Applicare books record revenuesDutch PACS software firm Applicare Medical Imaging has posted impressive results for the first eight months of 1999. During this period, the GE Medical Systems subsidiary doubled the total installed base it had at

GE Medical Systems has signed an agreement to supply its PET scanners to Mobile P.E.T. Systems. The deal gives GE access to Mobile P.E.T.’s network of clients, while Mobile P.E.T. can employ GE’s service program and clinical and technical

Amicas finalizes Sunquest dealWeb-based PACS developer Amicas and RIS firm Sunquest Information Systems have formalized their relationship. The two companies, which showed integration work at the 1998 RSNA meeting (PNN 1/99), have wrapped

Company views Internet/Web as central to its futureTeleradiology and miniPACS provider Access Radiology has changed its name to eMed Technologies and announced its intention to go public.The name change was designed to reflect the vendor’s

Merge plans acquisition of InterpraFirm gears up to meet needs of IHE initiativeMarket interest is growing in implementing integrated image and information management systems. Nowhere is that attitude as pronounced as in the Integrating

Analogic hires Miller as president and CEOAnalogic has appointed medical imaging industry veteran Thomas Miller as president and CEO. Miller joins Analogic from Carl Zeiss of Thornwood, NY, where he served as president and CEO, as well as world

PACS moves to forefront at AHRA national meetingLimited exhibit hours discourage some vendors, howeverBy Michael J. Cannavo, president, Image Management ConsultantsTrue to the explorer whose name it bears, the Coronado Ballroom yielded a

Vidar seeks growing role for CCD-based digitizersFirm highlights economics, image quality of CCD technologyLaser film scanners have long been the gold standard for digitizing film for the PACS and teleradiology marketplaces. But digitizers

Access plans initial stock offering and becomes eMed TechnologiesCompany plans launch of Web sites co-branded with customersTeleradiology and miniPACS provider Access Radiology is about to enter a new era. The company has changed its

Agreement expands Swissray’s distribution reachIn its continuing bid to boost its market presence, digital radiography developer Swissray International last month signed a wide-ranging distribution agreement with Hitachi Medical Systems

Analogic has a new leader, and it’s a familiar name to medical imaging industry veterans. Longtime Siemens employee Thomas Miller will be joining the Peabody, MA-based firm as president and CEO in October. Miller has most recently served as

Pegasus Imaging wins OEM dealsCompression developer Pegasus Imaging has added two OEM agreements to its portfolio. Siemens Health Services and Siemens Medical Engineering Group of Erlangen, Germany, have chosen the vendor’s wavelet image

MDT makes bid for Web-based PACS firmAcquisition of TIMS would mark entry into digital image managementMR imaging center operator Medical Device Technologies has taken a preliminary step toward entering the PACS market. The San

Erik Ridley has been promoted to editor of Diagnostic Imaging SCAN. A longtime contributor to SCAN, Ridley has been editor of SCAN’s sister publication, PACS & Networking News, since May 1997. Prior to that, he served

PSS World Medical’s subsidiary, Diagnostic Imaging, signed an agreement with Philips Medical Systems North America last month that gives DI exclusive distribution rights to Philips’ Tomoscan EG CT and BV25 Gold Mobile C-arm systems. The deal

Sterling’s iiSys line will be discontinued in favor of ImpaxAgfa is making progress in its assimilation of Sterling Diagnostic Imaging. The PACS and film giant, which completed its acquisition of Sterling in May (SCAN 5/26/99), has

Toshiba America Medical Systems this month formally introduced Asteion, its latest line of subsecond CT systems. Cleared by the Food and Drug Administration last November (SCAN 11/25/98), Toshiba’s Asteion VR and Asteion VI scanners feature a

GE Medical Systems has signed an agreement with NEC Medical Systems of Tokyo to acquire NEC’s Japanese distribution organization. The deal calls for a joint marketing and distribution network to be established for the firms’ products and

GE Medical Systems last month renewed its agreement to supply Columbia/HCA Healthcare with medical imaging equipment and services. The multi-year deal is estimated at approximately $1.5 billion. Waukesha, WI-based GE will provide all of Columbia’s

Toshiba America Medical Systems has begun U.S. shipments of the JustVision line of lightweight, compact ultrasound scanners. JustVision 200 can be carried by hand, while JustVision 400 is a cart-mounted unit. The systems originally debuted at the