Merge Technologies Acquires Assets of Aurora Technology, Inc. Merge welcomes several new customers, distribution channel partners and an expanded product offering.
Milwaukee, WI, June 6, 2002

Milwaukee, WI, June 5, 2002 - Merge Technologies Incorporated (NASDAQ: MRGE) today announced that it has acquired the assets of Aurora Technology, Inc., a private Minnesota corporation with operations in Lake Bluff, Illinois, for 93,901 shares of common stock plus $100,000 in cash. Aurora develops and markets medical imaging and information workflow products.

Richard Linden, Merge's President and CEO, said, "We are pleased to have the Aurora team, their customers and distribution partners join the expanding Merge family. Aurora's current customers represent various types of prestigious end-user clinical environments, from small imaging centers to multi-facility organizations and large teaching hospitals. We welcome these new customers to our growing installed base."

"As an Aurora customer, we are pleased by this acquisition," said Jerry Rice, Vice President of Operations at Gurnee Radiology Center. "The depth and breadth of Merge's modular software and service-based offering is ideal for a growing organization like ours. We have been very pleased with the performance of Aurora and look forward to expanding our relationship with Merge."

Dr. Joseph Ferrucci, M.D., Chairman of Radiology at Boston Medical Center, an Aurora customer, acknowledged the positive impact of the acquisition. "Service and support is crucial to our operations," said Dr. Ferrucci. "Merge's history and reputation in that arena are outstanding, and we are pleased to know we have an reliable partner that is committed to its customers. Those are important factors in our future relationship."

"As a practicing Radiologist, products that reflect knowledge and understanding of clinical radiology are of utmost importance," said Dr. TTTTH. MacMahon, M.D., Chairman of Radiology at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System. "We have a long-standing cooperative relationship with Aurora and have utilized its workstations for many years. Merge has built a reputation for the integration of clinical and IT disciplines. That is the kind of organization with whom we would like to grow our practice."

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