Converged platform empowers a seamless radiology workflow throughout the
hospital enterprise
CHELMSFORD, Mass., April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mercury Computer
Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) will demonstrate breakthrough integrated 3D
visualization and analysis within a PACS workflow, at the Society for
Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) 2006 Annual Meeting to be held
April 27-30 in Austin, Texas.
Mercury has fully integrated its web-based Visage(TM) PACS software
with the Visage CS Thin Client/Server 3D visualization system, enabling
users to seamlessly utilize the 3D functionality of Visage CS within the
workflow of Visage PACS, throughout the hospital enterprise. Physicians and
radiologists are now able to use MIP/MPR, volume rendering, and other
advanced 3D viewing, navigation, and measurement functions for diagnosis
directly from the PACS system, eliminating the need for an expensive
dedicated 3D workstation and the resulting disruption to the clinical
workflow. The first demonstration of the fully integrated 3D to the Core
platform was held at the European Congress of Radiology in early March.
"The data explosion in medical imaging is driving the diagnostic
workflow to 3D -- and the biggest obstacle to 3D imaging adoption has been
the lack of 3D capability in PACS workstations," said Marcelo Lima, Vice
President of Commercial Imaging and Visualization at Mercury Computer
Systems. "Mercury's 3D Visage PACS solution solves this problem --
integrating 3D visualization and analysis tools within the PACS workflow,
with advanced processing performed centrally on a secure server and
available anywhere across the hospital enterprise -- the holy grail of
transforming the radiology workflow."
Mercury's 3D to the Core platform for OEMs is composed of the Visage
family of highly integrated products that span the diagnostic workflow and
significantly accelerate the processing of ever-larger amounts of medical
imaging data. A highlight of the Visage product family is the Mercury
Visage 2.0 CS Thin Client/Server. The Visage CS solution expands 3D viewing
capabilities to an unlimited number of users everywhere in a hospital and
at remote sites, using existing PCs or even mobile computers. Through the
thin client technology, the full viewing and diagnostic functionality
becomes available anywhere, anytime throughout the hospital enterprise,
without requiring special hardware on the client side.
Additional highlights of Visage CS 2.0 include industry-leading image
quality, extremely short loading time for multi-thousand slice image
series; advanced analysis tools, a new, easy-to-understand user interface,
and streamlined usage profiles that provide access to all key functions
within a few clicks. Availability of Visage CS 2.0 is planned for early May
2006.
For more information on Mercury's 3D to the Core platform, visit
Mercury at SCAR in Booth #332, or visit Mercury online at
http://www.mc.com/3dcore.
About Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) is the leading provider
of high-performance embedded, real-time digital signal and image processing
solutions. Mercury's solutions play a critical role in a wide range of
applications, transforming sensor data to information for analysis and
interpretation. In military reconnaissance and surveillance platforms the
Company's systems process real-time radar, sonar, and signals intelligence
data. Mercury's systems are also used in state-of-the-art medical
diagnostic imaging devices including MRI, PET, and digital X-ray, and in
semiconductor imaging applications including photomask generation and wafer
inspection. Mercury provides advanced 3D image processing and visualization
software and optimized systems to diverse end markets including life
sciences, geosciences, and simulation. The Company also provides radio
frequency (RF) products for enhanced communications capabilities in
military and commercial applications.
Based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Mercury serves customers in North
America, Europe and Asia through its direct sales force and a network of
subsidiaries and distributors. Visit Mercury on the web at http://www.mc.com.
Forward-Looking Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, as that
term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
including those relating to the 3D to the Core platform and the Visage
product family. You can identify these statements by our use of the words
"may," "will," "should," "plans," "expects," "anticipates," "continue,"
"estimate," "project," "intend," and similar expressions. These
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general
economic and business conditions, including unforeseen weakness in the
Company's markets, effects of continued geo-political unrest and regional
conflicts, competition, changes in technology, and methods of marketing,
delays in completing engineering and manufacturing programs, changes in
customer order patterns, changes in product mix, continued success in
technological advances and delivering technological innovations, continued
funding of defense programs, the timing of such funding, changes in the
U.S. Government's interpretation of federal procurement rules and
regulations, market acceptance of the Company's products, shortages in
components, production delays due to performance quality issues with
outsourced components, and inability to fully realize the expected benefits
from acquisitions or delays in realizing such benefits, challenges in
integrating acquired businesses, and achieving anticipated synergies, and
difficulties in retaining key customers. These risks and uncertainties also
include such additional risk factors as are discussed in the Company's
recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including
its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31,
2005. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any
such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The
Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to
reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is
made.
Contact:
Gabi Strasser Kathy Donahue
Public Relations Manager, Germany Corporate Public Relations Manager
Mercury Computer Systems AG Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
Wuerzburger Strasse 197 Phone: 978-967-1126
90766 Fuerth/Germany E-mail: kdonahue@mc.com
Phone: +49 (0)911 97341-205
E-mail: gabriele.strasser@mc.com
Visage is a trademark of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. Other product
and company names mentioned may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks
of their respective holders.
SOURCE Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Gabi Strasser, Public Relations Manager,
Germany, +49 (0)911 97341-205, gabriele.strasser@mc.com, or Kathy
Donahue, Corporate Public Relations Manager, +1-978-967-1126,
kdonahue@mc.com, both of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
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