Imaging Service Deploys Definiens LymphExpert™#for Network of German Hospitals

Munich, Germany – March 7, 2009 – Definiens, the number one Enterprise Image Intelligence® company, today announced a partnership with Imaging Service, a leading provider of teleradiology services. Imaging Service will utilize Definiens LymphExpert™ in the analysis of patient CT images from a network of 25 German hospitals. Recently launched for European radiologists, Definiens LymphExpert is the industry’s first computer-aided detection (CAD) application for identifying and analyzing lymph nodes volumetrically and comparing them over time.

Imaging Service provides high quality diagnoses from CT and MRI images to hospitals that lack the capability to perform advanced image analysis in-house. Participating hospitals are able to send their patients’ images to the Imaging Service teleradiology PACS and request a report via the company’s web portal, from which experienced radiologist provide 24 hour diagnostic reading and quantification services. Imaging Services’ radiologists then analyze those images and submit a diagnostic report to the web portal which the hospital can retrieve within a couple of minutes. Under its partnership with Definiens, Imaging Service will utilize Definiens LymphExpert to analyze lymph nodes on CT images, which play a critical role in the assessment of the spread of cancer through the lymphatic system.

“Imaging Service provides hospitals across Germany with rapid radiological services for a number of diseases,” said Barna Almasi, Technical Manager at Imaging Service. “Employing Definiens LymphExpert will greatly increase our ability to provide efficient, accurate diagnostic services for cancer patients.”

Definiens LymphExpert supports the detection of lymph nodes in CT images, automatically segmenting lymph nodes and analyzing their properties. The application provides a precise evaluation of lymph nodes’ volumetric growth or diminution over time, facilitating early and accurate detection of cancer progression.

“Definiens LymphExpert is our first commercially available CAD application,” said Frank-P. Klein, Vice President, Medical Imaging at Definiens. “We are extremely excited to partner with an innovative company like Imaging Service and are confident that Definiens LymphExpert will help streamline oncology diagnostics.”

Under the terms of the partnership, Imaging Services may also become an early adopter of potential applications for lung and liver image analysis currently under development at Definiens.

About Imaging Service

Imaging Service AG is a pioneer in teleradiology. With more than 10 years of experience, the company manages a teleradiology competence network with decentral diagnostic centers and reading services at the University Hospital of Munich, Charité Berlin, Bogenhausen Hospital and the University of Luebeck. Via this network more than 50.000 patient reports have been processed. Imaging Service runs an diagnostic center for MRI driven focused ultrasound therapy (MRgFUS). More information is available on http://imaging-service.de and on www.mrgfus.de.

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Definiens is the number one Enterprise Image Intelligence® company for analyzing and interpreting images on every scale, from microscopic cell structures to satellite images. The Definiens Cognition Network Technology®, developed by Nobel Laureate Prof. Gerd Binnig and his team, is an advanced and robust context-based technology designed to fulfill the image analysis requirements of the Medical, Life Science, and Earth Science markets. The technology is modeled on the powerful human cognitive perception processes to extract intelligence from images. Definiens provides organizations with faster image analysis results, allowing deeper insights enabling better business decisions. The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany and has offices in the United States. Further information is available at www.definiens.com.

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