Geisinger Health System Chooses Latest Optical Molecular Imaging Technology from Carestream Molecular Imaging

Business Wire,  June 23, 2008  

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Geisinger's Neuroscience Institute Using In-Vivo Multispectral Imaging System to Advance Brain Cancer Research

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Geisinger Health System's Neuroscience Institute is using the latest optical molecular imaging technology from Carestream Molecular Imaging as part of its cutting-edge research of brain cancer treatment. The objective of this research is to make surgery for brain tumors and inflammatory lesions simpler and more precise by using fluorescent nanospheres to more easily visualize tumors and lesions during treatment procedures.

Geisinger's neuroscience lab chose the company's KODAK In-Vivo Multispectral Imaging System FX to assess which nanoparticles would be most efficacious for image-guided brain surgery in patients in the near future.

Brain tumors, which afflict approximately 200,000 people each year in the U.S. alone, are often associated with bleak patient outcomes. Surgery can improve the survival rate for many brain tumors, but it is often difficult or impossible for surgeons to distinguish healthy tissue from tumors using current methods.

The research is being led by Dr. Steven A. Toms, MD, Geisinger Health System's Director of Neurosurgery and Co-Director of the Neuroscience Institute.

About Geisinger Health System

Founded in 1915, Geisinger Health System (Danville, PA) is one of the nation's largest integrated health services organizations. Serving more than two million residents throughout central and northeastern Pennsylvania, the physician-led organization is at the forefront of the country's rapidly emerging electronic health records movement. Geisinger is comprised of three medical center campuses, a 700-member group practice, a not-for-profit health insurance company and the Center for Health Research--dedicated to creating innovative new models for patient care, satisfaction and clinical outcomes.

For more information, visit www.geisinger.org

About Carestream Health, Inc.

Carestream Health, Inc. is a leading provider of dental and medical imaging systems and healthcare IT solutions; molecular imaging solutions for the life science research and drug discovery/development market segments; and x-ray film and digital x-ray products for the non-destructive testing market. The company emerged in 2007 when Onex Corporation (TSX: OCX) of Toronto, Canada, purchased Eastman Kodak Company's Health Group. For more information about Carestream Health, contact your Carestream Health representative or visit www.carestreamhealth.com.

CARESTREAM is a trademarks of Carestream Health, Inc.
KODAK is a trademark of Kodak used under license.

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