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Mitsubishi Electronics America's Real
Time Visualization makes European debut at ECR 2000
San Mateo, CA--March
5, 2000: Mitsubishi
Electronics America's Real Time Visualization Makes European Debut
at ECR 2000; VolumePro® 500-2X PCI Board Facilitates Real-Time
3D Interpretation of CT, MRI and Ultrasound Studies
Real-Time Visualization (RTViz), a Mitsubishi
Electric business unit based in Concord, Mass., makes its European
debut today at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna,
where the company demonstrates its VolumePro® 500-2X, a real-time
3D volume rendering PCI board for PCs and UNIX workstations. The product
is currently available to European customers through the company's
website: www.rtviz.com.
VolumePro® is offered with either 128MB
or 256MB memory configurations. The VolumePro® 500-2X with 256MB
has the capacity to store 512 x 512 x 512 volume data sets. This memory
configuration enables users to effortlessly interpret Computed Tomography
(CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and 3D ultrasound clinical
studies in real-time.
The VolumePro® 500-2X delivers true
real-time volume rendering performance with superior image quality
at PC price points. It is equipped with a rich set of hardware-assisted
features like gradient-based Phong-lighting, cropping, slicing, Z-axis
super-sampling, multiple light sources, interactive color and opacity
manipulation, and much more. All of these features are calculated
on the fly and displayed in real time. In addition, the board is easily
programmed with a software developer kit using a Volume Library Interface
API, which are a set of C++ classes that exist within an open GL context.
RTViz has been chosen from among hundreds
of candidates as a finalist in EDN magazine's "Innovation of the Year"
award for its VolumePro® technology. This honor recognizes outstanding
engineering products in the electronics industry.
Volume rendering has become a key technology
for understanding and evaluating vast amounts of scanned 3D data.
Three-dimensional medical acquisition techniques such as MRI, CT,
and ultrasound, are being used daily in thousands of medical institutions.
Interpreting large data sets is crucial in other markets including
geophysical and industrial applications. Volume rendered 3D geophysical
data gives insight into oil and gas exploration, helping to pinpoint
drilling sites and model oil reservoirs.
The VolumePro® is supported for the
following operating system platforms: Windows NT, Solaris™ UNIX,
IRIX UNIX, and soon Linux platforms.
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. Except
for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed
in this news release may contain forward-looking statements that are
based on current expectations and estimates about the industry in
which TeraRecon and Mitsubishi operate, the estimated impact of certain
technological advances, as well as management's beliefs and assumptions.
It is important to note that the company's actual results could differ
materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements.
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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