A UVA-founded company that uses artificial intelligence to convert 2D MRI scans into a 3D digital twin for muscle analysis won major financial backing. The original motivation for Springbok Analytics began in 2009 from research in biomedical engineering professor Silvia Blemker's lab to explore ways to help surgeons treat patients with cerebral palsy. Read the story by Joe Lemire in Sports Business Journal. MORE >
Funding from UVA's Coulter Center for Translational Research was instrumental in the company's development, said Blemker. "If it weren't for Coulter, we for sure wouldn't have gotten anywhere near this point," she said. Find our more about the Coulter Center. More >