MEDIA RELEASEAURORA INCREASES ITS REACH mScope TO POWER PathXchangeMONTREAL, June 18, 2009 – Aurora Interactive, the world leader in digital pathology communications, announced today that its mScope product is now used as a universal image viewer to power PathXchange, the new global online pathology community currently linking more than 1000 pathologists. “PathXchange is an open platform and promotes partnerships with companies who wish to offer value added services to our online pathology community. mScope, developed by Aurora, allows our users to view slide images created by different vendors, thereby further removing barriers associated with collaborating on cases online”, said Mohan Uttarwar, head of the PathXchange initiative. Leveraging the latest information technologies, PathXchange combines the elements of a case gallery (like MyPacs), community content contribution (like YouTube), and professional networking (like Facebook, LinkedIn) to provide a highly valuable online resource for collaboration, online archival and education. Mr. Pierre Le Fèvre, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aurora Interactive stated that: “We have been considering for quite some time the need to offer digital pathologists an online meeting place and PathXchange is just such a place.” Furthermore, Mr. Le Fèvre added “Aurora is committed to collaboration as a means of advancing patient care through a better flow of information. We are happy to become active members of the PathXchange online community”. About Aurora Interactive The professionals at Aurora Interactive develop and commercialize mScope, a universal web viewer and its collaborative tools to view all medical images anytime, anywhere. mScope is aimed at serving the medical practice (doctors and health professionals) and ultimately the patients. Its digital pathology software has three applications, mScope Education, mScope Clinical, and mScope Universal Viewer. A fourth application is currently in the development phase. Founded in 2002, Aurora Interactive, a privately-held company, has a list of clients that include universities and hospitals in the United States, Canada and across the European Union. Aurora Interactive allows HealthCare Authorities, Hospitals, Teaching Facilities, Veterinary, Pharma and Reference Laboratories throughout the world, access to state-of-the-art telemedicine in order to bring a simple reliable medical communication platform for images and content to physicians and other health care professionals. About PathXchange PathXchange is a vendor-neutral, not-for-profit Web site for the global pathology community, promoting digital pathology. PathXchange brings the field of pathology into the digital age with Web 2.0 features designed to promote exchange of pathological cases, ideas, knowledge, information, products, and services. Pathologists can take advantage of a complimentary registration at www.pathXchange.org For further information, please consult our web site at www.auroramsc.com or contact:
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