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New Clinical Data on Time-of-Flight System and an Enhanced Workflow Management Solution Strengthen Philips Suite of Imaging Technologies and Services for Nuclear Medicine

Business Wire, June 2, 2006

ANDOVER, Mass. -- Philips announces validation data for its new TruFlight technology and new version of workspace offering superior display capabilities, analysis tools and customization to advance patient care

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG) (AEX: PHI) revealed clinical results from its revolutionary GEMINI TF PET/CT and introduced its enhanced JETStream Workspace version 3.0, featuring new image processing, display and analysis tools today at the 53rd Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) annual meeting in San Diego (June 3-7). The time-of-flight PET/CT system and JETStream Workspace version 3.0 will be showcased along with Philips complete nuclear medicine portfolio during the show.

Philips GEMINI TF is the first PET/CT system to market that features TruFlight technology, utilizing time-of-flight PET reconstruction, creating a new benchmark in spatial resolution and sensitivity. With three systems currently installed and performing clinical validation, new data confirms that TruFlight improves image quality, consistency and performance - regardless of patient size. The technology enables small lesion detectability, which helps detect disease in its earliest stages, and permits higher levels of patient throughput, shortening exam time, allowing greater comfort for patients and increasing efficiency for busy departments. Full commercial release of the GEMINI TF is expected by the end of June 2006.

"Our company and the PET/CT team have been on a mission the past three years to deliver best in class clinical performance and enable Philips customers to provide the best possible patient care. GEMINI TF is the fulfillment of that vision," said Ian Farmer, senior vice president, Nuclear Medicine, for Philips Medical Systems.

Philips also announced an enhanced version of the JETStream Workspace, an integrated, personalized workflow management solution for nuclear medicine. The system is designed for fast, simple workflow for technologists and physicians -- helping them to process with speed, diagnose with confidence and accuracy, convey results to referring physicians quickly and conveniently, and run a practice more effectively.

JETStream Workspace version 3.0 offers new workflow and image display enhancements and upgraded clinical applications for cardiac, bone, renal, salivary and brain imaging. Also, IDL, the language for data visualization and analysis developed by RSI, is now available for JETStream Workspace version 3.0. The IDL programming language allows customers to develop and customize their own applications. The IDL custom development platform allows for the development of user-friendly applications and offers a combination of visualization, image processing and data analysis routines.

"JETStream Workspace version 3.0 is a major enhancement of the product based on extensive customer research and feedback from current users of the product," said Deepak Malhotra, senior director of marketing and business development, Nuclear Medicine, for Philips Medical Systems. "We are pleased to be working with RSI, a leader in data visualization and image analysis, to offer IDL with JETStream Workspace to allow for greater customization."

JETStream Workspace version 3.0 will be an easy-to-install software-only upgrade for current users of the product. Philips legacy workstation customers can also upgrade to a new platform with JETStream Workspace version 3.0, enabling them to reap the benefits of new applications, such as Astonish.

PET/CT Viewer for Extended Brilliance Workspace

Philips will also showcase the new PET/CT Viewer application for the Extended Brilliance Workspace, which was first launched at this year's American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in March. The new PET/CT Viewer provides PET users with a truly integrated, powerful, yet simple image review and analysis environment for routine clinical evaluation of PET/CT examinations. The PET/CT viewer is adaptable to the workflow needs of individual users and substantially improves workflow and efficiency for routine clinical review.

Astonish 2.0

Astonish 2.0, a software tool for advanced image processing, began shipping in January, 2006 and is currently installed at more than 250 customer sites. This year's SNM meeting will feature scientific papers validating the throughput and image quality benefits of the Astonish software.

For more information about these products, visit Philips at booth 1214 at the SNM annual meeting.

About Royal Philips Electronics

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is one of the world's biggest electronics companies and Europe's largest, with sales of EUR 30.4 billion in 2005. With activities in the three interlocking domains of healthcare, lifestyle and technology and 161,500 employees in more than 60 countries, it has market leadership positions in medical diagnostic imaging and patient monitoring, color television sets, electric shavers, lighting and silicon system solutions. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter.>