PSP

Name

PSP

Legal name

PSP株式会社 (PSP Corporation)

Website

https://psp.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Imaging Software (Healthcare IT / PACS)

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Picture Archiving & Communication Systems (PACS) (HLACALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Radiology Information Systems (RIS) (HLACALAB), Teleradiology Platforms & Reading Workflow (HLACALAK), Image Exchange, Sharing & Patient/Provider Portals (DICOM/Web) (HLACALAI), Imaging Interoperability & Standards Enablement (DICOM/HL7/FHIR/IHE) (HLACALAJ), Radiology Reporting, Dictation & Structured Reporting (HLACALAF)

Keywords

• Cloud medical imaging
• Healthcare IT solutions
• Radiology PACS systems
• Medical image management
• Personal health records

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices26 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Cloud PACS (NOBORI) subscription: Monthly/annual subscription fees for cloud-based medical image management services. NOBORI-CUBE hardware provided as rental equipment with zero initial investment required from customers. Subscription covers data center storage, viewer software, support, and maintenance.
2. On-premise PACS / Application software: Sale of on-premise PACS software licenses and related applications (EV Insite series viewer software, RIS, mammography PACS) primarily to large-scale facilities. May include professional services for implementation and customization.
3. NOBORI PAL platform services: Platform fees and per-use charges for AI diagnostic support services, regional healthcare coordination (TONARI), emergency external image reference (TSUNAGU), and other cloud services accessed through the NOBORI PAL ecosystem.
4. NOBORI PHR (patient-facing app): PHR services provided to medical institutions for patient-facing digital health record delivery, often bundled with core cloud PACS subscription.
5. Professional services and implementation: System adoption engineering, on-site installation, customization, training, and ongoing technical support services provided by field engineering teams.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

PSP Corporation develops and operates cloud-based medical image management systems, primarily the NOBORI Cloud PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System), for hospitals, clinics, and health checkup centers in Japan. The portfolio includes on-premises DICOM viewers (EV Insite series), a cloud service platform (NOBORI PAL) with AI diagnostic support tools, a patient-facing Personal Health Record (PHR) smartphone app, a cloud-based Radiology Information System (RIS), a digital pathology PACS, and supplementary services for radiation dose management, regional healthcare coordination, and emergency image reference.

Product overview

PSP Corporation offers a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on cloud PACS NOBORI and on-premises/standalone EV Insite viewers, with an ecosystem of applications (Viewer, Report, RIS, Mobile Viewer, Pathology PACS) and the NOBORI PAL service platform hosting AI diagnostic tools and regional coordination services. The core NOBORI PACS manages medical images across radiology, pathology, and other modalities via cloud infrastructure with East/West Japan dual data centers. NOBORI PHR extends the platform to patients via a smartphone app. The portfolio spans: PACS/NOBORI (cloud), EV Insite (on-prem), NOBORI PAL (platform), NOBORI PAL AI (AI hub), NOBORI PHR (patient app), and supplementary services (TONARI, TSUNAGU, MINCADI, 医知悟, RIS, etc.). After the 2022 merger of PSP and NOBORI, the combined entity serves approximately 2,500 facilities with 22%+ domestic PACS market share. Strategic expansions include digital pathology (2024), Kyoto Prefecture AI lung cancer screening (2026), electronic medical record sharing (2026), and the PERICAN perioperative management app (2026).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NOBORI Cloud PACS Cloud-based Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) for storing, managing, and archiving medical images (CT, MRI, X-ray, ultrasound, endoscopy, mammography). Uses NOBORI-CUBE appliance servers with dual East/West Japan data center storage, encrypted and secret-dispersed data protection, and zero initial investment plus monthly subscription pricing. Targeted at hospitals, clinics, and health checkup centers in Japan.
• EV Insite (EV Insite R / S / M) On-premises and standalone DICOM viewer software family. EV Insite R is a reading workstation viewer; EV Insite S is a standalone viewer for laptops; EV Insite M is a mammography-specific viewer. Designed for hospitals and radiology departments.
• NOBORI PAL Platform Cloud service platform built on NOBORI infrastructure. Provides an ecosystem of third-party and PSP-developed services including AI diagnostic tools, 3D processing, case databases, conference tools, voice recognition, and regional healthcare coordination services. Sold to medical institutions on monthly or usage-based pricing.
• NOBORI PHR Personal Health Record (PHR) smartphone application enabling patients of partner hospitals to view medical images, test results, prescriptions, appointment histories, and health records. Supports myNumber portal linkage, QR code data import from lab measurement devices, family sharing, and multi-institution health data aggregation. Sold B2B to medical institutions for patient-facing deployment.
• NOBORI PAL AI AI diagnostic support platform within NOBORI PAL, hosting multiple AI tools including EIRL aneurysm (brain aneurysm), EIRL Chest Screening (lung nodules), VUNO Med-LungCT, Ali-M3 COVID-19, Canon Medical Stroke package, ClearRead chest X-ray, and Temporal Subtraction For Bone. Used by radiologists and radiology departments.
• NOBORI for Pathology (Cloud Pathology PACS) Cloud pathology PACS for digitized Whole Slide Imaging (WSI) management, AI-powered pathological image analysis (integrated Medmain pathology AI), remote telepathology consultation, and cross-departmental image integration. Unifies pathology data with CT/MRI/endoscopy images within NOBORI. Sold to hospitals and pathology laboratories.
• MINCADI (Cloud Radiation Dose Management) Cloud-based radiation exposure dose management system tracking patient radiation dose per exam and enabling inter-facility comparison for optimization of imaging parameters against national Diagnostic Reference Levels. Sold to hospitals and imaging centers.
• 医知悟 (Remote Image Diagnosis Support) Remote image diagnosis support service allowing radiologists to submit remote reading requests directly from the NOBORI PACS reporting system, with images transmitted via ICHIGO's anonymized, secure infrastructure. Sold to hospitals and radiology practices needing remote reading capacity.
• Kyoto Prefecture Lung Cancer Screening AI Program AI chest X-ray diagnostic support program for Kyoto Prefecture lung cancer screening. Jointly developed with Kyoto Medical Association and Preferred Networks. Displays 'No Findings' for low-abnormality-suspicion cases to reduce radiologist workload in mass screening. Deployed via NOBORI PACS infrastructure.

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero initial investment model: NOBORI-CUBE rental hardware, no on-premise server purchase required, monthly subscription model
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration26 records

AI capability15 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Preferred Networks (株式会社Preferred Networks / PFN)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025PFN collaborated with Kyoto Medical Association and PSP to develop an AI-powered chest X-ray diagnostic support program for Kyoto Prefecture's lung cancer screening program. PFN's proprietary AI model was trained with a focus on normal cases (no abnormal findings) and displays 'No Findings' to support radiologists. PFN brings expertise in medical image analysis accumulated over 10+ years including Kaggle competition wins.
• Regulus Inc. (レギュラス株式会社)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 June 2024PSP acquired all shares of Regulus, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary in June 2024. Regulus is an imaging CRO specializing in medical imaging for clinical trials and research. The acquisition strengthens PSP's presence in clinical research and trial imaging services and enables synergy with PHR ePRO services and program medical device evaluation.
• Life Data Initiative ((一社)ライフデータイニシアティブ / LDI)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 June 2024LDI and NTT Data partnered with PSP to provide medical image data (X-rays, CT, MRI, etc.) under Japan's Next Generation Medical Infrastructure Act. PSP collects medical image data from healthcare institutions, which LDI and NTT Data anonymize and provide to research institutions, pharma companies, and medical device developers for program medical device development.
• NTT Data (株式会社NTTデータ)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 June 2024NTT Data serves as a designated medical information handling contractor for anonymizing and distributing medical image data under Japan's Next Generation Medical Infrastructure Act, working with LDI and PSP to provide medical image data to research and development entities.
• M3 AI Inc. (エムスリーAI株式会社)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 April 2024Joint AI platform NOBORI PAL AI development and distribution. M3 AI provides an AI platform aggregating multiple diagnostic AI tools, with PSP providing the cloud PACS infrastructure and distribution. M3 AI's AI services are available through Canon Medical's sales channel and PSP's direct sales. Products include VUNO Med LungCT, Ali-M3 COVID-19 analysis, and other AI diagnostic tools.
• Specimen Measurement Room Liaison Council (検体測定室連携協議会)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 September 2023Collaboration with Abbott Diagnostics Medical, Jichi Medical University, and other partners to enable QR code-based data linkage between point-of-care blood testing devices (Abbott Afinion 2, Roche cobas b 101) and NOBORI PHR app, allowing patients to view blood test results in their PHR app.
• Medmain Inc. (メドメイン株式会社)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 July 2022PSP invested 300 million yen in Medmain and entered a capital and business alliance for digital pathology. Medmain provides pathology AI software (PidPort) and WSI digitization services. In February 2026, PSP and TechMatrix agreed to acquire majority control (70%+ equity) of Medmain for approximately 2.3 billion yen. Medmain's AI covers 7 organs and 12 disease models. PSP provides cloud PACS infrastructure for Medmain's digital pathology platform.
• OPERe Inc. (株式会社OPERe)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 4 July 2022Six-company collaborative 'Smart Hospital Management' exhibit at Modern Hospital Show 2022, where PSP showcased patient referral management solutions as part of the hospital admission-discharge workflow demonstration.
• A-Line Co., Ltd. (株式会社A-Line)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 July 2022Group subsidiary providing MINCADI cloud radiation dose management service. A-Line is part of the PSP Group alongside ICHIGO LLC (合同会社医知悟), providing remote image diagnosis infrastructure services.
• Splink Inc. (株式会社Splink)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 May 2022Three-party collaboration with Millennia for the 'Brain Healthcare Program' combining Splink's Brain Life Imaging AI (hippocampal volumetry), Millennia's cognitive function scale (Atama no Kenko Check), and PSP's NOBORI PHR for comprehensive brain health monitoring.
• Millennia Inc. (株式会社ミレニア)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 May 2022Partnership for cognitive function assessment integration with NOBORI PHR, enabling patients to track cognitive health data alongside other medical records. Also part of the Brain Healthcare Program with Splink.
• Canon Medical Systems Corporation (キヤノンメディカルシステムズ株式会社)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 April 2022Strategic partnership for healthcare IT solutions. Canon Medical distributes PSP's DICOM viewer software and cloud PACS through its sales network, while PSP distributes Canon Medical's AI analytics and 3D processing technology. The 2024 expanded partnership adds M3 AI products to Canon Medical's distribution scope. Canon Medical's Stroke basic package and other AI tools are integrated into NOBORI PAL AI platform.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Siemens Healthineers: Operates the syngo and teamplay imaging IT platforms globally and in Japan. Provides PACS plus AI-driven radiology solutions as part of a broader diagnostic imaging portfolio.
• GE HealthCare: Global enterprise imaging vendor offering PACS, Edison AI platform, and cloud imaging solutions. Competes with PSP across Japanese hospital systems with broader modality and analytics portfolios.
• Canon Medical Systems: Global imaging modality vendor with healthcare IT portfolio that includes its own PACS offerings. Both a strategic partner (distributes PSP's EV Insite R and NOBORI) and a competitor in Japan, with much broader modality and clinical depth.
• Hyland Healthcare: Provides the Acuo enterprise PACS/VNA platform plus broader healthcare content services. Competes with PSP's image management and interoperability capabilities for large hospital system contracts.
• Philips Healthcare: Provides enterprise PACS, advanced visualization, and AI-enabled radiology workflows to Japanese hospitals. Competes on cloud-native imaging informatics while leveraging much larger global R&D and modality base.

Direct peers

• Carestream Health: Provides PACS, RIS, and enterprise imaging IT to hospitals and imaging centers. Competes with PSP in Japan with comparable focus on multi-vendor, cloud-capable imaging informatics.
• FUJIFILM Medical Systems: Largest Japan-based PACS and medical imaging informatics vendor, offering both on-premise and cloud PACS plus AI diagnostic tools. Directly competes with PSP in Japanese hospitals and is the most directly comparable domestic rival.
• Sectra: European cloud-native PACS and enterprise imaging vendor with growing APAC presence. Comparable business model centered on subscription-based, cloud-ready imaging IT and AI integration.
• Konica Minolta Healthcare Japan: Provides PACS, imaging solutions, and diagnostic AI for Japanese healthcare providers. Overlaps with PSP's core PACS plus AI marketplace offering and competes for the same hospital and clinic customers.

Emerging players

• INFINITT Healthcare: Korea-headquartered cloud PACS and AI imaging vendor expanding internationally. Comparable product focus and overlapping competition for cloud PACS contracts in Asia-Pacific hospitals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments2 records

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