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NanoSignal Corporation Announces the X-Ray Bar Coding Web Site and Second Generation of its Advanced Technology Known as X-Ray Bar Coding - 4/28/2005 8:30:45 AM
LAS VEGAS , Apr 28, 2005 (PRIMEZONE via COMTEX) -- NanoSignal Corp., Inc. (Pink Sheets:NNOS) announced today that Exxcode's original founder, inventor and patent holder, Pat Amendolia, has released the XrayBarcode.com website and is currently in the process of developing its advanced technology known as X-ray Bar Coding. The second generation of X-ray bar coding is an advanced technology that interfaces with NanoSignal's technology "Slices". Mr. Amendolia has over ten years of experience in developing this exciting technology and any of its advancements to date. "The use of bar code technology in medicine is now offering an efficient and cost effective method of tracking information," said Pat Amendolia.
Although bar codes are acknowledged world wide as one of the most efficient methods for interfacing information with computer based management systems, their use in conjunction with medical applications has not grown as rapidly as others. "In hospitals, they (bar codes) are generally used on forms, identification bracelets, charts, medication labels, etc. In the radiology department, bar code labels are used on the envelopes or "jackets" in which X-ray and other radiographic films are stored. Bar code labels are being used to their greatest degree in radiology groups for procedure codes, patient information, etc.," said Pat Amendolia.
Forseeably, the bar coded X-ray films could be used to prevent errors resulting from mislabeled or misread radiological images. With a bar code as part of the permanent film image, a simple scan of the bar code on the X-ray being viewed and the patient's bar coded ID bracelet, even during surgery, can quickly verify that the X-ray is the correct one for the patient undergoing a procedure. In a nanosecond the bar code scan could prevent a very serious, if not deadly, mistake. The potential for malpractice liability created by misread or mislabeled X-rays may be greatly reduced overall. "This is a more effective way in the advancement of the interface of X-ray Barcode and Slices technology for advanced imaging and data collection on the same raw data acquisition," stated Pat Amendolia.
Although primarily designed for health care oriented medical X-rays, the same system can be utilized in other biomedical areas such as forensic pathology in the military and civilian community and DNA analysis. The use of bar coded X-ray films in commercial and scientific applications continues to develop, used for such things as aircraft structure testing for error detection and quality control, and art analysis for authentication. Bar coded X-ray has extended its use to crystallography, archeology, geo-physical sciences, manufacturing, etc. In the non-destructive X-ray testing of materials from micro-miniature electronic devices to mammoth missile components, from ancient mummies to the Statue of Liberty, radiography is a two billion dollar per year business. Here, as with medical applications, the bar code on the film can be scanned into the computer for indexing, cross referencing data, etc. The need to manually key in information read from the image's alphanumeric label is eliminated, greatly reducing a common source of error.
James Wolfe, President and CEO of NanoSignal Corporation, Inc. stated that "completing the XrayBarcode web site and having it affiliated with NanoSignal's website, brings our shareholders closer to understanding some of our early acquisitions that are now gaining momentum and nearing market planning penetration strategies. Working with the inventor Pat Amendolia of XrayBarcode, is a great honor and seeing the interface between XrayBarcode's new developments in X-ray Bar Coding makes a perfect marketing match and interface with Slices as a fully integrated MRI x-ray scan package."
SOURCE: NanoSignal Corp., Inc. Princeton Research, Inc. (for NanoSignal) Mike King 702-650-3000 .
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