TeraRecon Presented With 2008 Frost & Sullivan Award for iNtuition(TM)


SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - December 2, 2008) - TeraRecon, Inc. (www.terarecon.com), a leading provider of advanced visualization solutions, was presented with the 2008 North American Advanced Imaging Workflow Platforms Technology Innovation Award at the recent Frost and Sullivan Growth Excellence Awards Banquet in San Francisco, CA.

At the event, Frost and Sullivan honored companies for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service and strategic product development that have contributed to the advancement of their industries.

"TeraRecon is delighted to be the recipient of this award which recognizes our company's innovation, technological excellence, and customer satisfaction," said Robert Taylor, TeraRecon president and chief operating officer.

Aquarius iNtuition applies TeraRecon's best-in-class client-server technology to deliver a full portfolio of advanced clinical applications and image management capabilities throughout the healthcare enterprise. iNtuition is a comprehensive and flexible solution, designed to meet an institution's evolving needs for advanced visualization. Designed with interoperability and workflow in mind, iNtuition integrates with other clinical information and image management systems, to deliver a powerful and clinically rich visualization experience from the point of acquisition, through pre-processing and interpretation, to distribution to referring physicians and clinicians, via the AquariusWEB browser-based mobile viewing technology.

The text of the Frost & Sullivan Award can be downloaded from TeraRecon's web site from the following link: http://www.terarecon.com/news/TR-F&S-Award-2008.pdf

"TeraRecon is a four-time Frost and Sullivan award winner, which demonstrates our pedigree as an innovator in the advanced visualization marketplace. The award-winning Aquarius iNtuition solution has been further enhanced and we are proud to debut additional new capabilities at the 2008 Radiologic Society of North America Annual Meeting held this week in Chicago," said Dr. Taylor.

About TeraRecon, Inc. (www.terarecon.com)

TeraRecon, Inc., a leader in advanced image processing and 3D visualization techniques, provides advanced imaging systems for medical and other visualization applications based on its unique and patented image processing technologies. A four-time winner of Frost and Sullivan awards and selected by KLAS as the top 3D vendor in the 2007 mid-year survey, the company has developed a leading portfolio of products that advance the performance, quality, functionality, and integration of image processing and 3D visualization systems. Founded in 1997, TeraRecon has developed a unique family of powerful processors that are used in its real-time, enterprise-wide image processing solutions and real-time 3D volume rendering hardware engines. TeraRecon is a privately held company with global headquarters in San Mateo, CA, European Headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, and branch offices in Concord, MA; Tokyo, Japan; and Osaka, Japan.

Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices in the industry.

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