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Dr. Boyd founded Imatron in 1983, a medical technology company that produces electron beam tomography ("EBT") scanners, and served in various capacities, including as Chairman and CEO. Imatron was later acquired by General Electric. Dr. Boyd also helped found Invision Technologies Inc., a company engaged in airport explosives detection. He served on the Invision board until its acquisition by General Electric in December 2004.
Dr. Boyd currently serves as Chairman of the Board of XLR Medical, Inc., as CEO of TeleSecurity Sciences, Inc., as Managing Director of Imaging Technology Ventures, Inc., and on the Board of Directors of Imaging Technology Group, Inc., TechniScan, Inc. and HealthAddress, Inc. He is internationally known as an expert in radiology and computed tomography ("CT") imaging systems, and has pioneered the development of fan-beam CT scanners, Xenon detector arrays and EBT scanners. Dr. Boyd has been awarded 13 U.S. patents. He is an Adjunct Professor of Radiology at the University of California, San Francisco, has published more than 100 scientific papers and is a frequent speaker at universities and symposiums. | 