Cleveland Clinic and Canon Inc. have announced intentions to form a strategic research partnership to develop innovative imaging and healthcare IT technologies aimed at improving diagnosis, care and outcomes for patients. The two organizations expect to establish a comprehensive imaging research center. The center will potentially include shared workspace in an existing building in Cleveland?s Fairfax neighborhood, adjacent to Cleveland Clinic?s main campus.

The initiative brings together a cross-institutional team of clinician scientists, researchers and engineers to pioneer imaging technologies. Joint research projects will focus on cardiology, neurology and musculoskeletal medicine, and will have three major components ? pre-clinical imaging, human imaging and image analysis.

It will also enable local and global research collaborations. The center will be part of the Cleveland Innovation District, a more than $500 million public-private partnership that brings the State of Ohio and JobsOhio together with Cleveland?s healthcare and higher education institutions to accelerate research, create jobs and educate the workforce of the future.