The number of MRI scanners shipped grew a tepid 2% in 1999, but that was enough to push revenue past the billion-dollar mark for the first time in the history of the industry. The U.S. market for MRI units soared in 1998, but market demand could not

Vendors of multislice CT scanners appear headed into a period of one-upmanship, as industry leaders jockey to pass each other in detector technology.Detectors are being designed to surpass the current state of the art. One company, Philips Medical

Siemens Medical Systems has appointed Michael A. Bunnell vice president of sales and marketing for the company’s electromedical systems division. Bunnell succeeds Tim O’Malley, who left the Issaquah, WA-based company. Bunnell will oversee sales

Acuson, Aloka, ATL Ultrasound, Agilent Technologies, Biosound Esaote, GE, Hitachi, Siemens, and Toshiba took advantage of a new program at this month’s American Institute of Ultrasound Medicine convention in San Francisco that let the medical

Although Dr. Barry Goldberg opened the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine’s San Francisco convention this month with a lecture and slide show tracing the history of ultrasound over the last half century, this show was about the future.As

ECR meeting showcases European PACS idiosyncrasiesSmall firms share spotlight with major vendorsThe European Congress of Radiology, held last month in Vienna, provided a nurturing venue for European PACS vendors to showcase their wares.

Radiology.com creates Internet-based PACSRadiology.com has launched its first image-management product. The Chantilly, VA-based company’s ImageBank and PatientExpress use a PC-based application service provider model to provide image management

GE Medical–Mecon merger creates Healthcare Solutions subsidiaryModality vendor enters Web database marketGE Medical Systems has acquired Mecon, a provider of healthcare data mining software, in what appears to be a strategic move to

Siemens debuts Web-based image distribution serviceAcom.Web extends firm’s enterprise strategySiemens Medical Systems continues to broaden its product offerings with integrated systems and data distribution technologies such as Syngo

Cardiology systems advance toward integrated EMR goalACC showcases ASPs and Web-based platformsCardiology information and image management systems continue to make strides in the uphill journey toward a fully integrated cardiovascular

L&H eyes enterprise transcription with Dictaphone, Dragon SystemsVR firm unveils broader healthcare strategyVoice-recognition vendor Lernout & Hauspie announced two multimillion-dollar acquisitions last month that should help

Toshiba America Medical Systems recently signed a three-year, sole-source agreement to provide cardiovascular and diagnostic ultrasound systems to Magnet, a group purchasing organization. Under the contract, Magnet’s 12,000 hospital and clinic

Layer by layer, an electronic scalpel “peels” away grainy, hazy gray images: New software tools designed for use with Siemens’ Sonoline Elegra ultrasound platform allow radiologists to see a fetus more clearly.Erlangen, Germany-based

Logistics outsourcing company D. Logistics of Germany announced an agreement with Siemens Medical Engineering Group to start a new e-business venture in Europe’s medical market. Siemens will hold a 51% stake in the new company.The new company will

Mobile P.E.T. Systems of San Diego unveiled the first mobile cardiac positron emission tomography unit March 12 at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Anaheim, CA, and is starting its first service route in April in the Los Angeles area.The

The American College of Cardiology’s 49th Annual Scientific Session, held March 12–15 in Anaheim, CA, was one of the largest in the organization’s history, with more than 32,000 cardiologists, nurses, paramedics, and students attending and

Richardson Electronics Medical Systems, of LaFox, IL, has introduced two new large-field image intensifier replacements—one designed for Philips’ 36 to 38-cm intensifiers and one for Siemens’ 40-cm intensifier.Over the past 15 years, wear

GE Medical Systems signed a strategic alliance agreement to provide diagnostic imaging products to Joint Purchasing Corp. and its participating acute-care hospitals across the country. Under terms of the agreement, GE will be the sole provider of

The Siemens Oncology Care Systems Group won California Governor Gray Davis’ 1999 Quality Award for Overall Excellence for its work in oncology. This award recognizes overall excellence in all business areas, including management, marketplace,

GE Medical Systems is boasting that its newest marketplace for selling MR, ultrasound, mammography, and other diagnostic imaging equipment—the Internet—is producing out-of-this-world sales. For nearly two years, GE’s