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Oxford Instruments Healthcare 1027 SW 30th Ave., Deerfield Beach, FL 33442, USA Tel: +1 888 673 5151 Fax: +1 954 596 4945 Press Release Email: healthcare@oxinst.com www.oxford-instruments.com/healthcare Release date: April 16, 2015 Oxford Instruments Healthcare Partners With Sapheneia-Scannerside Oxford Instruments Healthcare, a division of Oxford Instruments that specializes in providing refurbished CT and MRI scanners, today announced that they have partnered with SapheneiaScannerside to help hospitals and Medicare providers with a single source, comprehensive dose management system including NEMA XR-29 upgrades set to go into effect in 2016. With Sapheneia’s state of the art radiation dose reduction software, ClearCT™, and Scannerside’s cumulative dose tracking system, Oxford Instruments Healthcare will be able to provide Low Dose Reference Adult and Pediatric protocols as well as DICOM Radiation Dose Structured Reporting (RDSR), helping to improve patient safety while assisting facilities in meeting XR-29 compliance requirements. This relationship will also bring the most cost effective Low Dose Lung Screening solution meeting CMS requirements. "We are pleased to announce our partnership with Sapheneia. The arrangement allows us to provide our customers with an economical solution to changes imposed by CMS,” said Jeff Fall, President, Oxford Instruments Healthcare. “The new agreement with Oxford Instruments will reinforce the "Best in Class" position and "Single Solution" approach from Sapheneia-Scannerside when upgrading imaging facilities across the U.S,” said Founder and Chairman of the Board, Pat Sewell. “These efforts will also lead to new strategic products that will position our companies to better compete in the ever changing medical industry.” Issued for and on behalf of Oxford Instruments Healthcare For further information please contact: Chloé Foster Marketing Communications Manager Oxford Instruments Healthcare Email: chloe.foster@oxinst.com Tel: +1 (954) 596-4945 Fax: +1 (954) 596-4946 Oxford Instruments Service LLC, Registered office: 600 Milik Street, P O Box 429, Carteret NJ 07008, USA. Registered in Delaware, number 4724721. A subsidiary of Oxford Instruments plc. About Oxford Instruments plc Oxford Instruments designs, supplies and supports high-technology tools and systems with a focus on research and industrial applications. It provides solutions needed to advance fundamental physics research and its transfer into commercial nanotechnology applications. Innovation has been the driving force behind Oxford Instruments' growth and success for over 50 years, and its strategy is to effect the successful commercialisation of these ideas by bringing them to market in a timely and customer-focused fashion. The first technology business to be spun out from Oxford University over fifty years ago, Oxford Instruments is now a global company with over 1900 staff worldwide and is listed on the FTSE250 index of the London Stock Exchange (OXIG). Its objective is to be the leading provider of new generation tools and systems for the research and industrial sectors. This involves the combination of core technologies in areas such as low temperature, high magnetic field and ultra high vacuum environments, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, X-ray, electron and optical based metrology, and advanced growth, deposition and etching. Oxford Instruments aims to pursue responsible development and deeper understanding of our world through science and technology. Its products, expertise, and ideas address global issues such as energy, environment, security and health. About Oxford Instruments Healthcare Oxford Instruments Healthcare offers a comprehensive range of CT & MRI products and services to the North American Market: from refurbished systems sales, to complete maintenance services, to replacement parts sales. Oxford Instruments Healthcare delivers offerings from facilities in Northern California and Southern Florida. Oxford Instruments Healthcare is a dedicated team of 60 highly skilled professionals who are recognized leaders in the North American market place. Oxford Instruments Healthcare is ISO certified and has achieved an unmatched reputation quality and integrity while providing much needed cost savings and value to its customers. About Sapheneia-Scannerside Sapheneia-Scannerside are two U.S. global technologies companies that have come together to provide a single source solution for the radiology industry. Sapheneia-Scannerside has one of the most effective, affordable and reliable Comprehensive Dose Strategies in the industry. Scannerside continues its forefront market position by monitoring compliance laws and building applications that satisfy the current legislation with rapid product deployment. For nearly a decade, Sapheneia software has been in routine, clinical use at major hospitals and imaging centers worldwide, supporting CT scanner systems from all manufacturers, including GE, Philips, Siemens, and Toshiba. The clinical solutions solve issues for X-Ray, NM and CT and also supply some of the world’s largest equipment manufacturers with software for ultrasound and other modalities. www.Sapheneia.com Oxford Instruments Service LLC, Registered office: 600 Milik Street, P O Box 429, Carteret NJ 07008, USA. Registered in Delaware, number 4724721. A subsidiary of Oxford Instruments plc. Oxford Instruments Service LLC, Registered office: 600 Milik Street, P O Box 429, Carteret NJ 07008, USA. Registered in Delaware, number 4724721. A subsidiary of Oxford Instruments plc.