Charlotte, NC (February 14, 2001) -Medicor Imaging, a digital imaging and DICOM solution provider and division of LEAD Technologies, Inc., announced today that their LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging and Medical Imaging Suite toolkits have been updated to reflect the newest changes that Working Group VI (WG6) of the DICOM Commitee recently added to the DICOM Standard.

Gabriel Pislaru, lead engineer for medical toolkit development, and managing director of LEAD's new medical division, Medicor Imaging, states, "It is our responsibility as a leading medical imaging company to always set the standard for complete image interoperability through the DICOM standard. Medicor Imaging is dedicated to DICOM. It is our mission to insure that our clients have the most up to date DICOM development toolkits available in the marketplace so that they can focus on their core business and not spend valuable resources staying abreast of this dynamic standard."

The newest Medical Imaging toolkit release upgrade includes:

New IOD Classes:

• Grayscale Softcopy Presentation State
• Basic Voice Audio
• 12-Lead ECG
• General ECG
• Ambulatory ECG
• Hemodynamic
• Basic Cardiac EP

New IOD modules:

• Presentation series
• Presentation state
• Bitmap display shutter
• Overlay curve activation
• Displayed area
• Graphic annotation
• Spatial transformation
• Graphic layer
• Softcopy
• VOI LUT
• Softcopy presentation
• LUT Synchronization
• Waveform
• Waveform identification
• Waveform annotation

New keys for DICOM Directory:

• Presentation Key
• Waveform Key

New UIDs:

• JPEG-LS Lossless Image Compression Transfer Syntax
• JPEG-LS Lossy (Near-Lossless) Image Compression Transfer Syntax
• Ambulatory ECG Waveform Storage
• Hemodynamic Waveform Storage
• Cardiac Electrophysiology Waveform Storage
• Basic Voice Audio Waveform Storage
• Grayscale Softcopy Presentation State Storage

The update is available at no cost to all LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging and Medical Imaging Suite v.12.1 clients. Please contact sales@medicorimaging.com to have your upgrade shipped immediately. If you own LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging or Medical Imaging Suite v 11.5 or earlier and are interested in upgrading, please contact sales@medicorimaging.com.

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About LEAD Technologies, Inc.
Founded in 1990, LEAD grew out of years of research headed by Moe Daher to find a comprehensive compression standard for digital images. LEAD is now the world-leading supplier of imaging development toolkits, providing technology of the future, today. LEAD brings to the market the most innovative and technically superior products that provide the greatest possible value for its customers. LEAD’s award winning imaging technology is chosen by Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Boeing, Xerox and thousands of other companies for use in their high volume applications and internal systems.