Mirada Solutions Announces PETconnect(TM) Product Integration Pathway for PACS Vendors
25 June 2004 - 3:07AM
PR Newswire (US)
Mirada Solutions Announces PETconnect(TM) Product Integration
Pathway for PACS Vendors OXFORD, England, June 24
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mirada Solutions Ltd. (a subsidiary of
CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc.), leaders in software for molecular
imaging, have announced the availability of a new product
integration toolkit -- PETconnnect(TM). PETconnect is a general
purpose library interface to Mirada's complete range of imaging
applications for PET and PET/CT, multi-modality image fusion,
functional imaging and radiation therapy. Imaging OEMs and PACS
vendors may choose from a variety of interfaces to quickly and cost
effectively integrate Mirada's products into a host system.
Integration options include Java, CORBA and ActiveX/COM interfaces,
as well as conventional operating system and DICOM-level
approaches. Martin Smyth, Vice President for Engineering at Mirada
Solutions, commented, "Over the past 5 years, Mirada has integrated
products into platforms offered by many of the leading companies in
diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy. PETconnect(TM) combines
our OEM customer experience and engineering expertise to offer a
really streamlined way for vendors -- particularly PACS companies
-- to integrate our products." Christian P. Behrenbruch Ph.D.,
President of Mirada Solutions, stated, "PETconnect plays an
important role for CTI by offering a highly distributed software
application base to be marketed through the PET probe distribution
capabilities of PETNET. Mirada's versatility to serve a diverse
range of current and future PET users in many different segments of
the diagnostic imaging and therapeutic domain is a key to this
strategy." PETconnect(TM) has been already used as a product
integration pathway with a number of vendors, including Siemens,
Toshiba, Hitachi, Vital Images and Sectra AB. About Mirada
Solutions: Mirada Solutions Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of
CTI Molecular Imaging, is a leading developer of software and
analytical tools for medical imaging workstations, OEM imaging
platforms and pharmaceutical applications. Mirada's unique products
aid in better detection, diagnosis and management of disease
through the application of powerful algorithms, quantification
tools and image analysis. Additional information is available at
http://www.mirada-solutions.com/ . About CTI Molecular Imaging: CTI
Molecular Imaging, Inc. is a leading supplier of products and
services for positron emission tomography (PET), a diagnostic
imaging technology used in the detection and treatment of cancer,
cardiac disease and neurological disorders. Additional information
is available at: http://www.ctimi.com/ . Certain matters discussed
in this press release constitute forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Such forward-looking statements may be identified by words
such as "believe," "assume," "expect," "anticipate," "intend,"
"estimate" or similar expressions, and any other statements that
necessarily depend on future events. Forward-looking statements
involve a number of risks and uncertainties and there can be no
assurance that any forward-looking statements will prove to be
accurate. Various factors could cause actual results to differ
materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking
statements. CTI undertakes no obligation to update or revise any
forward- looking statements. Further information regarding risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could adversely affect CTI or
cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in
forward-looking statements are included in CTI's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003, Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004.
DATASOURCE: CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc. and Mirada Solutions Ltd.
CONTACT: Clare F. Jones of Mirada Solutions Ltd., Oxford, United
Kingdom, +44 1865 265 500; or Michael A. Lawless of CTI Molecular
Imaging, Inc., Knoxville, TN, +1-865-218-2000 Web site:
http://www.ctimi.com/ http://www.mirada-solutions.com/
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