PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - October 23, 2008) - Fovia, Inc., a world leader in volume
rendering technology and the creator and developer of High Definition
Volume Rendering® software, has earned double honors for radiology
excellence from AuntMinnie.com. Fovia was awarded 2008 Minnies Awards in
two highly coveted categories, "Best New Radiology Vendor" and "Best New
Radiology Software," and now joins Siemens Healthcare and GE Healthcare as
the only companies to have won multiple Minnies Awards in the same year.
"We are honored to have been selected by AuntMinnie's distinguished panel
of worldwide radiology experts," said Ken Fineman, President and Chief
Executive of Fovia, Inc. "These awards represent industry and opinion
leader acknowledgement that Fovia's HDVR™ thin-client software is the
world's best-in-class volume visualization solution. When integrated into
various original equipment manufacturers' products, Fovia's CPU-based
software provides enhanced visualization that results in improved clinical
care."
AuntMinnie.com, the world's largest and most comprehensive online medical
imaging community, with 147,000 members, annually recognizes outstanding
achievement in radiology. This year, the site's members nominated 148
candidates in 13 categories, from which AuntMinnie.com's expert panel
selected the winners. Only three of this year's categories were for
corporate achievement, and Fovia won the Minnies Award in two of those
categories -- the only categories in which it was eligible to compete. For
a complete list of nominees and winners, go to
http://minnies.auntminnie.com.
"The Minnies were created to recognize excellence in radiology across a
number of categories, and we think the 2008 winners represent
groundbreaking efforts to improve the radiology profession and the delivery
of patient care," said Brian Casey, editor in chief, AuntMinnie.com. "We
offer our congratulations to the winners, as well as to all the candidates
who made it to the final round, and thank our members and readers who
participated."
About Fovia, Inc.
Fovia, Inc. is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and is an
international leader in volume rendering, an advanced technique for
visualizing and analyzing large volumes of data in three dimensions. High
Definition Volume Rendering® is a proprietary technique, developed by
Fovia, which delivers unparalleled image quality and rendering performance.
Fovia's HDVR™ solution overcomes the many limitations of currently
available imaging technologies, therefore enabling physicians to take full
advantage of 3D imaging as part of everyday patient care. Selected
features and benefits of Fovia's proprietary solution include:
-- On-the-fly, interactive deep supersampling with off-the-shelf hardware
-- Software-only solution that is faster than specialized hardware (ASIC)
and video card-based approaches
-- Interactive rendering of large datasets without data down/subsampling
-- Non-compromised remote rendering over the internet or wireless
networks
-- Scalability with more users, larger datasets, bigger rendering planes,
multiple CPUs
-- On-the-fly modification of all rendering settings
-- No preprocessing
-- Instant segmentation
-- Multi-classification support
-- Native support for embedded polygonal objects
-- Selected per tissue lighting control via extended transfer functions
-- On-the-fly auto-navigation for fly-through
-- Subvoxel precision for 3D measurement
-- Compatibility with Windows/Macintosh/Linux platforms
Fovia has designed its HDVR software engine to be easily integrated into
various original equipment manufacturers' offerings, therefore allowing
PACS companies, imaging modality manufacturers and other medical imaging
OEMs to easily, quickly and cost-effectively integrate a best-of-breed 3D
solution.
For additional information, visit
www.fovia.com.
Contact Information: Contact:
Steve Sandy
Fovia, Inc.
650.200.5110