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Thursday, March 6, 2003
Medical Imaging Contract Initiates Project At MSU, UM
Washington, D.C. – Seeking better radiological care for its personnel, the United States Air Force (USAF) has received a $1 million research and development award to demonstrate the transmission of medical imagery from remote sites to medical specialists in a different location. Montana Senator Conrad Burns, seeing the relationship between this project and the challenges faced by rural Montana communities, felt our state was a logical testing site for the technology.
John Falk is the founder and President of Compressus, the company awarded the contract, and worked with Senator Burns to bring this project to The Montana Universities. The Montana project will focus on development of the lossless transmission of radiology imaging over low-bandwidth systems. Falk, whose Montana roots stretch back to the Pony Express his grandfather operated in Havre, said “Compressus is proud to play a contributing role in technology growth in the state, as many facets of the contract’s research and development activities will be performed on the campuses of the University of Montana and Montana State University.”
The USAF is looking for advanced technology that can provide flawless imaging sent from the front lines and forward operating areas to the medical professionals at the command centers and Air Force Hospitals using the lowest possible bandwidth. Burns felt Montana was a natural testing area because of the great distances here in the state. “When talking to folks in DC, I illustrate our distance with the example that it’s a longer distance between Ekalaka and Eurkea than it is from Washington to Chicago. That hits home with them. Technology like this allows our medical professionals in rural areas to get critical radiology information to specialists in Missoula, Bozeman, and Billings, or even to Spokane or Minneapolis for timely diagnosis without having to transport the patient over long distances. Refinement of this technology will not only benefit our armed services, but our rural communities as well, and we can do the research right here in Montana.”
Compressus President John Falk said, “ For many years, Senator Burns has been a leader on Rural Healthcare research. This demonstration project now brings low bandwidth telemedicine research to Montana. Compressus’ software will provide the link necessary for instantaneous and seamless digital medical imagery transmission. By demonstrating the capacity of our lossless digitization, the Air Force will be able to use Compressus’ software to provide advanced healthcare in remote areas over any available bandwidth.”
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