CHICAGO and PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Image Enhancement (AIE), a provider of image enhancement tools for the medical imaging industry, today announced that its cutting-edge image enhancement technology for digital mammography in breast cancer screening and diagnosis will be introduced at the Radiological Society of North America's (RSNA) annual meeting. The AIE technology will be demonstrated on Hologic's SecurView® workstations during the RSNA meeting, which is being held in Chicago, Illinois, November 29 through December 4.

AIE's proprietary image enhancement software leverages signal processing technology originally developed from Navy research to locate undersea mines. In an expanded application, this technology enables physicians to extract more information from medical images. In a prior clinical study, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton-Wellesley Hospital and Faulkner Hospital concluded that the AIE enhancement software provided a significant advantage for improving clarity of abnormalities, especially in dense breast tissue, and increased radiologists' confidence in determining their case management conclusions. AIE received clearance from the FDA in September 2006, to market the technology.

"The AIE technology takes a novel approach to processing of digital mammography images and has been seamlessly integrated into the workflow tools of Hologic's SecurView diagnostic workstation. This innovative technology will provide a significant improvement in the visualization of subtle features," said Dave Mislan, Workstation Product Manager for Hologic.

"We are excited to now have our software in the hands of expert physicians for the screening and diagnosis of breast cancer," said Michael Duarte, CEO and founder of AIE. "As a complement to Hologic's SecurView workstations, our software will provide radiologists with the ability to enhance suspicious regions of interest in mammograms with more image quality and detail than ever before. This is particularly important in cases where dense breast tissue is involved, because they present the greatest challenges."

About Advanced Image Enhancement, Inc.

Advanced Image Enhancement (AIE), based in Providence, RI, provides innovative image enhancement tools for the medical imaging industry. AIE's core technology evolved from proprietary United States Navy signal and image processing software utilized for the detection, classification and localization of undersea mines. The company's first product addresses the challenges of visualizing subtle lesions in digital mammograms. Future applications of AIE technology include chest x-rays and orthopedics and other image modalities including ultrasound and MRI. For more information, visit www.aie-inc.net.

SOURCE AIE

RELATED LINKS
http://www.aie-inc.net