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TeraRecon's iNtuition Receives 2008 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation
By MARKET WIRE
Apr 11, 2008 - 10:36:01 PM

SAN MATEO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/11/08 -- TeraRecon (www.terarecon.com), a leadingprovider of advanced visualization solutions, today announced that it hasreceived the Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation relating toits Aquarius iNtuition(TM) advanced visualization solution. The awardrecognizes TeraRecon's technological contributions and in particular theability to deliver workstation-class visualization tools via a thin-clientarchitecture. Additional emphasis was placed on the development of newpatient-centric clinical workflows which were designed by the company toreduce interpretation times, decrease training time and increasestandardization of care.

The text of the Frost & Sullivan Award can be downloaded from TeraRecon'sweb site from the following link:

http://www.terarecon.com/news/TR-F&S-Award-2008.pdf

The Frost & Sullivan 2008 Award for Technology Innovation recognizesAquarius iNtuition as an outstanding, unique and innovative technologycontribution to the medical imaging field. Frost & Sullivan's analystsstated, "TeraRecon's market share within the advanced visualization domainis expanding out of the radiology department into the whole healthcareexpertise, predominantly due to its broad range of patented technologies."

"Aquarius iNtuition is an innovation which impacts not only the diagnosticinterpretation of volumetric medical imaging examinations, but the entire'downstream' enterprise that requires access to such information," saidRobert Taylor, Ph.D., TeraRecon president and chief operating officer. "Weare honored that Frost & Sullivan has further recognized the value andpotential of our Aquarius iNtuition platform and selected TeraRecon to be arecipient of a Frost & Sullivan award for the fourth time. It isespecially gratifying to have this award bestowed upon our company only afew short months after our being awarded the 2007 Frost and Sullivan NorthAmerican Market Penetration Award in late 2007."

Aquarius iNtuition(TM) provides an integrated and comprehensive platformfor the management, processing, interpretation and distribution of largemedical imaging examinations from Multi-detector CT, MRI, PET, and variousother imaging modalities. The system provides for a highly efficient,seamless and unified workflow that begins upon the acquisition of images,continues through automated pre-processing, automated preparation forinterpretation by a specialist, individualized diagnostic interpretation,web distribution of rich interactive results to referring physicians andtheir patients, rapid access by surgeons or interventionalists, andprovides these functions via seamless API and URL integration to the widestrange of leading PACS and patient reporting environments. AquariusiNtuition leverages VolumePro(TM) technology, the most powerful volumetricrendering technology available for medical imaging applications, andAquariusNET(TM) Servers to provide the client-server renderingarchitecture. The Aquarius iNtuition platform delivers more renderingpower and more clinical tools to more locations across the enterprise,thereby enabling a higher standard of patient care and greater workflowefficiency at significantly reduced cost.

About Best Practices

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a variety ofregional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement andsuperior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation,customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analystscompare market participants and measure performance through in-depthinterviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research in order to identifybest practices in the industry.

About Frost & Sullivan (www.awards.frost.com)

Frost & Sullivan, the global Growth Consulting Company, partners withclients to accelerate their growth. The company's Growth PartnershipServices, Growth Consulting and Career Best Practices empower clients tocreate a growth focused culture that generates, evaluates and implementseffective growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan employs over 45 years ofexperience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businessesand the investment community from more than 30 offices on six continents.

About TeraRecon, Inc. (www.terarecon.com)

TeraRecon, Inc., a leader in advanced image processing and 3D visualizationtechniques, provides advanced imaging systems for medical and othervisualization applications based on its unique and patented imageprocessing technologies. A four-time winner of Frost and Sullivan awardsand selected by KLAS as the top 3D vendor in the 2007 mid-year survey, thecompany has developed a leading portfolio of products that advance theperformance, quality, functionality, and integration of image processingand 3D visualization systems. Founded in 1997, TeraRecon has developed aunique family of powerful processors that are used in its real-time,enterprise-wide image processing solutions and real-time 3D volumerendering hardware engines. TeraRecon is a fast growing, privately heldcompany with headquarters in San Mateo, CA, branch offices in Concord, MA;Tokyo, Japan and Osaka, Japan; and European Headquarters in Frankfurt,Germany.