Insightful Wins $750,00 Services Grant from the National Institues of Health; Ultrasound Image Mining Offers Better Diagnosis and Treatment of Prostate Diseases.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2003 Insightful Corporation (Nasdaq:IFUL), a leading provider of enterprise software solutions for search and analysis of numbers, text, and images, today announced that it has been selected by the National Institutes of Health to develop image segmentation and registration algorithms to mine ultrasound images in order to enhance today's transrectal ultrasound (TRUS TRUS Transrectal ultrasonography, see there ) technology. Better analysis and insight will improve physician's ability to identify, diagnose and treat prostate diseases. Prostate boundaries outlined in TRUS images are the most affordable way to create patient-specific anatomical models used in diagnosis, treatment planning In radiotherapy, Treatment Planning is the process in which a team consisting of radiation oncologists, medical radiation physicists and dosimetrists plan the appropriate external beam radiotherapy treatment technique for a patient with cancer. Typically, medical imaging (i.e. and post-treatment studies of prostate diseases. The combination of clinical time constraints and new, more affordable interoperative treatment procedures, with the lack of commercially-available software has created an opportunity for better, more effective analytic methods. In response, Insightful researchers are developing cutting edge algorithms to improve the analysis and reporting of intelligence gained from ultrasound image data. "It's always exciting to be selected for our analytic expertise and the advancements we can bring in the quest to improve human health," said Shawn Javid, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Insightful. "Our research group has world-class expertise in image, text and numerical data Numerical data (or quantitative data) is data measured or identified on a numerical scale. Numerical data can be analysed using statistical methods, and results can be displayed using tables, charts, histograms and graphs. mining that can be applied to diagnosis and treatment solutions so physicians can identify conditions earlier and prescribe more effective treatments." Insightful reports research income as a reduction of research and development expenses in its annual and periodic reports filed with the SEC. About Insightful Insightful Corporation (Nasdaq:IFUL) provides enterprises with scalable data analysis solutions that drive better decisions faster by revealing patterns, trends and relationships. The company is a leading supplier of software and services for statistical data mining, business analytics, knowledge management, and information retrieval information retrieval Recovery of information, especially in a database stored in a computer. Two main approaches are matching words in the query against the database index (keyword searching) and traversing the database using hypertext or hypermedia links. enabling clients to gain intelligence from numerical data, text, and images. Insightful products include InFact(TM), Insightful Miner, S-PLUS(R), StatServer(R), S-PLUS Analytic Server(R). Insightful consulting services provide specialized expertise and proven processes for the design, development and deployment of customized solutions. The company has been delivering industry-leading, high-ROI solutions for fifteen years to thousands of companies in financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, telecommunications, manufacturing, plus government and research institutions. Headquartered in Seattle, Insightful has offices in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , France, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom with distributors around the world. For more information, visit www.insightful.com, email info@insightful.com or call 1-800-569-0123. Note to Investors - Forward Looking Statements This 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. for purposes of the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. 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Please refer to the complete list of risk factors appearing in our most recent periodic report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of these and other various factors that could cause Insightful's actual results to differ materially from those discussed in forward-looking statements. Insightful, the Insightful logo, "Insightful intelligence from data", 'human-like intelligence" and InFact are trademarks of Insightful Corporation. S-PLUS, S-PLUS Analytic Server and StatServer are registered trademarks of Insightful Corporation. Other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. |
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