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Date: Friday, December 05, 2003 08:49:55 -0500
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Subject: I2-NEWS: RSNA 2003 Presents First World-wide Multicast of Image 
Interpretation Session Showcase Over Global Advanced Networks


RSNA 2003 PRESENTS FIRST WORLD-WIDE MULTICAST OF IMAGE INTERPRETATION
SESSION SHOWCASE OVER GLOBAL ADVANCED NETWORKS

EVANSTON, Ill. -- December 5, 2003 - The Radiological Society of North
America (RSNA), Northwestern University, Video Furnace, Prous Science, the
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA), and the Metropolitan
Research and Education Network (MREN), in collaboration with advanced
digital networks around the world multicast the Sunday Image Interpretation
session during the annual RSNA conference.

For the first time ever, this RSNA plenary session was simulcast live as
the event took place in the Arie Crown Theater at Chicago's McCormick Place
Conference Center on Sun., Nov. 30. The image interpretation session, a
tradition at the annual RSNA conference, features a team of distinguished
panelists who identify abnormal findings on imaging studies and make
recommendations for further procedures or treatment. Participating
physicians discuss cases presented by the internationally renowned
panelists and receive Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for their
participation. "This represents an absolutely perfect example of a great
use for this technology. Instead of limiting the knowledge distribution
from this world renowned panel of experts to the several thousand attendees
at the meeting in Chicago, we can now bring this expertise into the home,
office, laboratory, and medical center, of every medical student, resident,
physician, and radiologist in the world", said David S. Channin MD,
Associate Professor of Radiology at Northwestern University's Feinberg
School of Medicine's Department of Radiology.

This event demonstrates the future of advanced digital media, which make
many new specialized communications channels possible - in contrast to mass
market channels.  Northwestern University's Department of Radiology and
International Center for Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR) organized this
advanced technology event, working  with the RSNA, the MPEA, and several
other advanced technology partners to provide unique digital services at
the conference.  "The fact that we could deliver real-time data feeds of
both interactive medical images as well as full fidelity audio and video of
the presenters speaks to the power of this next generation networking
technology," Channin added.  Server scalable Internet multicast technology,
provided by Video Furnace and Prous Science, enables anyone with a notebook
or desktop computer connected to a multicast-capable advanced Internet
network to receive the multicast session. The MPEA and MREN provided
advanced networking connections to the Internet2 Abilene research and
education network as well as other high performance national networks that
are multicast-enabled. Global connectivity was made possible through the
MREN connection to the StarLight international network exchange on
Northwestern University's Chicago campus, which interconnects high
performance research and education networks throughout the world.

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About RSNA
The mission of the Radiological Society of North America is to promote and
develop the highest standards of radiology and related sciences through
education and research. The Society seeks to provide radiologists and
allied health scientists with educational programs and materials of the
highest quality, and to constantly improve the content and value of these
educational activities. The Society seeks to promote research in all
aspects of radiology and related sciences, including basic clinical
research in the promotion of quality healthcare. The Society seeks to
foster closer fellowship among all radiologists and greater cooperation
among radiologists and members of other branches of medicine and allied
healthcare professionals (www.rsna.org).

About Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Northwestern University
The Department of Radiology is involved in multiple educational and
research programs to advance medical imaging. In particular, the department
has special expertise in Imaging Informatics, the application of computer
science techniques and technologies to medical imaging. In collaboration
with Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the Radiology Department provides a
complete range of diagnostic and therapeutic radiology services in a
filmless, digital environment.  Founded in 1851, Northwestern University is
one of the country's leading private research and teaching universities
with an enrollment of approximately 7,700 full-time undergraduate students
and approximately 17,000 total undergraduate, graduate and professional
students on campuses in Evanston and Chicago.
(http://www.northwestern.edu.).

About International Center for Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR),
Northwestern University
iCAIR accelerates leading-edge innovation and enhanced global
communications through advanced Internet technologies, in partnership with
the international community, and national partners ( www.icair.org).

About Prous Science
Prous Science has been providing information and communication services on
drug R&D, pharmacology, medicine and medicinal chemistry since 1958. The
company's information tools, known for the accuracy and high quality of
their content, have become industry standards. Prous Science's goal is
constantly to improve access to and management of drug and medical
information by continually incorporating the latest in information
technology, and has adopted the Internet as a strategic technology
(www.prous.com).

About Video Furnace
Video Furnace is an IP video software engineering and systems applications
company that develops, licenses and installs IP video systems for
high-speed private networks (enterprises). The company's IP Video System is
the only end-to-end solution that brings live video to any
network-connected viewing device, such as notebook or desktop computers,
without requiring the user to install any resident player software or
hardware. Video Furnace has extensive experience in digital video delivery
systems and a long history of development in media, gaming and broadband
video solutions, including advanced digital video for the Internet.
(www.videofurnace.com)

About Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA)
The MPEA is a municipal corporation created by the Illinois General
Assembly. Its Board of Directors is appointed by the Governor of Illinois
and the Mayor of Chicago. MPEA owns and manages the McCormick Place complex
and seeks to promote and operate conventions, fairs and expositions in the
Chicago area, in an effort to strengthen the local economy. (www.mpea.com).

About Metropolitan Research and Education Network (MREN)
The Metropolitan Research and Education Network (MREN) is an advanced
high-performance regional research and education network. Although MREN's
primary focus is on providing advanced digital communications for
leading-edge research and educational applications, it also addresses more
general networking requirements. MREN is a collaborative effort undertaken
as an interdisciplinary, interorganizational, cooperative partnership.
(www.mren.org).

About Internet2(R)
Led by more than 200 U.S. universities working with industry and
government, Internet2 develops and deploys advanced network applications
and technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the
creation of tomorrow's Internet.  Internet2 recreates the partnerships
among academia, industry, and government that helped foster today's
Internet in its infancy.  For more information,  (www.internet2.edu).

About StarLight (sm)
StarLight is an advanced optical infrastructure and proving ground for
network services optimized for high-performance applications. Operational
since summer 2001, StarLight has 1GE and 10GE switch/router facilities and
true optical switching for wavelengths. StarLight is being developed by the
Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois at
Chicago (UIC), the International Center for Advanced Internet Research
(iCAIR) at Northwestern University, and the Mathematics and Computer
Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory, in partnership with
Canada's CANARIE and the Netherlands' SURFnet.  StarLight is made possible
by major funding from the US National Science Foundation to UIC. StarLight
is a service mark of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
See (www.startap.net/starlight).

Contact:
David Channin, MD               Joe Mambretti, iCAIR
Northwestern Univ.                      Northwestern Univ.
312 926 9165                    847-467-3911

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