Healthcare Industry News: Hitachi Medical Systems
News Release - October 3, 2006
Aurora Imaging Technology Names William Valters Vice President of Sales
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.--(HSMN NewsFeed)--Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. announced today that William "Bill" Valters has been named Vice President of Sales.Bill Valters' name in the sale of medical imaging equipment is legendary. He was Vice President of Sales for Hitachi Medical Systems America from 1990 through 2005 with responsibility for hiring, training and managing a sales team that developed and has maintained dominance in the sale and servicing of open MRI systems. Previously, he was a partner and held management positions in sales with Summit Medical and affiliated entities.
Olivia Ho Cheng, President & CEO of Aurora, commented: "We are particularly pleased to welcome Bill Valters as the Vice President of Sales to lead and grow our sales group to accelerate the commercialization of the Aurora® 1.5T Dedicated Breast MRI System. Bill's leadership, knowledge and extensive experience in the MRI industry will be especially helpful in achieving the aggressive goals and objectives we have established for our Company."
Bill Valters, the new VP of Sales of Aurora stated: "I am extremely enthusiastic to participate in bringing this outstanding innovative technology with significant clinical improvements to benefit many women's lives and their families." Bill added: "I see no better place than through Aurora to best apply my long accumulated experience in successfully bringing to the market a life saving product in the medical technology industry."
MRI is a more definitive tool in the continuum of care to detect and diagnose breast cancer. The Aurora System is the only fully integrated MRI system designed specifically and exclusively to image the breast and optimized for breast imaging and interventional procedures. Some of the proprietary and distinguishing features of the Aurora System include: a unique shimming of the magnet that changes the area of image uniformity to an ellipsoid providing the possibility of full image coverage of the breasts, the chest wall and out into the lymph nodes or axilla; a specially designed gradient coil with very high linearity or accuracy to meet the specific requirements of breast imaging; a patient-handling table that provides comfort for the patient and procedural utility; a fully integrated Interventional System for MRI guidance of biopsies and interventional therapy; and the user-friendly AuroraCAD(TM) computer-aided image display system designed to improve the accuracy and efficiency of radiologic interpretations. Aurora offers a complete solution for breast MRI and MRI-guided interventional procedures.
The Aurora System is designed to be located within the breast care center where it is readily available to specialized physicians and their patients. As a diagnostic tool, the Aurora 1.5T Dedicated Breast MRI System with Bilateral UltraRODEO® is ideal for a wide range of indications in breast disease management including, but not limited to:
- Detecting or excluding the existence of cancer in higher risk women
- Characterizing indeterminate clinical or mammographically detected abnormalities
- Determining the extent of cancer for treatment planning
- Detecting occult cancer
- Evaluating patients for residual disease following surgery
- Monitoring cancer response and the extent of residual disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- Evaluating implant integrity and detecting cancer in women with breast augmentation
About Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc.
Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. (www.auroramri.com) is a private company based in North Andover, Massachusetts committed to expanding the fight against breast cancer. We are committed to the manufacture of the highest quality and most cost-effective breast MRI solutions in partnership with the nation's finest breast care centers to provide the ultimate in the detection, diagnosis, biopsy and treatment of breast cancer. The Aurora System is in clinical use at a growing number of leading breast care centers.
Source: Aurora Imaging Technology
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