ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 19 -- Olympic athletes will benefit from Eastman Kodak Company's digital expertise next month in Torino, Italy, as Kodak will provide digital medical imaging systems to help on-site healthcare professionals diagnose injuries and other health concerns during the 2006 Olympic Winter Games.

Medical and dental imaging and information systems from Kodak's Health Group will enable medical staff at the three state-of-the-art Olympic polyclinics--in Torino, Bardonecchia and Sestriere, Italy--to treat athletes for life- and career-threatening injuries (including facial-dental trauma) as well as common ailments.

"Kodak's digital imaging and information systems will provide doctors with valuable tools to quickly diagnose injuries so proper treatment can begin immediately," said Kevin J. Hobert, President, Kodak's Health Group. "In some cases, Kodak technology could make the difference in an athlete staying at the Games and competing, rather than returning home. The medical and dental imaging technology we are supplying to the Torino Games will be a major milestone in advancing the level of patient care provided to Olympic athletes."
A broad range of solutions from Kodak's Health Group being installed at three polyclinics in Torino to capture, view, manage, print and archive patient medical images include:
*\tA KODAK DIRECTVIEW DR 9000 System that features a U-arm design with a full range of motion offering the ultimate in flexibility for chest, extremity, abdominal and trauma exams.
*\tOne KODAK DIRECTVIEW CR 975 System and two CR 850 systems that quickly and easily deliver exceptional image quality. The CR 975 is Kodak's top-of-the-line, multi-cassette computed radiography (CR) digital capture system.
*\tKODAK CARESTREAM RIS (radiology information system) for managing the diagnostic exam process, and enabling fast and efficient storage, distribution and on-demand retrieval of a patient's entire radiology record to authorized users within the three interconnected polyclinics.
*\tKODAK CARESTREAM PACS (picture archiving and communications system) for secure and immediate viewing of web-based, digital medical images and critical healthcare information by physicians and radiologists on special high-resolution monitors. Kodak's PACS also provides CD production capabilities to allow a flexible output of patient information according to the demands of referring physicians.
*\tKODAK DRYVIEW Laser Imaging Systems for the printing of digital x-ray exams to radiographic film for sharing with referring physicians or for archival purposes.

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