Cedara Software Corp. Announces that eMed Technologies Corporation Shareholders Consent to Acquisition TORONTO, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cedara Software Corp. (TSX:CDE/NASDAQ:CDSW) a leading independent developer of medical software technologies for the global healthcare market, today announced that eMed Technologies Corporation has obtained the necessary shareholders' consent for Cedara to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of eMed, pursuant to an agreement signed on September 14, 2004. eMed is a premier developer of radiology Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) with principal offices located in Burlington, Massachusetts. The completion of the acquisition is subject to other customary closing conditions and it is anticipated that the acquisition will close within approximately thirty days. For more information about Cedara, visit the Cedara website at http://www.cedara.com/. For investor-related inquiries contact: Brian Pedlar, Chief Financial Officer (905) 672-2100 ext. 2015 Email: About eMed Technologies: eMed offers a complete technology solution for improving the business of radiology. eMed combines sophisticated image management technology, integrated front office workflow, and powerful eMed.net web applications - A practical and affordable solution that is transforming the way private radiology groups, imaging centers and community hospitals interact with referring physicians, manage their workflow, position their businesses in the market, and deliver their services. eMed's product suite includes PACS components to capture, distribute, display and store medical images, RIS integration, scheduling and office workflow, web-enabled image and report distribution, and marketing services to drive referring physician adoption of web services. About Cedara Software: Cedara Software Corp. is a leading independent provider of medical technologies for many of the world's leading medical device and healthcare information technology companies. Cedara software is deployed in hospitals and clinics worldwide - approximately 20,000 medical imaging systems and 4,600 Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) workstations have been licensed to date. Cedara is enabling the future of the healthcare industry with new innovative approaches to workflow, data and image management, integration, the web, software components and professional services. The Company's medical imaging solutions are used in all aspects of clinical workflow including the capture of patient digital images; the sharing and archiving of images; sophisticated tools to analyze and manipulate images; and even the use of imaging in surgery. Cedara is unique in that it has expertise and technologies that span all the major digital imaging modalities including angiography, computed tomography (CT), echo-cardiology, digital X-ray, fluoroscopy, mammography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography (PET) and ultrasound. Certain statements contained in this news release are forward-looking within the meaning of securities laws and are based on current expectations that are subject to a number of assumptions, uncertainties and risks, and there are actual results may differ materially from what is currently expected. These assumptions, uncertainties and risks include, but are not limited to: the management of the growth of the Company, dependence on key personnel of the Company, competitive pressures (including price competition), changes in market activity, risks associated with international operations, the development of new products and services, the enhancement of existing products and services, the introduction of competing products having technological and/or other advantages, the dependence on key customers, regulatory changes to the health care industry, seasonality, economic and political conditions and adequate protection of the proprietary interests of the Company. Further information about these risks and uncertainties can be found in the continuous disclosure documents filed from time to time by Cedara with the securities regulatory authorities, which documents are available at http://www.sedar.com/. All trademarks appearing in this release are the property of Cedara Software Corp. DATASOURCE: Cedara Software Corp. CONTACT: Brian Pedlar, Chief Financial Officer, Cedara Software Corp., (905) 672-2100 ext. 2015, ; To request a free copy of this organization's annual report, please go to http://www.newswire.ca/ and click on reports@cnw.

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