Acquisitions are finalized just days before start of RSNA conferenceIt went down to the wire, but Picker International and GE Medical Systems achieved their goals of acquiring Elscint's CT, nuclear medicine, and MRI business units in time for this More »
Michael McLean has been promoted to vice president of full-line sales at Toshiba America Medical Systems. McLean previously managed Toshiba's ultrasound business operations, a position he held about a year. He replaces John Ariatti, who left the Tustin, More »
Digital gamma camera developer Digirad of San Diego announced this month that it has signed a distribution and service agreement with National Imaging Resources for its Digirad 2020 TC Imager. Birmingham, AL-based NIR will gain U.S. distribution rights More »
Companies work to complete purchases before RSNA meetingAs the Radiological Society of North America conference approaches, the divestiture of Israeli multimodality vendor Elscint appears to be close to completion. But industry observers may have More »
ADAC Laboratories continues to experience healthy financial growth, thanks to robust performances from all of its businesses. The Milpitas, CA-based nuclear medicine and radiation therapy powerhouse posted a 20% increase in revenue during its record More »
ALI Technologies continues to grow beyond its traditional role as an ultrasound miniPACS supplier. The Richmond, BC-based firm has introduced ALI UltraPACS NT Version 4, an image management system that More »
Startup hires Diagnostix Plus as distributorIn radiology’s new managed-care environment, nuclear medicine departments are looking for ways to maximize their assets, especially large capital equipment like gamma cameras. One way to do this is More »
TDMS clearance is first for a full-field digital mammography deviceOnce again, Europeans will be the first to gain access to cutting-edge technology developed in the U.S. for digital mammography. This time, the technology involved is a full-field More »
Firm plans slow but steady expansionNature abhors a vacuum, and the imaging center market is no exception. Several smaller companies are looking to fill the void left by the temporary withdrawal of U.S. Diagnostic and Medical Resources from active More »
Market research firm Technology Marketing Group of Des Plaines, IL, reported this month that nuclear medicine procedure volume climbed almost 7% in the U.S. in 1997, with the number of studies performed growing from 12.1 million in 1996 to 12.9 million More »
