Aperio and Roper Scientific Sign Distribution Agreement; Imaging Leader Nippon Roper to Market and Support Aperio's ScanScope(R) Systems in Japan and China.VISTA, Calif. & TUCSON, Ariz. -- Aperio Technologies, the leading provider of virtual microscopy Virtual microscopy is a method of posting microscope images on, and transmitting them over, computer networks. This allows independent viewing of images by large numbers of people in diverse locations. It involves a synthesis of microscopy technologies and digital technologies. systems, and Roper Scientific, Inc.'s Photometrics division announced today the completion of a distribution agreement whereby Nippon Roper, Roper's Japanese subsidiary, will exclusively market and support Aperio's line of ScanScope(R) Systems in Japan and China. The companies will launch their partnership at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Japanese Telepathology Society at Mie University Mie University was founded on May 31, 1949 with two faculties: Liberal Arts and Agriculture. These gave way to the establishment's present composition of six faculties: Humanities, Medicine, Education, Bioresources, Engineering and Common Education - the latter dealing with cross-faculty in Mie Prefecture Mie Prefecture (三重県 Mie-ken on August 26. Nippon Roper currently distributes imaging solutions from leading companies including Photometrics, Princeton Instruments/Acton, Q-Imaging, Media Cybernetics cybernetics [Gr.,=steersman], term coined by American mathematician Norbert Wiener to refer to the general analysis of control systems and communication systems in living organisms and machines. and Optical Insights. Aperio's ScanScope Systems--microscope slide scanners for ultra-fast entire-slide digitization dig·i·tize tr.v. dig·i·tized, dig·i·tiz·ing, dig·i·tiz·es To put (data, for example) into digital form. dig , and software for viewing, managing and analyzing digital slides--strengthen Nippon Roper's offering in Pathology said Tom Connelly Thomas Martin Connelly (October 20 1897 - February 18 1941) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played five games in 1920 and 1921 for the New York Yankees. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. , president of Roper Scientific's Advanced Microscopy business unit. "This partnership supports our strategic focus on Advanced Microscopy and Pathology," stated Connelly. "Aperio is the leader in virtual microscopy and has by far the largest installed base of products worldwide. We are pleased to market and service Aperio's latest generation of ScanScope Systems in Japan and China. We expect virtual microscopy to be extremely helpful to a medical community in which the relative number of pathologists is significantly lower than in other parts of the world." "We are excited about working with Nippon Roper in Japan and China," said Dirk Soenksen, Aperio chief executive officer. "Nippon Roper's efficient sales structure, commitment to customer service, and understanding of the needs of pathologists provides the necessary infrastructure for meeting customer needs and growing sales." Virtual microscopy is the practice of converting entire glass microscope slides to high resolution digital slides--entire-slide images that can be remotely viewed, quantitatively analyzed, and readily annotated, shared and managed, all without a traditional microscope. Aperio's line of ScanScope Systems delivers automated high-speed digital slide creation, management, and analysis for pathology. Archival and retrieval, quality assurance, frozen section interpretation, secondary consultations, and entire-slide image analysis are all improved with the ScanScope System. About Aperio Technologies, Inc. With the largest installed base of virtual microscopy systems, Aperio Technologies is a worldwide leader in virtual microscopy. Our award-winning ScanScope(R) scanners and Digital Slide Information Management Software deliver integrated digital slide creation, viewing, management, and analysis capabilities to pathologists. Applications include tissue microarrays, toxicology toxicology, study of poisons, or toxins, from the standpoint of detection, isolation, identification, and determination of their effects on the human body. Toxicology may be considered the branch of pharmacology devoted to the study of the poisonous effects of drugs. pathology, image analysis and workflow systems (PACS (Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries. ). The interactive telepathology capabilities provided by our systems offer an enhanced virtual microscopy experience ideally suited to telepathology, frozen section, hematopathology, and cytology cytology (sītŏl`əjē), in biology, the study of the structure of all normal and abnormal components of cells and the changes, movements, and transformations of such components. uses. Our freely downloadable ImageScope(TM) viewer makes digital slides accessible anywhere, anytime. With headquarters in Vista, California, Aperio serves a global pathology market in clinical, research, and education. For more information, or to view a gallery of digital slides created by ScanScope Systems, please visit www.aperio.com. About Photometrics Photometrics(R) is the world's leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance CCD camera See digital camera. systems for the life sciences. Founded in 1978, Photometrics has been a division of Roper Scientific, Inc. since 1998. Headquartered in Tucson, AZ, Photometrics designs and produces leading edge scientific grade CCD cameras in an 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. 9001:2000 certified facility. As a member of Roper Industries "Advanced Microscopy Group," Photometrics is also able to draw on product resources from sister companies (QImaging, Gatan, Inc., Princeton Instruments and Redlake Systems) to address any end user or OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and application, including live cell imaging, and hyperspectral imaging Hyperspectral imaging, sometimes referred to as spectral imaging, is an electron microscopy technique that involves microanalysis using either Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), Infrared Spectroscopy(IR), Raman Spectroscopy, or through its Optical Insights line of spectral and polarization optical imagers. By working closely with our global network of representatives, which includes Roper Scientific(R) subsidiaries in Benelux, France, Germany, and Japan, we're able to distribute and support high-performance digital imaging hardware and software across the world. About Roper Scientific Roper Scientific, Inc. comprises Photometrics(R) (Tucson, AZ) and Princeton Instruments (Trenton, NJ), international leaders in the fields of high-performance digital imaging and spectroscopy. The company has key subsidiaries in France, Germany, Japan, and Benelux. Formed in 1998, Roper Scientific operates under the Scientific and Industrial Imaging segment of Roper Industries, Inc. ScanScope and ImageScope are trademarks of Aperio Technologies. Photometrics and Roper Scientific are trademarks of Roper Scientific, Inc. |
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