CTI Awards TRW An Estimated $27 Million Contract to Install Medical Diagnostic Systems in the U.S.SAN BERNARDINO San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 1997--TRW (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc ) has signed a contract estimated at $27 million with Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc. (CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. ) to provide system integration services for CTI(tm) diagnostic equipment systems. Work on this four-year contract, the largest awarded to San Bernardino-based TRW Healthcare Information Systems, will be performed locally and in Ogden, Utah Ogden is the county seat of Weber County,GR6 Utah, United States. A 2006 estimate placed its population at 78,086. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a . TRW will install and maintain the diagnostic systems sold by CTI to hospitals and clinics throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and provide the operational and clinical training required to identify and diagnose soft tissue and physiological disorders using TRW's advanced image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished technologies. For the past year, TRW has collaborated with CTI and its affiliates in conducting clinical research and tests using this advanced technology. This contract formalizes and expands the prior cooperation agreement to the installation of CTI(tm) systems. The contract's estimated value is based on CTI projected sales of more than 250 systems during the next four years. The CTI(tm) system employs a sophisticated infrared camera and computing system that allows for the rapid collection and analysis of numerous images images and temperature data that clinicians can examine over a several-minute testing period, with a high degree of accuracy. CTI's thermal imaging technology is a "functional imaging method that non-invasively allows doctors and practitioners to identify symptoms of disorders and diseases in the body's soft tissues," says R.V. Secord, CTI's president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of the Lake Oswego, Ore.-based company. "In addition to providing system integration support, TRW will assist CTI in enhancing the system to meet additional governmental requirements for medical equipment," says Fred Alexander, managing director of TRW Healthcare Information Systems. "TRW also will develop and operate a database registry for new classes of soft tissue disorders as they are identified and processed by TRW's advanced medical imaging laboratory in Ogden, Utah." CTI is collaborating with medical equipment leasing companies in the U.S. to employ telemedicine technologies and Web-based automated billing methods for payment of services using the CTI(tm) system. The telemedicine and Web-based technologies will be developed by TRW. Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc. markets and sells its computerized thermal imaging systems to hospitals, health management organizations, and free-standing imaging centers worldwide. TRW Inc. provides advanced technology products and services for automotive and space and defense markets worldwide. TRW's 1995 sales were more than $10 billion. CONTACT: TRW Inc. Linda Javier, 310/812-4105 or Al Frascella, 703/803-5353 or CTI, 503/293-4311 |
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