AFP Imaging Announces Newtom VGi - The Next Generation CB3D For The ENT And Sleep Apnea Market

Main Category: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
Also Included In: MRI / PET / Ultrasound
Article Date: 20 Feb 2009 - 6:00 PDT

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AFP Imaging Corporation (OTCBB: AFPC.OB) announces the release of the NewTom VGi, offering the latest technology in the NewTom family of Cone Beam 3D imaging equipment. Officially released in February 2009, the VGi offers exciting new features including an increased field of view (FOV), improved patient positioning, additional modes with scan size and resolution options, as well as overall enhanced image quality making it the perfect machine for ENT, Sleep Apnea, TMJ and other specialty practices. VGi is available in a fixed unit for offices, or in a mobile unit, making a mobile imaging center an option for any group practice or community.

NewTom VGi, with a 50% larger field of view, captures a full volume of the maxillofacial region providing full cephlometric images which are vital to ENT's. The VGi also incorporates a "High Resolution Zoom" mode (HiRes Zoom) that collimates the region of interest and captures images at twice the resolution of standard scan. The redesigned patient positioning of VGi features a comfortable motorized chin rest, and positioning lasers. These improvements, in addition to increased patient comfort, stabilize positioning for clearer and better images.

NewTom CB3D scanners are already the trusted name for producing the clearest 3D images. The new VGi takes quality imaging to the next level. As an example, when utilizing the VGi's data with third-party treatment planning software, bone surfaces are less prone to "holes" in volume reconstructions, a hurdle that other CB3D manufacturers have yet to overcome. The VGi images are now enhanced with greater contrast and less noise. Artifacts and scatter are negligible, leaving images, including soft tissue views, remarkably clean allowing ENTs and Sleep Apnea specialists to clearly diagnose issues such as septal deviations, which can obstruct the nasopharyngeal airway. Pairing NewTom VGi with third party software allows three-dimensional measurement of airway volume in cubic millimeters from the hard palate to the epiglottis before and after mandibular repositioning, adding a new dimension to the diagnosis, treatment and patient education for ENTs, TMJ and Sleep Apnea specialists.

"To date, NewTom image quality has been considered the very highest, unsurpassed", said Roberto Molteni, Chief Technical Officer for AFP Imaging. "The VGi provides the next generation of imaging excellence for ENT application." As with all NewTom products, NewTom VGi includes patented SafeBeam™ technology, which calibrates radiation based on patient size. Due to the addition of the VGi machines, AFP Imaging is pleased to offer special terms and financing for pre-existing NewTom models. Contact your AFP/NewTom sales representative at 800-592-6100 now for further details.

About AFP Imaging

AFP Imaging is a state of the art diagnostic imaging supplier whose products are distributed worldwide with clinical applications for dental, medical and veterinary professionals. For over 30 years, AFP Imaging creates branded products that are installed in over 100,000 dental, medical, ENT and veterinary facilities. The Company's products are trademarked with brand names that include AFP, DENT-X, EVA and NEWTOM. For additional corporate information please visit our web site at http://www.afpimaging.com.

The remarks contained in this press release and represented elsewhere by management from time to time contain forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding the Company's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. The Company's actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in this press release or in other forward-looking statements presented by management. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the failure of revenue on new products to develop as estimated, regulatory delays, loss of existing customers, the Company's continuing default in its senior secured facility, the Company's inability to meet increasing demand for its new products, general downward trends in the Company's industry and other risks as described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements to reflect any change in the Company's expectation or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which such statement is based.

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