Press Releases
TeraRecon and Hitachi Medical Systems America Begin Marketing
and Reseller Collaboration
San Mateo, CA--November 21, 2006: Hitachi
Medical Systems America (HMSA) and TeraRecon have entered into collaboration
for HMSA to offer TeraRecon’s Aquarius workstations and client-server
image-management products in conjunction with HMSA’s sales of
MR and CT products in North America. With over 1,500 MR systems installed
in the United States, HMSA is the leading provider of
outpatient MR solutions, and through this agreement with TeraRecon,
will be able to offer a
proven and market-leading portfolio of advanced image management solutions
to the
company’s outpatient imaging customers.
Sheldon Shaffer, Vice President and General Manager of Magnetic Resonance
and Computed
Tomography for HMSA states: “TeraRecon’s Aquarius product
line offers our customers a
proven suite of advanced clinical applications and workflow solutions
that perform at the
highest level. Through this collaborative effort with TeraRecon, HMSA
will leverage
TeraRecon’s established global reputation, advanced visualization
technologies and clinical
thought leaders to provide our customers with workflow enhancements
which are essential to
the outpatient imaging setting.”
Robert Taylor, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President
for TeraRecon explains,
“Hitachi Medical Systems America has a long and proven track
record in outpatient imaging,
as demonstrated by their market-leading position as an outpatient
MR provider. Imaging
workflow in such an outpatient setting can benefit tremendously from
the storage, softcopy
review, distribution, and advanced image-processing tools for both
CT and MR offered by
TeraRecon, and we believe that this new relationship with HMSA will
truly be a great benefit
to HMSA’s installed base and future customers. We are very excited
to embark upon this
initiative together.”
About Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc:
Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc. markets premium and high performance
magnetic
resonance imaging systems of Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
The company has
1,500 Magnetic Resonance Imaging systems installed throughout the
United States and over
3,100 Open MRI systems installed worldwide. HMSA first established
a leadership position
in the medical industry with Open MRI systems and has expanded their
modality offerings to
include the Sceptre® line of PET and PET/CT, the CXR™ line
of multi-slice CT systems,
and the HI VISION™ line of ultrasound systems.
Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading
global electronics
company, with approximately 356,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2004
(ended March 31,
2005) consolidated sales totaled 9,464 billion yen ($80.9 billion).
The company offers a wide
range of systems, products and services in market sectors, including
information systems,
electronic devices, power and industrial systems, medical imaging
equipment, consumer
products, materials and financial services.
Contact:
Phil Chang
Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc.
1959 Summit Commerce Park
Twinsburg, OH 44087
330/425-1313 Ext. 4510
changp@hitachimed.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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