Aware, Inc. Commends Adoption of JPIP by DICOM as the Client/Server Transport Protocol Standard for Medical Imaging

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Aware, Inc. Commends Adoption of JPIP by DICOM as the Client/Server Transport Protocol Standard for Medical Imaging
    JPIP, Part 9 of the JPEG 2000 standard, now provides a DICOM-compliant
protocol for ultra-efficient client/server transport and viewing of JPEG 2000
                                medical images

     BEDFORD, Mass., March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aware, Inc.
(Nasdaq: AWRE), a leading provider of medical image processing and management
software, commends the recent adoption of the JPEG 2000 Interactive Protocol
(JPIP) by the DICOM Standards Committee.  JPIP is a client/server image
streaming protocol defined by the JPEG 2000 standard (ISO/IEC 15444-9), and
joins JPEG 2000 image compression as a DICOM standard for the encoding and
transport of medical images and data. Aware provides a JPIP-compliant
client/server reference implementation with API along with its JPEG 2000
software development kit products.
    While similar functionality is currently offered with proprietary
client/server products, JPIP introduces the first fully DICOM-compliant
solution.  A standards-based approach provides for the networking of disparate
server and client software, enabling a dramatic increase in the ability to
share medical images and collaborate on diagnoses.  Aware has played an
instrumental role in the adoption of JPEG 2000 standards by DICOM, serving as
co-chair for DICOM WG4 for compression and as liaison between ISO/IEC SC 29
and DICOM.
    "The size and quantity of image data generated by scanning equipment is
growing exponentially, as is demand for broad sharing of centrally stored
images," commented Rob Mungovan, vice president at Aware.  "JPIP provides a
bridge across this growing chasm with an advanced, standards-based solution,
and leverages the inherent strengths of JPEG 2000 compression."
    DICOM standards previously allowed only for transfer of entire image
files, where JPIP adds the capability to transport portions of JPEG 2000
images on demand, such as a low-resolution version or a region of interest
within an image.  Using JPIP, images can also be displayed progressively by
quality layer.  This progressive capability enables faster transmission and
viewing in client/server environments for tasks such as preview, pan, zoom,
and scroll.  The larger the dataset and more constrained the bandwidth of the
network, the greater the benefit of JPIP.  The streaming of image data works
well with lossless compressed images and helps to overcome the lower
compression ratios offered by lossless compression by providing the client
with a viewable image very quickly, and then progressively building to full
fidelity as additional image data arrives from the server.   JPIP also allows
for caching models that eliminate the retransmission of image data that has
previously been viewed.
    More information about JPIP is available at http://www.aware.com/JPIP.

    About Aware
    Aware, Inc. was the first commercial organization in the world to provide
a wavelet based image compression algorithm to original equipment
manufacturers for use in medical systems. Our active development and
commercialization efforts have helped promote the adoption of wavelet-based
compression by the medical industry. Today some form of wavelet algorithm is
used by all of the major medical imaging systems providers.  Aware is also a
leader in the development and marketing of DSL intellectual property and
software technology that enables broadband communications over existing
telephone networks.  Aware, Inc. is a publicly held company 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 biometrics
market. Aware wishes to caution you that there are factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from the results indicated by such
statements. We refer you to the documents Aware files from time to time with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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CONTACT:
Sarah LaLiberte of Aware, Inc.,
+1-781-687-0695, sarahl@aware.com