Logical Images expects triple-digit growth in 2004 (88K PDF)
Rochester Business Journal, Rochester NY
February 6, 2004

Logical Images Inc. expects revenues to soar some 400 percent in 2004, reaching $5 million from $1 million a year ago. The medical diagnostics software company also plans to double its local employment from nine staffers to 18 within the next 12 to 18 months, officials said. Logical Images expects to expand its presence overseas as well. The firm last year opened an office the United Kingdom-- Logical Images Ltd.

"It is really an international opportunity," said Michael O'Connor, president of Logical Images. "I think we are on the steep end of the (growth) curve right now, as more and more public health departments sign on, as our international business improves and as our consumer products develop."

System will help doctors spot terrorism illnesses (197K PDF)
Poughkeepsie Journal
August 1, 2003

Looking to identify diseases among patients in Dutchess County hospitals, as well as possible victims of biological weapons, county officials Thursday unveiled a computer program that works like a Google search engine for doctors.

The program, VisualDx, made by Rochester-based Logical Images, is a database of infectious diseases, skin conditions and drug information that is designed to help doctors and nursing staff identify conditions affecting their patients. Unlike a text-based search engine, though, the program provides a rich catalog of visual information that helps medical staff identify conditions by the type of rash, lesion or other physical marking on a patient.

Bio-terrorism detection tool unveiled in Dutchess County hospitals
(86K PDF)
Mid-Hudson News
August 1, 2003

Dutchess County and hospital officials yesterday unveiled a new computer software program that assists doctors in identifying rashes that could be bio-terrorism related.

“It really is going to significantly enhance the capabilities of our local emergency room systems to detect possible instances of bio-terrorism,” said County Executive William Steinhaus. “We’ve long had very pro-active programs and response plans and operational procedures in Dutchess County. This will certainly help with our early detection.”

Two local firms may get multimillion military boost: Medical software, high-frequency radios draw Army's interest (126K PDF)
Rochester, New York
July 11, 2003

A local medical technology company and a maker of military radios could see millions of dollars in new military contracts from a defense spending bill passed by the House this week.

The House appropriations bill includes $3 million in new military contracts from the U.S. Army for [Logical Image’s] VisualDx software collection of medical images of skin disorders that doctors and medical personnel use to diagnose diseases.

Press Conference with
Congressman Tom Reynolds (66K PDF)
Rochester, New York
December 18, 2002

U.S. Representative Thomas M. Reynolds, R-Clarence, was in Rochester today, where he visited Logical Images. The local company - which is providing educational and training resources for the nation's healthcare workers - recently unveiled the Smallpox Vaccination website it developed for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

"Last Friday, President Bush announced a smallpox vaccination program for the nation's military," Reynolds said at a news conference following a briefing by company officials. "As he said during that announcement, 'Americans have been forced to prepare for a variety of threats we hope will never come.' While it is our sincerest hope we will never see this disease used as a weapon, we must be prepared at all levels against any type of attack."

"Logical Images is helping provide a vital service to healthcare workers and all Americans by making vital information available and accessible," Reynolds said. “Whether providing information on properly administering a smallpox vaccine, or helping identify and manage adverse reactions, the tools provided by Logical Images will make our nation's healthcare workers better prepared."



Deadly Drawbacks of the Smallpox Vaccine
60 Minutes II, CBS News
December 12, 2002

Logical Images' smallpox vaccination pocket guide is featured during a segment of 60 Minutes II covering the adverse reactions to the smallpox vaccine.

To see a video of the television coverage, go to:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/03/health/main531587.shtml

and click on the second video link under the Multimedia section of the page:

"While the smallpox vaccine effectively immunizes against the disease, sometimes that protection can prove dangerous, Dan Rather reports on its deadly drawbacks."



Logical Images helping to thwart bioterrorism (69K PDF)
Rochester Business Journal, Rochester New York
October 18, 2002

Logical Images Inc. expects its clinical diagnostic expertise to play a key role in the nation's attempt to thwart potential bio-terrorism attacks.

The firm is in the final stages of two programs related to smallpox vaccinations and reactions. It has signed contracts with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health and Human Services to educated the country's health care workers. The contracts together are worth roughly $500,000.



Vaccine site very Logical
Rochester, NY Democrat & Chronicle
November 1, 2002

The Centers for Disease Control has launched a smallpox vaccination web site that was developed by Logical Images Inc., a medical diagnostic and imaging company in Henrietta.

The site was designed as an educational and training resource for health care workers. It provides information about the vaccine, including reactions, diagnostic images and clinical management descriptions.

The web address is www.bt.cdc.gov/training/smallpoxvaccine/reactions



Biological readiness: Smallpox inoculation urged for employees of hospitals (72K PDF)
New York Times
October 17, 2002

Article featuring a photograph of Dr. D.A. Henderson, special advisor to HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson and the Bush administration's top smallpox expert, showing the Smallpox Vaccination Pocket Guide designed and produced by Logical Images.



VisualDx Product Review (57K PDF)
Archives of Dermatology
August, 2002

Logical Images' intelligent VisualDx atlas for the diagnosis of fever, bioterrorism-related rash, and adult rashes stands above all other digital atlases in the field. Its collection of images is of the highest quality, and its search features are novel and effective.
-Dr. Noah Scheinfeld MD, JD



Unfamiliar territory: Image database shows how diseases, including some long-unseen, look on victims (83K PDF)
Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette
June 25, 2002

When Logical Images introduced its computerised database of skin diseases called "Fever, Rash & Bioterrorism" in March 2001, doctors thought the inclusion of potential biological weapons like smallpox and anthrax was interesting-if not connected to reality.

That changed after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 and the subsequent anthrax scare. Now, clients big (the U.S. military) and small (private doctor's offices) are looking at the company's products in a new light.



Bioterror firm getting noticed: Rochester company's data provides visual diagnostic help (66K PDF)
Albany, NY Times Union
May 15, 2002

The need is critical for visual, real-time images to help primary care physicians and others who would form the first line of defense in a bioterrorist attack... Last fall, the difference between life or death among people who contracted the inhaled form of anthrax was an early diagnosis.

[Logical Images] is positioned to make some money providing the visual aids.



Software Boosts Doctors' Ability to Diagnose Skin Diseases (50K PDF)
University of Rochester Press Release
May 14, 2002

Doctors' ability to diagnose skin problems ranging from common allergic reactions to rare and potentially deadly diseases like anthrax more than doubled when they had access to a new software system developed largely by physicians at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Officials with Logical Images Inc., the Rochester-based company that has grown out of the effort begun by two dermatologists at the University, are presenting the technology today at the Empire State 2002 Biotech Conference in Albany.



Diagnosing anthrax and other agents of bioterrorism (223K PDF)
Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) NewsBreak
First broadcast November 12, 2001

A computer tool is now available to healthcare organizations who want to assist providers in diagnosing anthrax and other agents of bioterrorism. Logical Images of Rochester, New York has catalogued digital images of thousands of pictures of rashes, lesions, and blisters from 107 infectious diseases and cross-referenced them with symptoms, disease diagnosis, and treatments. The system is called VisualDx.



New software diagnoses skin conditions (67K PDF)
Washington, DC: WJLA ABC-7 News
Broadcast November 08, 2001

One of the first signs of biological attack is skin rash and fever. But unless they are a dermatolo-gist, many doctors might not know one skin rash from another. ABC-7 medical reporter Kathy Fowler is here to tell us about a new tool that's helping doctors.



Area firm helps to ID anthrax (51K PDF)
Rochester, NY Democrat & Chronicle
October 20, 2001

Doctors diagnosing a case of blisters that might be caused by anthrax could find help in a new software program and Internet service developed by a Rochester-area company.

Logical Images Inc. of Henrietta has collected thousands of pictures of rashes, lesions and blisters, turned them into digital images and cross-referenced them with symptoms, disease diagnoses and treatments.



VisualDx: Visual informatics, real-time knowledge for the ED (36K PDF)
Emergency Physicians' Monthly
Volume 8, Number 2. February 2001

New Product Review
...It's (VisualDx) what I humbly call Dermatology for Dummies. In practical terms, this means that everyone can have a consistent, high-quality pictorial reference to guide a difficult diagnostic work-up. I believe it to be a highly useful tool in our efforts to efficiently make correct visual diagnoses. I highly recommend it.
-Dr. Mark L. Plaster MD, FAAEM



Pictures of illness bolster health of start-up (115K PDF)
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
November 30, 2000

A patient is rushed to the emergency room, covered with strange blisters. Is it the lethal Ebola virus? A peanut allergy? Logical Images, Inc., a start-up in Henrietta, has something that could help a doctor make a diagnosis in such a case.