SCIMAGIX ANNOUNCES SUPPORT
FOR STACKED IMAGES
SIMS® Expands Reach of Image Informatics
to Confocal Microscopy and Other Stacked
Image Formats
SAN MATEO, Calif. – August
5, 2003 – Scimagix™ Inc.,
the pioneer of enterprise image informatics
solutions for pharmaceutical and
biotechnology research and development
(R&D), today announced the availability
of a Full Image Viewer™ within
SIMS™ (Scientific Image Management
System) that enables the handling
of stacked image formats, such as
confocal microscopy images. SIMS™ is
the industry's leading image informatics
tool that delivers scientists the
ability to mine, analyze, share and
archive different types of image
data formats together with associated
alpha/numerical data all from a single
point. Image informatics is the integration
of valuable image and non-image data
to better understand biology and
reach better decisions.
The Full Image Viewer is a new capability
that enables scientists to store, view
and share confocal images from different
types of confocal microscopes and integrate
these with image data from other imaging
devices. The Viewer is capable of handling
other types of stacked image data and
proprietary file formats, including
stacked .tiff, selected DICOM formats,
the ANALYZE format, as well as avi
files, which are used by scientists
to make rapid time series studies that
identify and monitor cellular changes.
With this capability, researchers and
scientists can quickly identify those
images that provide insights to biological
mechanisms.
“Scientists recognize that by
not addressing their image data management
needs, they run the risk of suffering
a significant slow down in the research
process,” said Robert Dunkle,
president and CEO, Scimagix. “Stacked
image data is becoming more and more
prevalent in today's research arsenal.
By using this Viewer, scientists can
now leverage the value of the SIMS™ image
informatics platform to extract even
more value out of their research data.”
Drug discovery and pharmaceutical
companies generate hundreds to thousands
of images a day per lab, and require
a solution to help manage the data
as well as facilitate a quick and cost
effective drug to market time frame.
As new imaging technologies, such as
confocal microscopy and high content
screening (HCS), are being incorporated
into the drug discovery process, scientists
are quickly finding they need a 21
CFR Part 11 compliant software application
that can not only manage the rising
amount of image data, but also accommodate
the differing image formats.
SIMS™ is the only open, scalable,
Web-deployed enterprise image management
system that enables compliance with
21 CFR Part 11 standards for electronic
data submission to the FDA. The enterprise-wide,
multi-site software system, designed
for image data, allows scientists to
search, mine, analyze and share results.
About Scimagix Inc.
Scimagix™ Inc., based in San
Mateo, Calif., is the leading provider
of image informatics solutions for
pharmaceutical research and development
(R&D). Its flagship SIMS® (Scientific
Image Management System) platform,
an Oracle®/Web-based database management
system, utilizes open architecture
to deliver a comprehensive and searchable
image database. Image informatics technology
integrates valuable image and non-image
data into SIMS™, allowing scientists
to search, mine and analyze all results.
ProteinMine™, running on top
of SIMS™, supports high throughput
analysis and mining of image data with
proprietary visual content search technology,
dramatically increasing the accuracy
and productivity of R&D processes.
Scimagix serves most of the top 15
pharmaceutical companies including
Pfizer Global R&D, Hoffmann La
Roche and Eli Lilly & Co.
