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Agfa nets first award under DIN-PACS projectCompany also lands large-scale commercial site Agfa's pursuit of purchase orders under the military's Digital Imaging Network-Picture Archiving and Communications Systems project has begun to

GE's Lombardo lands at ALI as company forms U.S. unitPACS veteran Tony Lombardo didn't take long to find a new job. Ultrasound miniPACS developer ALI Technologies has tapped Lombardo to head up ALI Imaging Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary that

ISG Technologies of Mississauga, Ontario, has hired former Siemens executive Reinhard Schmidt as president and general manager of its new image-guided surgery company, Surgical Navigation Specialists. Schmidt headed Siemens’ Healthcare Services

German technology conglomerate Siemens AG enjoyed healthy revenue growth of 15% for the financial period from October 1997 to June 1998, but the Munich company said it was unhappy with its 5% increase in earnings for the period. Siemens plans to

Densitometry firms hope HCFA news will boost marketLunar of Madison, WI, celebrated last month when the Food and Drug Administration approved the company’s Achilles+ ultrasonometer less than a week after the Health Care Financing

Company will also sell InnoServ’s Prevu softwareThe importance of independent service organization InnoServ Technologies to GE Medical Systems was underscored last week when GE announced an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice that

Announcement caps $60 million, eight-year R&D effortThe final piece in the puzzle fell into place on July 1 for Sterling Diagnostic Imaging. The Greenville, SC-based digital radiography developer received Food and Drug Administration 510(k)

Trex division plans roll-out in next 30 daysThe Continental division of Trex Medical in Danbury, CT, plans to expand the functionality of its x-ray product line, thanks to an agreement with equipment company Advanced Instrument Development X-Ray

The nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems received Food and Drug Administration clearance last month for a version of its E.Cam gamma camera that uses hybrid PET/SPECT detectors made from lutetium oxyortho-silicate and sodium iodide

Agfa/Sterling rumors are untrue, Sterling saysA hot rumor on the PACS market grapevine over the last month had PACS giant Agfa of Ridgefield Park, NJ, merging with or purchasing digital radiography developer and PACS firm Sterling Diagnostic

PACS firms better watch out for Y2KThe year 2000 (Y2K) issue has led to much concern in the PACS and medical imaging market, for both vendors and end users alike. Non-Y2K-compliant systems in the field will provide tension between vendors and

Sterling gets FDA go-ahead to market full iiRAD systemsVendor also completes rollout of PACS offering The wait is over. Sterling Diagnostic Imaging has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its iiRAD operator's

GE lands large contract and names new sales directorGE Medical Systems has received a $4 million PACS order from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. The affiliate of Harvard Medical School will connect two campuses and four buildings

Oldelft joins digital x-ray fray with FDA clearance of DigidelcaCompany offers two versions of CCD-based system Add Dutch firm Oldelft to the list of combatants participating in the U.S. digital chest radiography market. The digital

Acuson, Agfa to work together on integrating Aegis and ImpaxRelationship could evolve into co-marketing situation In today's competitive PACS market, partnerships between PACS companies can prove crucial to the success of both

The PACS division of Siemens Medical Systems in Iselin, NJ, roared through spring by landing PACS contracts in March worth a total of $16 million. The biggest purchaser is Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ, which will spend more than $11

The Integrated Imaging Solutions division of GE Medical Systems in Mt. Prospect, IL, has been awarded a $4 million contract to install a PACS network at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. The installation will connect two campuses and four

Hybrid device adds BGO detectors to CT gantryExecutives with the nuclear medicine division of Siemens Medical Systems in Hoffman Estates, IL, this month confirmed rumors about the company's efforts to build a hybrid CT/PET scanner. While the

Film digitizer and PACS developer Lumisys received 510(k) clearance in May for ACR 2000, the company's new low-cost computed radiography reader (SCAN 5/13/98). The Sunnyvale, CA, company is currently field-testing the unit and plans to begin

GE is aggressively pursuing cardiac CT applicationsImatron's brief stint without a major corporate marketing partner for its ultrafast CT technology came to an end this month. The South San Francisco, CA, firm announced on June 19 that it has

Company offers two versions of CCD-based scannersThe U.S. digital x-ray market now has another participant. Dutch digital x-ray developer Oldelft has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Digidelca line of CCD-based

PACS vendor Agfa and ultrasound developer Acuson showed the results of their ongoing collaboration in PACS at last week's Society for Computer Applications in Radiology meeting in Baltimore. The companies are working to integrate their respective digital

R2 Technology strengthened its relationship with GE last month with the signing of an $11 million financing agreement led by GE's financing arm, GE Capital. The financing will be used for working capital purposes as R2 prepares for an initial public

Letter may be due to communication breakdownThe Food and Drug Administration zinged film and PACS vendor Imation with a warning letter on May 12, citing the company for procedural violations in the manufacture of laser imaging systems at its

Companies will retain clinical applications R&DMultimodality vendors Toshiba and Siemens have found a creative solution to keeping up with the fast pace of development in the highly competitive ultrasound market. The two companies last month

Applicare launches RadWorks WebViewerDutch PACS firm Applicare Medical Imaging has developed a beta version of RadWorks WebViewer, a Web-based image viewing product designed to run on Microsoft Explorer 4.0 or higher. RadWorks WebViewer employs

Digital Arts & Sciences introduces PACS alternativeImageAXS Pro-Med offers broad management solution Although many healthcare institutions long for the benefits that PACS can provide, the hefty price tags and radiology-centered

HCFA decision on Medicare PET payment level gives lift to SNM attendeesThe remarkable comeback of the nuclear medicine industry continues unabated. Attendees at this month’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Toronto found that the