Avian Systems announces FULLPIXELSEARCH, the first desktop program for
exploring images and identifying regions of interest.

New York, NY, August 2, 1993 -- Avian Systems, a developer of scientific
and graphic software, announces the availability of FULLPIXELSEARCH
software that allows users to search and find important regions inside
TIFF or PICT images on any color-enabled Macintosh.

FULLPIXELSEARCH matches patterns at the pixel level, a function which
previously has been available only on mainframe systems.  FULLPIXELSEARCH
works with a wide range of images and has been used by: 

- Scientists to scan satellite photos for mapping agricultural
  lands
- Physicians to analyze X-Ray, MRI and other biomedical images
- Graphic Artists to touch-up, restore, and enhance digital
  photographs
- Law enforcement agencies to analyze phots of crime scenes

FULLPIXELSEARCH was developed by Dr. Richard Podolsky, a noted
ornithologist and expert on satellite imagery and remote sensing.
According to Dr. Podolsky, head of development at Avian Systems,
"FULLPIXELSEARCH allows Macintosh users to perform extensive searching and
pattern recognition within a wide range of imagery. It's functionality
presents users with a unique and powerful set of tools for exploring the
details and subtleties in any digital image."

FULLPIXELSEARCH allows the user to simultaneously author a search routine
while viewing an image.  The user assembles search templates either by
copying and pasting regions of interest, or pixel by pixel. 
FULLPIXELSEARCH scans the image and records the location of regions that
match the search criteria.  According to Dr. Dennis Wildfogel, Software
Designer at Tandem Computers, "Search-find-replace commands in a word
processor have great utility and can save enormous amounts of time. 
FULLPIXELSEARCH applies this same kind of power to digital imagery."
 
FULLPIXELSEARCH features allow users to: 

- Locate regions of interest with extensive control of the
  search criteria.
- Identify regions in any image, and define a search based
  on those regions.
- Save, as separate files, search templates and the location 
  of all matches or finds generated.
- Generate histograms for any selected region of an image and
  display coordinates and spectral class value for any pixel.
- Specify 100 percent accuracy of the search routine, or 
  relative accuracy at one percent intervals.
- Generate a "neighbor report" for all pixels of any color
  enabling the user to quantify the degree of randomness or
  uniformity in an image.

Dr. Podolsky is the developer of GAIA (Geographic Access, Image, and
Analysis), an acclaimed remote sensing software package.  He is also an
imaging consultant to industry and teaches at the Center for Creative
Imaging in Camden, Maine.  

FULLPIXELSEARCH is available for $895.  Avian Systems welcomes dealer and
distributor inquiries.  For more information on FULLPIXELSEARCH contact:
Avian Systems, 235 West 56th St, Suite 20N, New York, NY 10019-4330, Tel:
(212) 246-4686;  FAX: (212) 246-6074, Compuserve = 76460,2615; Applelink =
PODOLSKY; Internet = PODOLSKY@AOL.COM

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