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Positron Corporation to Provide MIMcardiac(TM) Software with mPower(TM) PET Scanners.


HOUSTON -- Positron positron: see antiparticle.
positron

Subatomic particle having the same mass as an electron but with an electric charge of +1 (an electron has a charge of −1). It constitutes the antiparticle (see antimatter) of an electron.
 Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB

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:POSC POSC Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation
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), a developer and manufacturer of PET medical devices, announced today that it has partnered with MIMvista Corp. to provide MIMcardiac(TM) display and analysis software for their mPower(TM) brand scanners.

MIMcardiac, part of the MIMvista Corporation fusion and display software suite, will provide Positron Corporation's customers the ability to register three dimensional computed tomograph coronary angiograms (3D CTCA CTCA Cancer Treatment Centers of America
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) and functional cardiac studies acquired on the mPower scanner, as well as triangulate See triangulation.  between 3D and cross-sectional images. Users will also benefit from MIMcardiac's fusion of static and gated functional images including stress/rest metabolism/perfusion studies for evaluation of ischemia and infarction. Automatic calculation of cardiac volumes and ejection fraction ejection fraction
n.
The blood present in the ventricle at the end of diastole and expelled during the contraction of the heart.


Ejection fraction 
 are included. The software offering provides improved patient diagnosis and management through comparison of functional and anatomic image volumes.

Joseph Oliverio, president of Positron states, "MIMcardiac software will assist us in marketing our mPower(TM) scanners to the thousands of cardiology groups in the United States. We believe that the future of cardiac diagnostic imaging will involve the fusion of anatomy and metabolism / perfusion. MIMcardiac allows us to immediately offer this powerful combination."

About MIMvista Corporation:

MIMvista is a leading third party software for PET and PET/CT PET/CT Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography  display. Since inception over six years ago, MIMvista Corp. has grown to an unparalleled level of professionalism both with customer relations and skillful engineering, while spanning a customer base across the globe. To learn more about MIMvista Corp., please visit www.mimvista.com.

About Positron:

Positron Corporation designs, manufactures, markets and supports advanced medical imaging devices utilizing positron emission tomography positron emission tomography: see PET scan.
positron emission tomography (PET)

Imaging technique used in diagnosis and biomedical research.
 (PET) technology under the trade name POSICAM(TM) systems. POSICAM(TM) systems incorporate patented and proprietary software and technology for the diagnosis and treatment of patients in the areas of cardiology, oncology and neurology. Positron Corporation offers unique combination of low cost technology and disease specific software solutions differentiating themselves from all other medical device manufacturers. POSICAM(TM) systems are in use at leading medical facilities, including the Weatherhead PET center at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas; The Heart Center of Niagara in Niagara Falls, New York Niagara Falls is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 55,593. It is across the Niagara River from Niagara Falls, Ontario, both named after the famed Niagara Falls which they share. ; Beth Israel Medical Center Beth Israel Medical Center is a hospital in New York City. It has four major locations providing health services. It acts as University Hospital and Manhattan Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. , New York; Emory Crawford Long Hospital Carlyle Fraser Heart Center in Atlanta, Georgia; and Nishidai Clinic (Diagnostic Imaging Center) in Tokyo, Japan. Additional information may be found at www.positron.com.

Forward Looking Statements:

Statements in this document contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements are based on many assumptions and estimates and are not guarantees of future performance and may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Positron Corporation to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The words "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "seek," "estimate," and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation those set forth as "Risk Factors" in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

For further information please contact Positron Corporation at (281) 492-7100.
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