FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Schwartz Abe (Last) (First) (Middle) 6737 WEST WASHINGTON STREET SUITE 2250 (Street) MILWAUKEE WI 53214 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 06/01/2005	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MERGE TECHNOLOGIES INC [ MRGE ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options	(1)	09/12/2009	Common Stock	706,458	1.43	D
Exchangeable Non-Voting Shares	(2)	(3)	Common Stock	145,181	0.00	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Options to purchase 293,500 shares of Common Stock on June 1, 2005; 146,750 options to purchase shares of Common Stock on each of September 13, 2005 and September 13, 2006; and 119,458 options to purchase shares of Common Stock vesting on September 13, 2007.

2. Exchangeable Non-Voting Shares, no par value, of Merge Cedara ExchangeCo Limited, an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Merge Technologies Incorporated, exchangeable on a one-to-one basis for the Common Stock, par value of $0.01 per share, of Merge Technologies Incorporated, exchangeable at any time prior to an autotomatic conversion, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement entered into on January 17, 2005, by and among Merge Technologies Incorporated, Corrida, Ltd., now known as Merge Cedara ExchangeCo Limited, and Cedara Software Corp.

3. Exchangeable Non-Voting Shares, no par value, of Merge Cedara ExchangeCo Limited, an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Merge Technologies Incorporated, exchangeable on a one-to-one basis for the Common Stock, par value of $0.01 per share, of Merge Technologies Incorporated, with automatic conversion rights in accordance with the Merger Agreement entered into on January 17, 2005, by and among Merge Technologies Incorporated, Corrida, Ltd., now known as Merge Cedara ExchangeCo Limited, and Cedara Software Corp.

Remarks:

	/s/ Julie Ann B. Schumitsch, by Power of Attorney for Abe Schwartz	06/07/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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