For
more John Connors Michael Barnes
information Vice President, Sales and Marketing Chief Executive Officer
contact: Paragon
Imaging, Inc. Galileo
Group, Inc.
781-937-9800 321- 733-0960
PARAGON IMAGING AND GALILEO GROUP SIGN STRATEGIC
HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING PARTNERSHIP
Woburn, MA/ Melbourne, FL: Paragon Imaging, leading developers of
Image Processing/GIS Software, announced today that they have signed an
agreement with Galileo Group, Inc., industry leaders in hyperspectral imaging.
This strategic alliance will fuse Galileo’s unique and proprietary spectral
detection algorithms (patents pending),
with Paragon’s proven image exploitation tools (ELT Series Software) in a new
product called SpotLiteÔ. SpotLite
will enable users to ingest large spectral data cubes, apply algorithms and
identify selected target and features quickly and easily.
A
multi/hyperspectral image contains a series of data, which has been
simultaneously recorded. This data includes a series of narrow bands (channels)
over a broad region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Each pixel in a
multi/hyperspectral image contains the “spectral signature” of the imaged area.
While everything being imaged reflects light differently (trees, grass, roads,
cars, etc.), these unique reflections provide the ability to distinguish the
subtlest differences in the “spectral signatures” of land and other features.
“SpotLite
is the first multi/hyperspectral software application specifically designed for
the U. S. Intelligence Community” states John Connors, Vice President, Sales
and Marketing of Paragon Imaging. “This
partnership with Galileo is very exciting because it will finally bring
spectral analysis to tactical and command level users.”
“We
are pleased that Paragon has recognized the value of our technology and look
forward to working with them to provide this very powerful detection software
for the government and defense related markets” said Michael Barnes, Galileo
CEO and an ex-CIA operations officer. “We are very excited by the value
SpotLiteÔ will bring to its
end-users. It is an effective tool
designed to operate in a manner consistent with today’s demanding warfighter
requirements. The system integrates
high-powered spectral processing
and “hunting” techniques developed by Galileo into a simplified user interface
and meets demands for precise, on-target hyperspectral analysis by nominally
trained personnel. A real-time version
is also in the works.”
About Paragon Imaging:
Headquartered
in the northern Boston suburb of Woburn, Massachusetts, Paragon Imaging is a
leading provider of image processing and presentation software for government,
defense, and related markets. Their suite of products provide analysts with
tools to exploit critical information from digital images, to link other
associated information with these images, and to support sharing the processed
analysis with decision makers and other information consumers.
Galileo Group, Inc. is leading the commercialization
of hyperspectral imaging, which is a non-invasive digital extraction and
analysis of “natural” bar codes for diagnostic and detection applications in
the military, commercial and biomedical markets. Hyper-spectral imaging was
originally developed for military use for airborne battlefield surveillance.
The
Company has since harnessed this technology as a cost-efficient, real world
tool for a host of close-up imaging needs. Applications range from
non-invasive, early detection of skin cancer to security analysis for detection
of hazardous materials and passive drug testing. For the U.S. Department of
Defense, the Company has delivered the first robotic hyperspectral pod used to
discriminate gases and vapors.
Galileo also provides complete turn-key solutions
for commercial customers in fields such as agriculture, ecological, pollution
and energy-based exploration and detection. Galileo has several patents pending
related to this technology. Galileo is headquartered in Melbourne, FL, with
additional offices in Boca Raton, FL.
For more information, please visit www.galileo-gp.com.
For More Information:
To learn more about Paragon Imaging, please call
them at 781-937-9800 or visit their website at www.paragon.com
To learn more about Galileo Group, Inc., please call
them at 321-733-0960 or visit their website at www.galileo-gp.com