FUJIFILM VisualSonics

FUJIFILM VisualSonics Inc. (originally VisualSonics Inc.) is a biomedical company focused on the commercialization of high-frequency ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging equipment for research purposes. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada (with European headquarters in Amsterdam).^[1]

History

VisualSonics was founded in 1999 by Stuart Foster,^[2] Medical Physicist out of Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto.  Dr. Foster's laboratory had been focused on developing a higher frequency ultrasound system since 1983 in order to better study mouse models of human disease.^[3] In 2010 the company was acquired by the American clinical ultrasound company, SonoSite Inc.^[4] (based in Bothell, WA). In 2012, FUJIFILM Holdings acquired SonoSite Inc.^[5]