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Biotech / Medical : COMPUTERIZED THERMAL IMAGING (COII)- research only -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: chirodoc who wrote (246)	10/29/2000 9:15:37 AM
From: chirodoc	Respond to of 256

CTI to Showcase Breast Imaging System During Open House at Utah Headquarters LAYTON, Utah, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Computerized Thermal Imaging Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: COII - news) is inviting the Salt Lake City community, employees, their families and friends to an open house to take a first-hand look at the company's Breast Cancer Imaging System and other products. The breast imaging system is to be displayed to medical imaging professionals for the first time on a broad scale at the Radiological Society of North America meeting in Chicago on November 26. ``We're excited to open our doors to give the community and our many friends the first opportunity to preview this new diagnostic imaging system,'' said David A. Packer, company president and chief operating officer. ``And it's especially fitting to hold this open house during breast cancer awareness month. Nearly all of us have had personal experience with breast cancer either within our own families or with close friends and associates. I commend all efforts to increase public awareness of this dreaded disease. Awareness leads to earlier detection and much higher survival rates.'' The open house will be from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. on Friday, October 27 at CTI's headquarters at 476 Heritage Park Boulevard in Layton, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. Visitors will be able to take a close look at the breast cancer imaging system, view demonstrations and discuss the potential benefits of the technology with technical experts. Also on display for the public will be other products Computerized Thermal Imaging has developed, including the Mobile Examination Room for use in remote patient examination deployments, the Thermal Image Processor system for use in occupational medicine applications and the Photonic Stimulator, a physical therapy device recently used by the USA Track and Field team during their participation in the Sydney Olympic Games. These devices are marketed in the U.S. for their approved indication. Overview of the Breast Cancer System CTI is currently seeking approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its breast cancer imaging system as an adjunct to mammography to assist physicians in detecting breast cancer. The system is presently only available in the U.S. as an investigational device and is not available for sale in the U.S. The system has been designed to recognize and differentiate temperature patterns of malignant and benign breast tumors through a painless, non-invasive technology requiring no patient exposure to radiation, breast compression, or electrical current. During a typical diagnostic session, a patient lies face down on a customized scanning table where a sophisticated heat-sensitive camera that does not touch the breast takes a thermal picture, producing a temperature map that identifies minute differences of heat. The image is then analyzed by CTI's proprietary software algorithm. Abnormal breast tissue and malignant tumors may produce a temperature pattern different from healthy breast tissue and benign tumors. Clinical trials are under way to test whether this ``thermal data'' can help physicians more accurately identify and analyze breast cancer and determine more precisely when a biopsy is needed.