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AFP Imaging Completes the Acquisition of "QR, srl", A Leading Edge, 3-D Imaging Technology Company.


ELMSFORD, NY -- AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol.  Imaging Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB

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AFPC American Foreign Policy Council
AFPC Alliance de la Fonction Publique du Canada (Public Service Alliance of Canada; union)
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) announced today that it has successfully completed the acquisition of Quantitative Radiology, srl ("QR") of Verona, Italy. Over the past ten years, QR has been the global leader in developing, manufacturing and distributing a unique, three-dimensional, digital x-ray imaging technology, NewTom, for dentists and other professionals. This is known as Cone Beam CT scanning CT scanning
Computer tomography scanning is a diagnostic imaging tool that uses x rays sent through the body at different angles.

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 ("CBCT CBCT Cone Beam Computed Tomography
CBCT Catholic Bishops' Conference of Thailand
"). NewTom is a specialized x-ray system in conjunction with proprietary software that reconstructs the 3-D radiographic radiographic (rā´dēōgraf´ik),
adj relating to the process of radiography, the finished product, or its use.
 images from the captured data. QR has a manufacturing facility in Verona, Italy and uses dealers and distributors throughout the world. AFP has been QR's exclusive distributor for North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  for the past year. Industry estimates of the CBCT dental market size, for the next two years, is about $200 million. At the time of acquisition, QR's installed base, worldwide, was approximately five hundred units. The purchase was funded through a combination of new equity investors and senior debt. Sales for AFP's fourth quarter and fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 will include QR's revenues and operating income Operating Income

The profit realized from a business' own operations.

Notes:
This would not include income from things such as investments in other firms. Also referred to as operating profit or recurring profit.
 beginning April 20, 2007.

QR markets their product under the name "NewTom 3G" and is FDA FDA
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FDA,
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 certified for sale in the USA. It is CE approved for sale in Europe and other parts of the world. The NewTom 3G, CBCT scanner, has a manufacturer's suggested retail price between $150,000 and $250,000 depending upon its configuration and the size of its field of view. AFP has recently displayed, at several major international dental trade shows, another advanced NewTom model, the "Vertical Generation" ("VG"). In this model, the patient can now stand, sit or be in a wheel chair as compared to the patient lying down on a horizontal support table. AFP is currently the only supplier in the world with both model configurations to suit the varied clinical needs for different patient conditions. Elderly, infirm INFIRM. Weak, feeble.
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 or trauma patients can be better accommodated in the horizontal mode and smaller private dental facilities can take advantage of the vertical or upright patient positioning when space limitations prevail. Both systems use the same basic x-ray source and QR's proprietary software. AFP and QR will continue to expand and invest in additional research and development for other medical applications as well as future enhancements of the software. This technology is the gateway to employing precision drill guidance for implant treatment today and robotic procedures that will evolve in the near future. Sales and Marketing by both organizations will be integrated for an improved worldwide presence, expanded educational effort and overall technical support.

Historically, QR, AFP Imaging and its Dent-X dental equipment product lines have been industry innovators. In 1997, our Company entered the digital x-ray sensor field by acquiring a Swedish imaging group that was one of the first organizations to combine intra oral dental x-rays with digital, computer reconstructed images. These diagnostic sensors replace the need for dental x-ray film Noun 1. X-ray film - photographic film used to make X-ray pictures
bitewing - a dental X-ray film that can be held in place by the teeth during radiography
. Simultaneously, QR was focused on researching and designing the first generation of low dose, in office, dental x-ray equipment using three-dimensional software techniques, similar to whole body CT scanners. The product and technology has evolved over the past ten years. The CBCT scans the anatomical area from the bridge of the nose to the teeth and then down to the throat. Now, with the consolidation of AFP and QR, the Company will expand its joint efforts and knowledge to provide additional sophisticated, diagnostic equipment. 3-D digital imaging has many clinical and consultation advantages over historic analog x-ray films or even digital, two-dimensional radiographs. The primary users are dentists, implantologists, oral surgeons, orthodontists and dental radiologists as well as Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT ENT ears, nose, and throat (otorhinolaryngology).

ENT
abbr.
ear, nose, and throat



ENT

ear, nose and throat.

ENT Ears, nose & throat; formally, otorhinolaryngology
) medical specialists. The NewTom 3G provides critical diagnostic information, with accurate three-dimensional images, that facilitates the evaluation of the patient's condition and aides in the planning for future treatment. By using a NewTom 3G in the office, the doctor's practice can be more efficient and simultaneously more cost effective for the patient.

David Vozick, Chairman of AFP said, "The QR acquisition was an important step in our long term growth strategy. This will certainly provide external financial expansion from the consolidation but more importantly a base from which additional internal, organic growth will come from in the future. Along with QR's overall business, we gained a very strong product development team, in Italy, that with Dr. Molteni is an important asset to expand our digital product design efforts plus the development of application software."

"To take full advantage of the opportunities before us, AFP also announced that Mr. Daniel Fields has joined the company as Executive Vice President of Sales. He will direct the North American North American

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 sales efforts for all of our dental, medical CBCT and veterinary product lines. Daniel has extensive experience in marketing and selling sophisticated, high end products to the professional medical user. This includes surgical lasers as well as dental practice Noun 1. dental practice - the practice of dentistry
practice - the exercise of a profession; "the practice of the law"; "I took over his practice when he retired"
 service expansion through "dental spas". Mr. Fields will coordinate and integrate sales of all product lines where equipment and software cross over between medical, dental and veterinary applications. He will explore other market needs and requirements to add additional products that can be sold and delivered through direct and dealer distribution channels."

Dr. Molteni, AFP's Executive Vice President of Technology said, "We are very pleased to add this state of the art technology to AFP's broad, imaging product line. 3-D is the necessary key to future robotic procedures that are now about to enter the dental operatory. Other remote controlled surgical procedures Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Splene-" means spleen.  have become commonplace today in hospital operating rooms. Giving the dental specialist or ENT physician the ability to accurately complete a complex procedure supported by a sophisticated piece of our in-office imaging equipment is part of an overall trend to improve health care services on an ambulatory, cost effective, out patient basis. AFP views itself as a serious supplier of equipment for these and other clinical applications."

AFP Imaging is a diagnostic imaging supplier whose products are distributed worldwide with clinical applications for dental, medical and veterinary professionals. The company's quality assurance program is ISO (1) See ISO speed.

(2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI.
 9001 certified, an international standard. The company's digital imaging technologies and product lines are providing the gateway for future internal and external growth. Through its global distribution network, the company has produced branded products that are installed in approximately 100,000 dental and medical facilities. Each site serves as a reference point for future user upgrades of equipment. The company's products are distributed under various trademarked brand names that include AFP, DENT-X, EVA Eva

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1. Eva - A toy ALGOL-like language used in "Formal Specification of Programming Languages: A Panoramic Primer", F.G.
 and NEWTOM. For additional corporate information please visit our web sites at www.afpimaging.com, www.dent-x.com and www.newtomdental.com.
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