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eMERGE Vision Systems Announces Software for Veterinary Diagnoses and Equine Patient Management.


SEBASTIAN, Fl.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 1999--

New equiTRACK Software Completely Integrates Multiple Diagnostics

eMERGE Vision Systems (eVS), an XL Vision and Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:SFE See Sydney Futures Exchange. ) partnership company and leader in thermal imaging solutions, today announced the commercial availability of its equiTRACK Software. The new software enables veterinarians Veterinarians and veterinary surgeons (vets) are medical professionals who operate exclusively on animals. Well-known and notable veterinarians include:
  • Wayne Allard, a U.S.
 to perform more complete analyses based on data from thermographic scans, radiographs, ultrasounds, and other tools. Practitioners can now look at an integrated view of diagnostic information, reflecting temperature, intensity, blood flow, and other factors.

"equiTRACK is a direct response to eVS customers' needs," according to according to
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 Marvin Slosman, executive vice president of eVS. "This advancement provides a significant step in the development of eVS' goal to provide a fully integrated and cost-effective approach to managing information from a variety of widely used imaging sources."

equiTRACK can be used with the eVS thermographic imaging camera and the company's clinical database, an intuitive, content-rich repository of equine equine

Any member of the ungulate family Equidae, which includes the modern horses, zebras, and asses, all in the genus Equus, as well as more than 60 species known only from fossils. Equines descended from the dawn horse (see Eohippus).
 thermographic images and lameness Lameness
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 evaluations, providing veterinarians with the information necessary to make the most appropriate diagnostic decisions for animals in their care.

Shipping and Availability

equiTRACK runs on Microsoft Windows See Windows.

(operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then.
 (TM) , and executes on laptop or desktop Pentium-based systems. The software will be bundled with eVS' thermal imaging solutions starting in January 1999, and all current users will be upgraded at no additional cost. -0-

Highlights of equiTRACK include:

     --Thumbnail Image Storage - allows end users to quickly and
       easily view stored thumbnail images from any file

     --Image Enhancement - enables users to select and manipulate
       multiple images from any source to better view an injury

     --Relative Temperature Comparison - gives veterinarians the
       ability to compare temperature within a single image or between
       images

     --Live Image Capture - enables end users to capture and analyze a
       frame from video sources

     --Demographic Search Engine - provides query capability based on
       patient demographics

     --Expanded Printing Capabilities - provide high-resolution
       printouts of a single image or a comparative profile of
       multiple images

     --Storage System - allows the user to store multiple images along
       with corresponding patient and demographic information


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About The eVS Thermal Imaging System

eVS' thermal imaging solution is a non-invasive, real-time diagnostic aid designed to detect early stages of lameness and other injuries in horses by identifying abnormalities in comparative body temperature. eVS developed this system with the help of leading equine veterinarians An Equine veterinarian is a veterinarian who treats horses. Horses are different in anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, and husbandry to other domestic species. Most, if not all, veterinary schools worldwide still produce graduates able to practice with a wide variety of . The thermal imaging solution includes an uncooled, handheld infrared camera, proprietary 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
 and database software, and access to the Web-based clinical database.

The eVS package is the first complete thermal imaging solution developed specifically for horses that offers state-of-the-art technology at a price affordable to practicing veterinarians. The technology serves to complement existing diagnostic equipment resulting in better care for the horse. For equine veterinarians the technology enhances their practices by helping to diagnosis problems quicker, saving time and money while enhancing care for their clients' horses.

About eVS

eVS is a thermal imaging solutions company that develops intelligent, application specific, infrared technology to aid in the diagnostic decision-making process. The first application of its technology was developed specifically for the equine medical market. In addition, eVS continues to work in the areas of food animal health, exotics, and human medicine. eVS is an XL Vision and Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE:SFE) partnership company. XL Vision is an imaging technology company that invents and perfects technologies and strategies that convert images to actionable Giving sufficient legal grounds for a lawsuit; giving rise to a Cause of Action.

An act, event, or occurrence is said to be actionable when there are legal grounds for basing a lawsuit on it.
 information. Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. is a unique partnership of entrepreneurial companies focused on information technology markets. eVS is based in Sebastian, Florida Sebastian is a city in Indian River County, Florida, United States. The population was 16,181 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 18,671 [1]. .
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