| CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - November 30, 2009) | | | | a portfolio of large-area CMOS X-ray panels for |
| - RSNA 2009 - Booth # 7117 -- DALSA | | | | medical imaging applications," said Thorsten |
| Corporation (TSX: DSA), through its Rad-icon | | | | Achterkirchen, General Manager of Rad-icon |
| Imaging division, today announced general | | | | Imaging and Vice President of DALSA |
| availability of the Helios10 MDpanel, the first | | | | Corporation. "The Helios10 MD panel is the first |
| product in the company's new Helios camera | | | | CMOS flat panel detector of this size and form |
| family. With an active area of 20 x 25 cm, the | | | | factor in the market today. We are pleased with |
| Helios10 MD is the first CMOS X-Ray panel from | | | | the strong interest in the Helios panel for use in |
| DALSA of this size and form factor, a | | | | mobile DR and other imaging applications." |
| medical-grade cassette package with an | | | | Larger area panels enable medical radiologists to |
| integrated handle. The Helios10 MD panel was | | | | image proportionally larger subjects in a field |
| designed to exceed the rigorous imaging | | | | where images cannot be reduced by optical |
| requirements for a wide variety of medical | | | | coupling. With CMOS technology, these large area |
| imaging applications such as full-field digital | | | | panels are essential to building a cost-effective, |
| mammography, general radiography, bone | | | | high-performing digital imaging system. Other |
| densitometry, and other mobile digital radiography | | | | imaging technologies, such as image intensifiers |
| (DR) applications. DALSA will be showcasing the | | | | and CCDs, yield imaging solutions with bulky form |
| Helios10 MD at RSNA 2009, the annual meeting | | | | factors, troubling distortion, or cassette-based |
| of the Radiological Society of North America held | | | | output. Whereas CMOS X-ray cameras -- like |
| at McCormick Place in Chicago, at Booth #7117 | | | | Rad-icon's Helios10 MD -- solve the issues of form |
| (North Building, Hall B) from November 29 - | | | | factor, image output, and storage by delivering |
| December 4, 2009. | | | | high performance, high sensitivity, and superior |
| The Helios10 MD panel builds on the field proven | | | | resolution in a compact form factor at a |
| tiled configuration of Rad-icon's RadEye100 very | | | | cost-efficient price. |
| large area (VLA) CMOS image sensors to achieve | | | | For a full resolution image of the Helios10 MD, |
| a total active sensing area of 8" x 10" (20 x 25 | | | | visit DALSA's online media kit. For more product |
| cm), while maintaining superb image resolution with | | | | information, visit the Life Science section of |
| a pixel size of only 96 um. The active-pixel CMOS | | | | DALSA's web site. |
| photodiode array at the core of the Helios panel | | | | About Rad-icon Imaging |
| consists of over five million individual pixels that | | | | Rad-icon Imaging (Sunnyvale, CA.), a division of |
| convert light emitted by the integrated scintillator | | | | DALSA Corporation (Waterloo, Ontario), is a |
| screen into electrical signal. The detector's | | | | leading provider of high-performance CMOS image |
| low-noise, 14-bit digital output produces crisp, | | | | sensors and cameras for the digital radiography |
| sharp images ideal for medical radiography | | | | market worldwide. Rad-icon Imaging's products |
| applications. The panel is packaged in a | | | | enable medical practitioners, industrial |
| custom-molded housing with a slim cassette form | | | | manufacturers, and scientific researchers to |
| factor and integrated handle. Designed with | | | | create superior image quality, high resolution, and |
| portable imaging applications in mind, the panel | | | | large active area images based on our CMOS |
| weighs less than 3 kg and is easily positioned using | | | | active pixel sensor (APS) technology. Rad-icon's |
| just one hand. Other features include: | | | | products address diverse applications such as |
| -- State-of-the-art GigE interface connects to | | | | tissue biopsy, non-destructive testing, circuit board |
| laptop or PC via standard Ethernet or fiber-optic | | | | testing, and crystallography. Rad-icon Imaging's |
| cable; -- Low-noise active pixel CMOS sensor and | | | | customers are able to implement cost-effective |
| 14-bit digitization results in excellent sensitivity and | | | | and high-performance digital imaging solutions. For |
| high dynamic range; -- Proprietary fiber-optic | | | | more information, please visit or call (408) |
| technology increases sensor lifetime and enhances | | | | 736-6000. |
| DQE at energies up to 160 kVp; -- Low power | | | | About DALSA Corporation |
| CMOS design consumes less than 10 W; and -- | | | | DALSA is an international leader in high |
| Rugged molded plastic housing with built-in handle | | | | performance digital imaging and semiconductors |
| is ready for clinical environment. | | | | with approximately 1000 employees worldwide. |
| The Helios10 MD panel is optimized for medical | | | | Established in 1980, the Company designs, |
| imaging up to 160 kVp for applications such as | | | | develops, manufactures, and markets digital |
| general radiography, mobile/portable X-ray | | | | imaging products and solutions, in addition to |
| systems, and mammography. | | | | providing semiconductor products and services. |
| "Rad-icon's large-area panels -- like the Helios -- | | | | DALSA's core competencies are in specialized |
| are the future of X-ray crystallography because | | | | integrated circuit and electronics technology, |
| they're able to meet all of my technical | | | | software, and highly engineered semiconductor |
| requirements at a fraction of the cost of | | | | wafer processing. Products and services include |
| competing solutions," commented Edwin M. | | | | image sensor components (CCD and CMOS); |
| Westbrook, MD, PhD, Director, Molecular Biology | | | | electronic digital cameras; vision processors; image |
| Consortium, University of Chicago, and Founder, | | | | processing software; and semiconductor wafer |
| Research Devices, Inc. "With the panel's large | | | | foundry services for use in MEMS, high-voltage |
| active area we can capture large diffraction | | | | semiconductors, image sensors and mixed-signal |
| angles, and with the low readout noise we can | | | | CMOS chips. DALSA is listed on the Toronto |
| image even faint diffraction spots. Overall, this | | | | Stock Exchange under the symbol "DSA" and has |
| panel delivers everything that an X-ray | | | | its corporate offices in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. |
| crystallography laboratory needs to conduct | | | | All trademarks are registered by their respective |
| world-class research." | | | | companies. DALSA reserves the right to make |
| "The Helios10 MD panel represents a major | | | | changes at anytime without notice. |
| milestone in Rad-icon's mission to bring to market | | | | |