direct/ Gamma Medica-Ideas Ends 2005 With Best Month Ever
NORTHRIDGE, CA and OSLO, NORWAY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/20/2006 -- Gamma Medica-Ideas shipped six of its FLEX™ Pre-Clinical Imaging systems in December to academic and pharmaceutical customers in the United States and Canada. The six shipments consisted of four MicroSPECT(TM)/CT dual-modality systems and two PET systems. The two PET systems were added to existing Gamma Medica-Ideas MicroSPECT/CT systems, converting these dual modality systems into tri-modality systems. Gamma Medica-Ideas is the only company in the world that offers three imaging modalities in one system.
"It´s gratifying to see customers respond so enthusiastically to our vision for pre-clinical imaging," said David Wilk, Gamma Medica-Ideas´ Senior Vice President of Sales. "Offering three modalities that can be configured in a variety of customized ways in a single platform is a unique and attractive proposition for the imaging community."
About Gamma Medica-Ideas
Gamma Medica-Ideas (GM-I) designs, develops and manufactures next-generation imaging systems used in diagnostic medicine, medical research, and for security and safety applications.
The company is a world leader in developing imaging systems that contain two or more imaging capabilities. Combining different imaging capabilities in single instruments creates imaging tools with powerful diagnostic and research capabilities. GM-I´s products include the LumaGEM® 3200S/12K(TM) functional breast imaging system for early diagnosis of breast cancer and the FLEX(TM) Pre-clinical Imaging Platform for medical research and drug development. FLEX systems are used by medical researchers and drug companies that use in-vivo imaging techniques and molecular markers to dramatically speed up studies of disease progression and therapy. GM-I´s FLEX systems include:
-- X-SPECT® -- the market leader in the pre-clinical SPECT category
-- X-PET(TM) -- the highest sensitivity and largest axial field of view pre-clinical PET system
-- X-O(TM) -- the fastest volume micro-CT instrument available.
Any two ofthe above systems can be combined in the FLEX imaging gantry, as can all three.
GM-I´s expertise in unique next-generation, integrated front-end electronics allows it to produce some of the world´s only truly digital imaging equipment. The company develops and produces all of its key electrical components and systems, such as:
-- Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs)
-- Detector modules
-- Camera heads built with unique solid-state technology
-- Systems and software featuring advanced multi-modality image fusion, registration, and processing capabilities.
GM-I´s imaging systems are used by some of the world´s leading medical institutions, including Harvard University, Yale University, the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas, Switzerland´s Center for Radiopharmaceutical Science, the Mayo Clinic, and many others.
More information is available at www.gm-ideas.com.
CONTACT:
Northridge
Patrick Moody
Vice President, Marketing
(818) 280-0426 x107
patrick.moody@gm-ideas.com
www.gm-ideas.com
Oslo
Thomas Langaard
Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
+47 6782 7167
thomas.langaard@gm-ideas.com
www.gm-ideas.com
SOURCE: Gamma Medica-Ideas
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