Press Releases
Mitsubishi Electronics America's Real
Time Visualization announces second generation product in the VolumePro
500 family at RSNA '9
San Mateo, CA--November
30, 1999: Mitsubishi
Electronics America's Real Time Visualization Announces Second Generation
Product in the VolumePro® 500 Family at RSNA '99: 3D Imaging
Gaining Acceptance; Toshiba, Cedara and Others Show Products Powered
by VolumePro® 500.
Mitsubishi Electronics America's Real Time
Visualization announced today at the Radiological Society of North
America (RSNA) conference the availability of its second generation
3D imaging board for PCs and UNIX workstations. The
VolumePro® 500-2X doubles the usable volume memory to 256MB,
enough to store 512x512x512 volume data sets. This memory configuration
enables users to effortlessly interpret Computed Tomography (CT),
Magnetic Resonance (MR), and 3D ultrasound clinical studies in real-time.
"This year's RSNA has shown us the emerging
importance of 3D visualization in systems offered by medical imaging
companies," said Jamie Jacobs, general manager of Real Time Visualization.
"VolumePro® will accelerate the adoption of 3D imaging in clinical
diagnostics. It provides real-time interactivity to advanced CT, MR
and ultrasound scanners and diagnostic workstations."
The growing acceptance of real-time 3D imaging
is evident at RSNA '99 as major companies such as Toshiba America
Medical Systems, Inc., Cedara Software, Sensor Systems, Imaging Diagnostic,
Tiani, Viatronix and TomTec are showing products powered by VolumePro®.
VolumePro® 500-2X delivers true real-time
volume imaging at a PC price point. It is equipped with a rich set
of hardware-assisted features like cropping, slicing, line or plane
cursor support, super-sampling, multiple light sources, interactive
colors and transparency manipulation, and more, all calculated on
the fly. The board is easily programmed using the Volume Library Interface
API, which are a set of C++ classes that exist within an open GL context.
Volume imaging has become a key technology
for understanding and evaluating vast amounts of scanned 3D data.
Three-dimensional medical acquisition techniques, such as MR or CT
are being used daily in thousands of medical institutions. It is also
crucial in other markets including geophysics and industrial CT scans.
Volume rendered 3D geophysical data gives insights into oil and gas
exploration, helping to pinpoint drilling sites. Industrial CT scans
of airplane wings and turbine blades reveal material defects at the
micro-millimeter scale. Modern explosive detection systems for luggage
checked at airports are also based on CT scanning.
About Real
Time Visualization (RT Viz)
For more than a decade, Mitsubishi Electric
Corporation has been a leading semiconductor pioneer of high performance
graphics memories including Video RAM, 3D RAM and 3D chipsets. Real
Time Visualization (RT Viz) was formed in 1997 to bring together Mitsubishi
Electric's diverse expertise in the graphics arena to provide hardware
acceleration, offering advanced graphics workstation performance on
PC-class computers at PC price-points for the first time.
About Mitsubishi
Electronics America
Headquartered in Cypress, Calif., Mitsubishi
Electronics America, Inc. (MELA) markets an extensive line of consumer,
commercial and industrial electronics products including computer
monitors and printers; pen computers; semiconductor devices; Diamond
Vision stadium display screens; elevators and escalators; radiation
oncology products; heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems;
and other items. Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc. is the largest
U.S. subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation of Tokyo. For additional
information, visit www.mitsubishielectric-usa.com.
About TeraRecon, Inc.
TeraRecon, Inc. is a technology-driven provider of advanced 3D imaging
systems for medical and other visualization applications, with solutions
based on its unique and patented image processing technologies. The
company has developed a leading portfolio of products that advance
the performance, quality, functionality, and integration of image
processing and 3D visualization systems. Founded in 1997, TeraRecon
has developed a unique family of powerful processors that are used
in its real-time diagnostic workstations, enterprise-wide 3D imaging
servers using thin-client PCs, color Doppler ultrasound systems, mini
gamma cameras, high performance reconstruction engines, and real-time
volume rendering hardware engines. TeraRecon is a fast growing, privately
held company with headquarters in San Mateo, CA, and branch offices
in Concord, MA; Tokyo, Japan; Osaka, Japan; and Trondheim, Norway.
Contact:
TeraRecon, Inc.
Robert Taylor, Ph.D.
COO & Executive VP
650.372.1100
taylor@terarecon.com
www.terarecon.com
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