Hybrid systems, expanded reimbursement take center stage at SNM meetingFor vendors at this year’s Society of Nuclear Medicine show in Los Angeles, the industry’s hard times of the mid-1990s were only a memory. While the meeting suffered

Canadian firm looks to build service and installed baseThe PACS market continues to be fertile ground for consolidation as small, independent companies look for larger partners to ensure their survival. In the latest round of consolidation,

Acclaim Medical set to begin PET service in AugustYet another mobile PET operator will soon be traversing the freeways of southern California. The new arrival is Acclaim Medical, a start-up company founded by a former Alliance Imaging executive to

The Big Picture: Consolidating market rears its head againBy Erik L. Ridley, EditorWho’s next? That’s the question many market watchers are asking following the latest spate of mergers and acquisitions in the rapidly consolidating PACS

PNN Vendor Profile: Fuji looks to turn CR expertise into success in PACS marketplaceCompany one of few to develop PACS software in-houseFuji Medical Systems USA was one of the last large medical imaging firms to enter the PACS market. But

Wam!Net joins forces with Emerald ArchivingStorage outsourcing firms plan joint sales callsThe archiving component of PACS is one of the most complicated elements of digital image management. Many market analysts believe that this area of

ALI acquires Olicon in deal to build service, installed baseNo decisions made yet about technology integration, howeverInstalled base is crucial for long-term market success. At least that’s the message many PACS vendors appear to be

Converged networks increase bandwidth, reduce costsFirms target healthcare for combined voice, video, data offeringsDevelopments in networking technology such as converged networks—the integration of voice, video, and other data over

DICOM Update: DICOM accommodates new technologyBy Herman Oosterwijk, President, OTech Inc.Every year, PACS vendors present new technological applications, advances, and extensions to existing imaging

GE completes acquisition of Applicare Medical ImagingDeal adds teleradiology, miniPACS support to PathSpeedConsolidation continues in the PACS market as vendors strive to find the right product mix and strategic reach to achieve market

Firm’s functional anatomic mapping system is highlight GE Medical Systems pulled off the corporate equivalent of a slam dunk at this month’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Los Angeles. The Milwaukee company packed crowds

Agfa’s integration of Sterling Diagnostic Imaging has begun to move forward, with the companies announcing a North American management team for the combined businesses. Former Sterling employees are well represented. Sterling COO Ernest

Japanese multimodality vendor Toshiba this month appointed Hiromitsu Igarashi as president of the company’s U.S. operation, Toshiba America Medical Systems, of Tustin, CA. Igarashi replaces Masamichi Katsurada, who has served as president of

Technology may find a new home at other companies, however Japanese multimodality vendor Hitachi Medical has decided to put an end to the sale and marketing of its own gamma cameras, the company disclosed at this month’s Society of

The Food and Drug Administration last month cleared—for the second time—Italian biomedical firm Esaote’s E-Scan MRI system. Although the agency originally approved the system last summer, the FDA requested another application when

The ultrasound group of Siemens Medical Systems last month donated $110,000 in ultrasound equipment and technical training to Albania in an effort to support the United Nations Population Fund in its medical care of Kosovo refugees. The Issaquah,

Dutch PACS firm will maintain OEM deals, howeverGE Medical Systems continues to move aggressively to increase its worldwide presence in the PACS market. The Milwaukee-based modality and PACS vendor last week acquired PACS software developer

Startup to market toolkit to end-users, OEMs Internet and Web-based software development tools like Java and CORBA (common object request broker architecture) offer much potential for improving the performance and breadth of PACS networks.

VA pushes vendors to support DICOMThe Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was one of the first PACS users to implement DICOM interfaces between commercial PACS, imaging modalities, and hospital/radiology information systems (the VA's own VistA

ISG taps Ford for PACS post ISG Technologies has named Agfa veteran Alyn Ford vice president and general manager of its VRS/PACS group. Ford most recently served as sales and marketing manager for Impax, and has held several other sales and