AuntMinnie.com Launches Frontiers in Ultrasound.Business Editors SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2000 New Service Targets Ultrasound Community AuntMinnie.com(TM), one of the fastest growing online communities for radiology professionals worldwide, announced today the addition of Frontiers in Ultrasound, a new service of the AuntMinnie.com Web site designed to deliver customized, targeted content to the ultrasound community. Visitors can reach Frontiers in Ultrasound through a link on the AuntMinnie.com web page or directly at http://www.auntminnie.com/index.asp?Sec=ult&Sub=def&Pag=def DEF abbr. decayed, extraction indicated due to caries, or filled (used for permanent teeth) def abbr. . Frontiers in Ultrasound intends to deliver a full range of ultrasound-specific resources, including new editorial content, archived ultrasound-related AuntMinnie.com content, teaching files, practice guidelines practice guidelines Medical practice A set of recommendations for Pt management that identifies a specific or range of range of management strategies. See Peer review organization, Practice standards. Cf 'Cookbook' medicine. , directory listings, upcoming conferences and events, CME CME See: Chicago Mercantile Exchange CME See Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). (Continuing Medical Education continuing medical education See CME. ) courses, journal references, as well as links to relevant organizations, Web sites, and companies. Karen Klause, President of AuntMinnie.com, noted that Frontiers in Ultrasound represents a fundamental step in building on AuntMinnie.com's reputation as a leading Internet destination for the medical imaging community. "The key to AuntMinnie's early success is our responsiveness to the needs of our audience and our ability to provide them with high-quality, tailored products and services. Frontiers in Ultrasound is an expansion of this mission, since our goal is to provide our community an Internet destination where they can find all they need, whether it be used equipment from our newly launched auction service, to clinical, scientific, and educational materials, or other radiology-related products and services." "We've essentially created a site within a site," stated Brian Casey, Editor in Chief of AuntMinnie.com. Mr. Casey continued, "We determined that reaching out to one of the largest modalities Modalities The factors and circumstances that cause a patient's symptoms to improve or worsen, including weather, time of day, effects of food, and similar factors. within medical imaging would be an excellent starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the and, utilizing Frontiers in Ultrasound as a model, plan to offer similar customized services for other modalities and special editorial projects in the future." AuntMinnie.com is a premier online information, transaction and education site for all individuals affiliated with the diagnostic imaging market. Rich in timely, original content and customer-centered products and services, AuntMinnie.com is intended to enhance the professional lives of its members through interaction, participation, exchange and commerce. AuntMinnie.com is a majority owned subsidiary of Lumisys, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : LUMI). Additional information on AuntMinnie.com is available at www.auntminnie.com. This news release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. , including statements regarding the functionality and acceptance of the ultrasound portion of the radiology portal and the expectations as to future customized services for other modalities and special editorial projects. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ from those forward looking statements, including competition from other Internet sites, market acceptance by the radiology community and those risks detailed from time to time in Lumisys' reports filed with the SEC, including the annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 1999. AuntMinnie.com is a trademark of AuntMinnie.com, Inc. |
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