Toshiba Medical Research Institute USA has joined with New East Baltimore Partnership to build a medical research center at the Johns Hopkins Science and Technology Park in Baltimore.
The new center will focus on next-generation technology that will offer opportunities for research on advanced medical imaging projects. The center will be led by Dr. Joao Lima, a professor of medicine, radiology, and epidemiology at Johns Hopkins. Helen Montag, director of business development for Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures, played a key role in attracting Toshiba, the organizations said.
The Science and Technology Park at Johns Hopkins currently contains 683,000 sq ft of research-related space. The Park is more than 90% occupied, with 1,200 workers and 30 companies working in labs, offices, and retail locations.
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
