 under SBIR Phase II grant 5R44CA302210-02 to develop STARLIGHT, its monochromatic X-ray imaging system, for mammography.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"Official website","url":"https://imaginescientific.com/"},{"label":"NIH RePORTER: award 5R44CA302210-02","url":"https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11400515"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["breast-cancer"],"sections":["imaging","early-detection"],"technologies":["mammography"],"targets":[],"drugs":["starlight-monochromatic-mammography"],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":["The dose and detection figures are the company's own claims for an instrument in development. Read on imaginescientific.com and NIH RePORTER on 4 November 2026."],"hq":"Norwood, MA","country":"US","companyType":"imaging","website":"https://imaginescientific.com/","stage":"startup","investors":[],"funding":[{"round":"Grant","year":2026,"amountUsd":1462590,"source":"https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11400515","note":"NCI SBIR Phase II (R44) award 5R44CA302210-02: Transforming Mammography With STARLIGHT, Imagine Scientific's Monochromatic X-Ray Imaging System"}]},"route":"/companies/imagine-scientific/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"breast-cancer","kind":"cancer","name":"Breast cancer (all types)","route":"/cancers/breast-cancer/"}],"section":[{"id":"early-detection","kind":"section","name":"Early Detection & Screening","route":"/fronts/early-detection/"},{"id":"imaging","kind":"section","name":"Imaging","route":"/fronts/imaging/"}],"technology":[{"id":"mammography","kind":"technology","name":"Mammography & tomosynthesis","route":"/technologies/mammography/"}],"drug":[{"id":"starlight-monochromatic-mammography","kind":"drug","name":"STARLIGHT monochromatic X-ray imaging system","route":"/drugs/starlight-monochromatic-mammography/"}]}}