Aware's AccuRad client/server software suite enables remote browser-based
viewing of images in disparate PACS across a bandwidth-constrained network
BEDFORD, Mass., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aware, Inc. (Nasdaq:
AWRE), a global provider of imaging and biometrics software, today
announced it will showcase the latest version of its AccuRad(TM) medical
imaging solution at the 2008 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition. HIMSS08
is sponsored by the Healthcare Imaging and Management Systems Society and
takes place in Orlando, Florida during the week of February 24th.
AccuRad is a multi-component solution comprised of software development
kits and client/server applications that together enable remote viewing of
medical images stored in multiple disparate PACS (picture archiving and
communication systems). The AccuRad server establishes connectivity with
PACS and performs ingestion and JPEG 2000 compression of medical image
studies. It then performs on-demand streaming of images to remote clients
via JPIP, the only DICOM transfer syntax that provides for image streaming.
AccuRad includes a browser-based client application providing comprehensive
study viewing tools and capabilities. Aware's demonstration at HIMSS in
booth #2717 will include browser-based display and manipulation of medical
imagery that is stored in a PACS at its development facility near Boston,
and then streamed to a workstation in the booth over a wireless network
connection.
"There is a growing need for remote real-time access to medical imagery
stored in multiple disparate PACS for applications such as outsourced
radiological services and collaborative review and diagnosis," commented
Michael Serafino, AccuRad sales and product manager. "Our latest
improvements to the AccuRad suite are specifically designed to address this
important requirement, enabling a new class of image streaming solutions
based on open standards."
AccuRad is comprised of three software development kits (SDKs) that
include libraries, sample applications with source code, a command line
codec, and a Windows GUI tool with viewer. Aware's AccuRad Stream(TM)
enables a developer to rapidly implement a JPIP-based client/server
architecture, as well as establish connectivity to multiple PACS. AccuRad
DICOMView(TM) ActiveX component combines the latest delivery and display
technologies for viewing medical images in a standard browser and is easily
integrated into other viewing applications. AccuRad J2KSuite(TM) enables
JPEG 2000 compression and decompression.
AccuRad includes implementations of the JPEG 2000 and JPIP imaging
standards, which employ advanced compression and streaming techniques to
greatly reduce the file size of medical images and improve transmission
time. In addition to smaller file sizes, AccuRad's region of interest
viewing and progressive display dramatically speeds up the image viewing
process and is significantly more efficient for remote users, such as
teleradiologists, accessing the images and volumes.
All Aware products are fully supported and backed by the expertise
developed by providing wavelet-based compression solutions since 1987. For
more information about AccuRad and Aware's medical imaging products, please
visit its HIMSS08 booth #2717 or website at http://www.aware.com/medical.
About JPEG 2000
JPEG 2000 is an image compression standard designed for a broad range
of applications, including the compression and transmission of medical
images. The standard is based on wavelet technology and a layered file
format that offer lossless compression, diagnostic-quality lossy
compression, and advanced system-level functionality. JPEG 2000 was created
by the Joint Photographic Experts Group ("JPEG") and standardized by ITU-T
SG16 and ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 29 WG1. The standard is described by ITU-T T.800
and ISO/IEC 15444. Over 320 organizations from 21 countries contributed
their expertise to the new standard which was formally approved in January,
2001.
About JPIP
JPIP is a client/server communication protocol defined in Part 9 of the
JPEG 2000 (ISO/IEC 15444:9) suite of standards, officially entitled
"Interactivity Tools, APIs and Protocols." JPIP enables a server to
transmit only those portions of a JPEG 2000 image that are applicable to
the client's needs. In conjunction with either HTTP or UDP protocols, JPIP
enables the client to access metadata or other contents from the image
file. This capability results in a vast improvement in bandwidth efficiency
and speed when performing important and valuable image viewing tasks in a
client/server environment, while reducing the storage and processing
requirements of the client.
About DICOM
DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) is an
application layer network protocol for the transmission of medical images,
waveforms, and ancillary information which supports a wide range of medical
images across the fields of radiology, cardiology, pathology and dentistry.
JPEG 2000 has been selected for inclusion in the DICOM standard for medical
image transfer. DICOM Supplement 61 was ratified in November 2001 adding
JPEG 2000 transfer Syntaxes to the protocol.
About Aware
Aware is a veteran of the biometrics and imaging industry, providing
software components used in systems worldwide since 1992. Aware's
interoperable, standard-compliant, field-proven imaging products are used
in a number of applications, from medical imaging to border management and
criminal justice. Aware is also a leading technology supplier for the
telecommunications industries. For more than ten years, Aware has pioneered
innovations at telecommunications standards-setting organizations and
continues to develop and market DSL silicon intellectual property and test
and diagnostics products. Its StratiPHY(TM) IP product line supports DSL
standards, including ADSL2+ and VDSL2, and has been broadly licensed to
leading semiconductor companies. Telecom equipment vendors and phone
companies use Aware's DSL test and diagnostics modules and Dr. DSL(R)
software to help provision DSL circuits globally. Aware is a publicly held
company (Nasdaq: AWRE) based in Bedford, Massachusetts.
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future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as estimates
or projections of future revenue and earnings and the growth of the DSL and
biometrics markets. Aware wishes to caution you that there are factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from the results indicated
by such statements. The biometric factors include, but are not limited to:
market acceptance of our biometric products, changes in contracting
practices of government or law enforcement agencies, announcements or
introductions of new products by our competitors, delays, failures or
problems in our biometric products, delays in the adoption of new industry
biometric standards, and competitive pressures resulting in lower software
product revenues. We refer you to the documents Aware files from time to
time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section
titled Risk Factors in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2007 and other reports and filings made with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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