Once a hospital has purchased a PACS and the boxes arrive, someone has to put the pieces together. Usually it's the vendor, but just under the PACS radar, another trend is developing. "Leading PACS suppliers are starting to outsource installation of

With a nod from reviewers at the FDA, Toshiba America Medical Systems has begun preparations to launch its Nemio series of ultrasound imaging systems. The new product line, which cleared the FDA on March 15, is scheduled to debut on May 8 at the Leading

A comprehensive cardiovascular management system, Dynamo CV, promises to integrate clinical, financial, and cardiovascular data, allowing the comparison of patient treatment and outcomes among healthcare facilities. Dynamo CV, developed by GE Medical

The glamour technologies of imaging, MRI and CT, turned in stellar performances in 2000, pushing revenues in each market close to or beyond record levels. MRI sales in the U.S. topped more than a billion dollars for the second year in a row. Driving the

Functional MRI got a boost in late April with the commercial launch of the Integrated Functional Imaging System-Standalone (IFIS-SA) developed by MRI Devices. The turnkey product, composed of an MRI head coil, audio and visual stimulator, and image

The market for bone densitometry has retreated from its heyday of a few years back, but sales have been strong enough to propel GE Medical Systems’ Lunar to a new milestone. The company has shipped 1000 units of its bone densitometer, Prodigy. The

GE Medical Systems hopes to grow its ultrasound business by double digit percentages over the next several years, capitalizing in the near term on confusion created by industry consolidation, while looking for long-term growth in clinical expansion and

GE Medical Systems has allied with a developer of applied genomics technology, Texas-based Genometrix, to combine genetic and protein-based data with techniques for molecular imaging.The multimodality vendor wants to explore the use of in vitro

Eric Fox has been tapped as the director of sales support, full-line sales, at Toshiba America Medical Systems. Fox will concentrate on managing the department’s overall financial operations, as well as optimizing the quality of TAMS’ sales

The final piece of Infimed’s digital puzzle is in place. StingRay DR (digital radiography), a flat-panel digital retrofit for radiographic rooms, is in production. StingRay DR provides connectivity to existing or future PACS, enabling digital

The FDA has warned GE Medical Systems that certain procedures surrounding the manufacture, packaging, and shipping of GE’s digital mammography system are not adequate. The allegations, made in an April 10 warning letter, followed a routine

Enthusiasm over the acquisition and distribution benefits of PACS and its attending imaging modalities is soon followed by a sobering realization. All that data must be stored. A single digital mammogram can exceed 30 MB. A CT chest study can create

New digital imaging modalities such as digital radiography or multirow detector CT dramatically increase the amount of data per image and the number of images per study, making it difficult for PACS to keep pace with mounting demands for storage and

New Jersey-based St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center has purchased a comprehensive PACS from MediSolution. Installation will be completed through the Canadian company’s new MarkCare division, established after acquisition of a company by

The vascular community may soon have a new angiography product, now that the FDA has cleared Axiom Artis, an angiography system developed by Siemens Medical Solutions.Siemens isn’t talking, but a 510(k) summary statement, filed with the FDA,

The market for ultrasound scanners in the U.S. rose sharply last year. Vendors are interpreting sales numbers carefully, however, as they are not sure how long the good news will last.In 2000, revenue reached nearly $828 million in the U.S. on the sale

If the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) shifts its emphasis to dedicated PET scanners, one of the winners could be Integral PET Associates. IPA has installed full-ring dedicated scanners, which could be the focus of HCFA’s broadened PET

The paths to Medicare reimbursement for dedicated PET and coincidence cameras have diverged and there appears to be no hope of reuniting them.As of July 1, Medicare will reimburse users of dedicated PET scanners for the diagnosis, staging, and restaging

As part of an effort to accelerate the clinical use of 3-D ultrasound, GE Medical Systems has acquired EchoTech 3D Imaging Systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. EchoTech has developed several 3-D ultrasound imaging technologies, including

What began three years ago as a simple OEM arrangement has evolved into a modern marriage. As part of its strategy to provide turnkey image and information management products to its healthcare customers, Belgian film and imaging giant Agfa-Gevaert has