VISTA, Calif. -- Award-Winning ScanScope Virtual Microscopy System Gains Stronghold in European Pathology Community

Aperio Technologies, the leading provider of virtual microscopy systems, today announced the opening of its European operations center at Charwell House in Alton, Hampshire, 60 miles southwest of London. The new facility was opened in order to support Aperio's rapidly growing European customer base and houses a fully equipped customer service and support center as well as a demonstration suite showcasing Aperio's full line of virtual microscopy systems.

"Aperio is the first major virtual microscopy company in Europe. We are pleased to provide world class support and service to our customers throughout the region," stated Martin Stuart, vice president of sales. "Recent installations of ScanScope(R) Systems at teaching hospitals, research facilities, and pharmaceutical companies throughout Europe underscore the rapid adoption of our innovative technology."

Virtual microscopy is the practice of converting entire glass microscope slides to high resolution digital slides -- digitized images of an entire slide that can be remotely viewed on computer monitors -- eliminating the need for conventional microscopes. Digital slides have many applications in clinical, research, and in educational arenas. Aperio's line of ScanScope Systems represents the ultimate in high-speed digital slide creation, management, and analysis for pathology. From seamless true color digital slides to its powerful ImageScope(TM) viewing software, to integrated conferencing and annotation sharing, to quantitative analysis of images, ScanScope Systems are complete digital slide systems for pathology. Archival and retrieval, education, quality assurance, frozen section interpretation, secondary consultations, and entire-slide image analysis are all improved with the ScanScope System. Pathologists who use ScanScope Systems are able to make faster, more accurate, and more in-depth interpretations.

"The European community is definitely taking the lead in driving large scale innovations in pathology," said Dirk Soenksen, CEO at Aperio. "Digital pathology initiatives, such as PathGrid and the UK's ambitious and well-funded Modernizing Pathology Services initiative, point out the immense benefits attainable by integrating virtual microscopy into slide-based pathology. We see nonprofits, state-run health care organizations, and commercial researchers all working toward this end. The opening of our new office in Europe allows us to work more closely with our European customers to help them achieve their goals."

About Aperio Technologies, Inc.

Aperio Technologies is a worldwide leader in virtual microscopy. Our award-winning ScanScope(R) scanners and Digital Slide Information Management Software deliver integrated digital slide creation, viewing, management, and analysis capabilities to pathologists. Applications include education, tissue microarrays, toxicology pathology, telepathology, image analysis, and workflow systems (PACS). Our freely downloadable ImageScope(TM) viewer makes digital slides accessible anywhere, anytime. With headquarters in Vista, California, Aperio serves a global pathology market in clinical, research, and education. For more information, please visit www.aperio.com. View a gallery of digital slides created by ScanScope Systems at www.scanscope.com.

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