New Ultrasound OEM Joins Roster of ContextVision Customers

Image enhancement leader experiences continued growth in Asian ultrasound market

BOSTON, Mass. and STOCKHOLM, Sweden – August 22, 2013 – With 30 years of medical imaging experience, ContextVision recently signed a major Asian ultrasound OEM partner. As the software imaging partner for the most recognized medical imaging manufacturers, ContextVision continuously improves the quality of medical images worldwide. Its customizable software is compatible with all of today’s platforms. The combination of ContextVision’s flexible software with extensive application expertise delivers maximum equipment performance and image quality for its customers.

The imaging industry continues to face challenges with technically-difficult patients, while demand for more accurate images continues to rise. Current clinical evidence confirms that volumetric acquisitions with multi-dimensional image enhancement lead to faster and more accurate diagnoses. This new Asian OEM customer will rely on ContextVision’s flexible ultrasound image enhancement solutions.

US PLUSViewTM, ContextVision’s 2D ultrasound software provides OEMs with a full range of ultrasound image enhancement capabilities, including deeper penetration, edge sharpening, contrast enhancement and improved speckle reduction features for technically difficult patients. The software contains a number of unique, multi-adaptive features, such as Adaptive Temporal and Spatial Filtering, Direct Focused Enhancement (DFE) and Penetration Mode Image.

GOPiCE® US is the industry’s first ultrasound real-time three-dimensional filtering product. Compatible with a range of hardware platforms, GOPiCE US enhances 3D ultrasound volumes, giving clinicians best-in-class multidimensional images. By filtering images to remove speckle, noise and other artifacts, and simultaneously sharpening diagnostically significant structures, GOPiCE US in 3D fetal ultrasound examinations has clearly demonstrated a superior visualization of subtle fetal brain defects and other anomalies.

“ContextVision continues to be the leading supplier of image processing software for the medical imaging market,” said Anita Tollstadius, CEO of ContextVision. “Our ultrasound software is compatible with all modern platforms and designed to maximize image quality and performance. We have a solution for all OEM customers that entrust us with their image-enhancement needs.”

About ContextVision

ContextVision is a leading provider of image enhancement software to the global medical imaging industry since 1983, with the versatile GOP® technology at its core. We play a key role in helping manufacturers by offering clinicians unparalleled diagnostic image quality, ultimately providing patients with better care. ContextVision continues to offer the latest software and expertise within ultrasound, x-ray, magnetic resonance imaging, mammography, fluoroscopy and computed tomography. Our groundbreaking technology and lengthy expertise have granted us a pioneer position within 2D/3D/4D image enhancement across multiple modalities. For more information, please visit www.contextvision.com.