Dear AuntMinnie Member,
The new year is traditionally seen as a time for change and renewal, and this year that's particularly the case here at AuntMinnie.com. We are pleased to announce that AuntMinnie.com is now under new ownership, with market research and consulting firm IMV Ltd. acquiring AuntMinnie from our previous owner, Eastman Kodak Health Imaging.
IMV and AuntMinnie are hardly strangers -- we've been working together since AuntMinnie went live in 1999. IMV provides AuntMinnie with data for our IMV MarketStat feature in the Business and Industry Digital Community, and the company's market reports are available for sale in our Open Market e-commerce section.
We look forward to expanding our collaboration with IMV in the future as we find ways to maximize the synergy between our businesses. Otherwise, most of you should see no change in any of the news, education, and services that AuntMinnie provides on a daily basis.
While we're on the topic, we'd like to thank Kodak for the four years we spent under the company's wing. Kodak gave AuntMinnie the long-term stability and editorial independence that we needed at a crucial phase of our development. Without Kodak's stewardship, AuntMinnie never would have been able to grow into the invaluable resource that so many radiology professionals rely on today.
So, it's onward and upward for AuntMinnie.com in 2005. We've got great plans for the year ahead, and we look forward to having you join us for the ride.
![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&fit=crop&h=100&q=70&w=100)
![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)
