Awards & Recognition
Over the years, CRi has been awarded numerous industry awards for breakthrough technology and innovative products. A few are listed below.
Frost & Sullivan US Optical Imaging Technologies in Drug Discovery Product Line Strategy Award: 2009
The Award recognizes CRi’s product development strategy for the in-vitro and in-vivo imaging markets, achieved by creating innovative solutions that address a wide range of unmet needs in life sciences applications. The company’s Nuance™ and Maestro™ multispectral solutions enable researchers and clinicians to quantitatively analyze multiple molecular markers in single cells, in tissues, and in whole organisms, aiding in the understanding the behavior of signaling pathways.
SPIE and Laurin Publishing Prism Award Finalist: 2009
The Prism Awards are judged by invited members of SPIE and the Photonics Spectra advisory board. This independent panel of experts selects from among the most innovative and technologically advanced products in categories such as optics, imaging systems, life sciences, and photonic processes. The Maestro in vivo imaging system with DyCE was selected as a finalist in the life science category.
Cleveland Clinic Top 10 Medical Innovations: 2008
Scores of clinicians and researchers at the Cleveland Clinic were asked: ”What game-changing medical technology, device, or therapy do you see breaking through in 2009?”, what innovations they felt would help to re-shape health care in the next year. Multispectral Imaging, as illustrated by CRi's Nuance Multispectral Imaging System was among the technologies chosen. Click the link above to see the Cleveland Clinic video showing the Nuance system in use.
R&D 100: 1989, 1992, 2005
Called "The Oscars of Invention", the prestigious R&D 100 Awards have been bestowed upon industry innovators for over 45 years. Winning an R&D 100 Award provides a mark of excellence known to industry, government, and academia and serves as proof that the product is one of the most innovative ideas of the year.
AMI Top Basic Science Abstract: 2005
The Academy of Molecular Imaging is an organization seeking progressive organization to advance the growing field of Molecular Medicine from basic science to clinical practice. Awards are selected by a review committee within one of four councils. Each committee has at least 4 or 5 distinguished members.
Photonics Circle of Excellence: 1989, 1992
Each year Laurin Publishing honors the 25 most technically innovative products in the photonics marketplace. Products are carefully assessed by Photonics Spectra’s Editorial Advisory Board, a distinguished panel of acknowledged experts. Product-worthiness is judged based on uniqueness, importance to the industry, and technological achievement.


