Fovia and Softneta Bring HDVR(R) to Telemedicine Market

PALO ALTO, CA and KAUNAS, LITHUANIA--(Marketwired - Apr 23, 2013) - Fovia Medical, Inc., a world leader in volume rendering technology, and Softneta UAB, a leading provider of online medical imaging and information systems, today announced a collaboration to deliver High Definition Volume Rendering® to the telemedicine market.

The demand for cloud-accessible clinical imaging is rapidly increasing throughout the world, with telemedicine and teleradiology playing increasingly important roles in the delivery of medical services. Softneta's MedDream3D Viewer for the telemedicine market integrates Fovia's cloud-enabled HDVR® software, allowing anywhere, anytime image access for both physicians and patients. By instantly connecting geographically dispersed healthcare providers and specialists, telemedicine increases efficiency, lowers costs, and improves patient outcomes.

Fovia's flexible, software-only High Definition Volume Rendering solution provides the ideal backbone for remote 3D imaging in telemedicine and teleradiology. Softneta utilizes Fovia's volumetric ray-casting software to minimize computational costs, maximize quality and performance, and ensure essential scalability. With the integration of HDVR into its products, Softneta can provide customers with best-in-class 3D embedded into streamlined, internet-accessible workflows.

"The success of any telemedicine product is greatly improved by an immersive quality for clinicians and patients -- the sense of 'being in the room.' Experiencing tele-imaging with High Definition Volume Rendering will definitely contribute to an enhanced user experience for our customers," said Tomas Dumbliauskas, Chief Technology Officer of Softneta UAB. "We are excited to add HDVR to our offering and to be working with such a solid partner in the imaging industry."

Ken Fineman, Chief Executive Officer of Fovia, stated, "We are certainly pleased with our Softneta collaboration, and we are eager to deliver advanced visualization to the global telemedicine market with such an innovative company. The Softneta team is extremely skilled and highly motivated to improve patient outcomes, and these are precisely the qualities we seek in a partner."

About Fovia, Inc.
Fovia has developed High Definition Volume Rendering®, a CPU-based, advanced visualization technology platform that delivers unparalleled quality, performance, scalability and flexibility. Fovia's innovative HDVR® solution successfully overcomes the inherent limitations of other currently available imaging technologies, thereby enabling local, enterprise-wide and web-based volumetric rendering with affordable, off-the-shelf computers.

Fovia's flagship product, HDVR® Connect, is a software-only, advanced visualization solution that includes all of the key attributes required by today's vendors and their customers: performance, quality, scalability, anytime/anywhere image access, cost-effectiveness and flexibility. With HDVR Connect, OEM vendors can deliver unrivaled image quality and uncompromised performance, both locally and remotely, in 2D, 3D and 4D advanced volume visualization applications.

For additional information and to learn more about commercial, academic or research licensing, visit www.fovia.com.

About Softneta:

Softneta UAB is a Lithuanian IT company, founded in 2007, that provides software-based, specialized healthcare solutions to improve the quality of patient care. The Company's main expertise is DICOM viewing, telemedicine, digitization, video solutions, PACS servers (data storage and remote viewing/analysis), and integration of HIS/RIS systems. The software systems of Softneta are implemented in the largest hospitals of Lithuania, and the Company is successfully exporting its products to countries around the world, including the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Spain, Russia, and India. Softneta's most well-known product is MedDream, a web DICOM viewer package for PACS servers. Softneta introduced this software in 2008, and it has enjoyed much commercial success since its launch. MedDream was created to aid professionals in making various study-related actions, such as managing and analyzing images according to different criteria (e.g., adjust the contrast level of images, zoom, make measurements). More about Softneta and its products can be found at www.softneta.com.