FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 10, 2006
Austin, Texas
www.carpe-edatum.com

New Shipmate iCRco Joins Carpe eDatum and Ship-Rad
Aboard Holland America's ms Zaandam 

Austin, Texas based Carpe eDatum, Inc. (CeD) and partner Ship-Rad Services of Vancouver, B.C. have installed another Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) and Computed Radiography (CR) device in the infirmary aboard the ms Zaandam. The Zaandam is part of Holland America’s (HAL) existing fleet that was retrofitted to convert from analog to digital x-ray. Prior to the Zaandam, all installations were new ship builds that integrated digital during construction phase. The companies and HAL have chosen to use iCRco’s product because of its True Flat Scan Path™ technology, reliability and simplicity, a must for remote applications such as cruise ships. The iCRco product is rapidly gaining popularity as a compact CR solution. Like her sister vessels, the Amsterdam, Noordam, Oosterdam, Westerdam and Zuiderdam, the companies continue to utilize Vamstec’s robust Issa PACS system to acquire, store and communicate digital x-ray images via satellite link to the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas. UTMB radiologists will interpret and return their findings back to the ship’s doctor through the same satellite link.

As the first HAL ship to be retrofitted to digital x-ray, the ms Zaandam signals HAL’s desire and intent to provide passengers aboard all its ships state of the art CR and immediate access to mainland specialist consultations. The Zaandam set sail for Alaska with its new digital system on Saturday, July 8th.

About the Companies

Carpe eDatum, Inc. (www.carpe-edatum.com) is an Austin, TX based company that markets and integrates Vamstec's Clinical Image Management System (CIMS) software, consisting of two main components: ISSA, which is the medical image, information and archiving system and Pharos which is the interactive remote image/data communication module. The company integrates digital devices with Vamstec’s Issa and Pharos providing customers with total customized imaging solutions.

Holland America Line (www.hollandamerica.com) offers 13 luxury ships sailing to more than 280 ports of call on all seven continents. Holland America Line's fleet has carried nearly 10 million passengers, either to new lives in the New World or to exotic locales for vacations of a lifetime. Holland America Line marked its 130th anniversary in 2003.

iCRco, Inc. (www.icrcompany.com) is a Torrance, California based company that manufactures the iCR Intelligent Computed Radiography device and x-ray digitizing equipment. iCRco’s uniquely engineered products are designed to grow and adapt to the evolving medical imaging environment.

Ship-Rad Services is a Canadian medical imaging company specializing in cruise ship X-ray installations and technical support. Ship-Rad is the exclusive authorized distributor of Carpe eDatum products for the cruise line industry.

Vamstec (www.vams.com) is a Zagreb, Croatia based company that develops and markets clinical imaging software. Vamstec applications have been FDA cleared for marketing in the U.S., carry the CE mark and are exclusively distributed by Carpe eDatum in the U.S.


For more information contact:
Carpe eDatum, Inc.
Phone: 512-377-9501
Email: info@carpe-edatum.com
Web: www.carpe-edatum.com