Johns Hopkins Medicine to Host Third Annual Cardiac CT: Today and the Future Meeting/CME Program; This Event is Not Part of the Official ACC Annual Scientific Session Program Committee

Business Wire, Feb 15, 2006

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc.:

WHAT:        Cardiologist Joao Lima, M.D., Associate Professor of
             Medicine and Radiology and Director, Cardiovascular
             Imaging in Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins University
             School of Medicine, will direct the third annual meeting
             and continuing medical education (CME) program addressing
             the current state and future advances in cardiac CT. The
             meeting is scheduled during the American College of
             Cardiology's Annual Scientific Sessions to be held March
             11-14, 2006 in Atlanta. The course is aimed at educating
             clinicians about using the latest multislice cardiac CT
             technology and interpreting these images in an effort to
             accurately diagnose heart disease at its earliest stages.
             Optional hands-on workstations will be offered.

             The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is
             accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
             Medical Education to provide continuing medical education
             for physicians. The Johns Hopkins University School of
             Medicine designates this educational activity for a
             maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)(TM).
             Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the
             extent of their participation in the activity.

WHEN/WHERE:  The event will take place on Saturday, March 11, 2006
             from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST at the Omni Hotel at CNN
             Center, 100 CNN Center, Atlanta, GA 30303. Clinicians
             interested in attending the presentation may register by
             calling 410-955-2959 or online at www.hopkinscme.net.
             There is no registration fee to attend, but space is
             limited.

MEDIA
INTERVIEW
OPPORTUNITY: To request additional background about cardiac CT
             technology, please contact Leslie Bryant at 949-809-6782.

WHY:         Several recent studies have indicated that the
             sensitivity, specificity, cost effectiveness and patient
             comfort associated with new CT procedures are superior to
             existing procedures commonly used in the cardiovascular
             workup. However, most cardiologists do not have
             experience with multislice helical CT. In order to make
             this new technology available to our patients, it is
             imperative that cardiologists understand the advantages,
             limitations and practical considerations in CT imaging.

WHO:         This activity is supported by an unrestricted educational
             grant from Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc.