Gamma Medica-Ideas Installs FLEX(TM) Pre-Clinical Imaging System at University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Gamma Medica-Ideas announced today the
installation of one of its FLEX™ Pre-Clinical Imaging Systems at The
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

The dual modality SPECT/CT system will be used in the laboratory of Dr.
Juri G. Gelovani, Chairman of the Department of Experimental Diagnostic
Imaging at M.D. Anderson. Dr. Gelovani is one of the world's leading
authorities on molecular imaging. His research is focused on developing
new approaches to molecular imaging that will help detect cancer earlier
and enable care teams to assess the extent of the disease sooner, making a
significant impact on the diagnosis, therapy, and management of cancer.

"The advantages of multi-modality imaging instruments are widely recognized
in the radiological molecular imaging community. The FLEX Pre-Clinical
Imaging System is very reliable and provides high resolution SPECT images
that are very accurately fused with corresponding CT images," said Dr.
Gelovani. "We will use the system in the pre-clinical phase of development
of novel radiolabeled agents for imaging tumor-specific biomarkers for
tumor detection and selection of effective therapies, for monitoring of
treatment response, for biodistribution studies of novel radiolabeled
tumor-targeted drugs, and for imaging genetic and cellular therapies of
cancer."

"M.D. Anderson is one of the leading medical institutions in the world,"
said David W. Wilk, Gamma Medica's Senior Vice President of Sales. "We are
pleased that Dr. Gelovani has chosen our FLEX Pre-Clinical system to help
him pursue his cutting-edge research."

The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is located in Houston, Texas, on the campus
of the Texas Medical Center. It is one of the United States' original
three Comprehensive Cancer Centers designated by the National Cancer Act of
1971 and is one of 52 Comprehensive Cancer Centers today. It has ranked
number one four times in the past five years in U.S. News and World
Report's "America's Best Hospitals" survey.

About Gamma Medica-Ideas

Gamma Medica-Ideas (GM-I) was formed by the recent merger of Gamma Medica,
Inc., based in Northridge, CA, and Ideas ASA of Oslo, Norway. GM-I
designs, develops and manufactures next-generation imaging systems for both
clinical and pre-clinical applications. The company is a worldwide leader
in multimodality pre-clinical imaging. GM-I was first to market with
MicroSPECT®, and its X-SPECT® system is the market leader in the
pre-clinical SPECT category. GM-I's X-PET™ system has the highest
sensitivity and largest axial field of view among pre-clinical PET systems.
The company's X-O™ system is a standalone micro-CT instrument that can
perform full body scans on a wide range of test subjects in less than a
minute, making it one of the fastest such systems in the industry. All
three systems share a common gantry and are part of the company's FLEX™
platform of pre-clinical imaging systems. Any two systems can be combined
in the common gantry, as can all three. GM-I's
pre-clinical imaging systems are deployed by medical researchers and drug
companies that use in-vivo imaging techniques and molecular markers to
dramatically speed up studies of disease progression and therapy.

GM-I is also the leading provider of integrated front-end electronics to
the global nuclear imaging equipment industry. The company develops and
produces key electrical components and systems, such as Application
Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), detector modules, and complete camera
heads built with solid-state technology. It also supplies customized
components containing semiconductor sensors combined with advanced readout
electronics. The company's products are used in a variety of industries,
including medical imaging, security, and safety.

More information is available at www.gammamedica.com and www.ideas.no.





CONTACT:
Northridge
Patrick Moody
Vice President, Marketing
(818) 709-2468 x107
Email Contact
www.gammamedica.com
Oslo
Thomas Langaard
Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
+47 6782 7167
Email Contact
www.ideas.no
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