Philips, Siemens land VA contractIn a move that brought two major multimodality vendors into collaboration, the Veterans Affairs Acquisition Center this month awarded Siemens Medical Systems and Philips Medical Systems North America a joint

Xerox plans sell-off of digital x-ray firm dpiXImaging/military consortium emerges as potential buyerThe digital x-ray detector market is proving to be a tough one. For vendors, developing digital x-ray technology is expensive, and the

Canon consolidates PACS, DR operationsCanon has merged its USA Medical division and its AOP Medical division to form a new company, called Canon Medical Systems. Completed on April 1, the merger combines the digital radiography business of the

PACS market records solid gains but Y2K may hamper growth rateVendors target integration, work-flow improvmentsBy most accounts, the PACS market is maturing. The benefits of the technology are well known, and medium and large healthcare

Acuson evolves Aegis concept with introduction of KinetDx miniPACSNew product will support all hospital ultrasound environmentsBroader image management is a goal for both vendors and users of PACS technology. To provide the improved work-flow

Tough times loom for PACS marketMost vendors participating in the PACS sector are reporting strong customer interest in digital image management technology. After years of hype about the benefits of large-scale PACS, end users finally appear to be

In a move that brought two major multimodality vendors into collaboration, the Veterans Affairs Acquisition Center this month awarded Siemens Medical Systems and Philips Medical Systems North America a joint contract to provide computed radiography

Canon has merged its USA Medical division and its AOP Medical PACS division to form a new company, called Canon Medical Systems. Completed on April 1, the merger brings together the digital radiography business of the Lake Success, NY-based medical

Company is tackling problem of multislice data managementIt’s said that slow and steady wins the race, and that principle is what Toshiba America Medical Systems has been counting on in its effort to bring a multislice CT system successfully

Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, made a personnel shift this month when it appointed Steve Sickels to the post of senior director of its ultrasound unit. Sickels formerly served as business unit manager for the company’s MRI

Siemens to sell device as mammography adjunctAfter a lengthy and at times uncertain regulatory process, mammography firm TransScan Research and Development of Migdal Ha’Emek, Israel, received good news this month when the Food and Drug

Firm hopes to help users move to PACSHealthcare institutions contemplating a conversion to digital image management face the difficult challenge of how to handle the storage component of PACS. Maintaining a long-term archive represents a

Siemens to sell device as mammography adjunctAfter a lengthy and at times uncertain regulatory process, mammography firm TransScan Research and Development of Migdal Ha’Emek, Israel, received good news this month when the Food and Drug

Philips Medical Systems of Shelton, CT, has begun shipping Integris 3D RA, a new option for the Integris V5000 line of angiography systems that enables clinicians to reconstruct rotational angiography exams into 3-D images. Philips debuted the technology

South San Francisco ultrafast CT developer Imatron last month reported less than stellar results for 1998 (end-December). The company saw revenues of $30.7 million from the sale of 15 scanners, down 18% compared with last year’s $37.3 million on

PACS developers Agfa of Mortsel, Belgium, and Mitra of Waterloo, Ontario, have formed a joint-venture company called Impax Technology to develop and sell PACS software based on Agfa’s Impax product line. The new company will be headed by Mitra chief

Agreement is an apparent turnabout for GESometimes, the actions of the big and powerful are beyond the comprehension of mere mortals. One of those cases may have occurred last month, when GE Medical Systems agreed to swap stock for tilting C-arm

Bracco is now majority owner of Italian vendorThe increasingly close corporate bonds between Italian medical imaging companies Esaote and Bracco were in evidence last month when the companies exhibited in a joint booth at the European Congress of

Toshiba American Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, last month introduced the next generation of its mid-range ultrasound scanners at the American College of Cardiology conference in New Orleans. PowerVision 6000edp (expanded digital performance) allows

Medical supply distributor PSS World Medical reported last month that its subsidiary, Diagnostic Imaging, has purchased four more companies. Jacksonville, FL-based Diagnostic Imaging acquired two California firms, Intra-Trade Medical, a provider of