London newspaper says Picker’s parent may be eyeing either companyThe chairman of Picker International parent General Electric Company stirred up a hornet's nest last month when he commented to a London newspaper that GEC could be eyeing the

Philips Medical Systems North America of Shelton, CT, plans to restructure its field sales organization, the company announced last month. The firm will create four operating units that will be located in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Atlanta. The

ADAC builds on RIS experience to enter PACS market with EnvoiEnvoi evolves from QuadRIS to provide low-cost PACSADAC Laboratories is seeking to break out of its niche in radiology information systems and explore wider pastures in the PACS

Siemens and StorageTek agree to market each other's productsFirms plan joint sales calls in sophisticated archiving situationsArchiving has long been considered one of the trickier aspects of PACS installations. PACS firms that seek to

RSNA, HIMSS move forward with IHE projectRelease of technical document planned for HIMSS meetingThe seamless integration of PACS networks into other healthcare information systems has for some time been a goal of healthcare institutions.

Fonix secures six new PowerScribe contractsDictation software developer Fonix of Salt Lake City last month signed contracts with six U.S. hospitals for its PowerScribe Radiology speech recognition/dictation system. Fonix licensed the system to

Olicon closes sale of TAP programPACS vendor Olicon Imaging Systems of Aliso Viejo, CA, has divested its teleradiology archiving program (TAP) and microfilm division to F.Y.I., a document and information outsourcing solutions company. Terms of

Installed base looms large for PACS firmsAgfa's planned acquisition of most of Sterling Diagnostic Imaging's assets and Eastman Kodak's 1998 acquisition of Imation's medical imaging business revealed several important truths about the medical

Data General, MarkCare join forces with WorldCareFirms to offer integrated PACS/telemedicine systemsThe integration of telemedicine capabilities into PACS networks has attracted some interest in the marketplace. To date, however, few

Agfa plans acquisition of Sterling but passes on DirectRay, Helios unitsDeal would create a film powerhouse to rival Eastman KodakBigger is better. That was undoubtedly the mantra of many film and PACS vendors in 1998 and continuing into

Ross named CEO at CT firm ImatronIt didn't take long for Terry Ross, former president and CEO of PACS firm Cemax-Icon, to find a new job. Ross, who left the Fremont, CA-based firm following the close of its acquisition by Eastman Kodak in

Fate of DirectRay remains in question as Agfa turns down technologyThe need for film and PACS companies to consolidate was again evident earlier this month in the announcement by Agfa that it would acquire most of the assets of digital radiography

New techniques could spur interventional usesControl has taken its place alongside speed as a major driver of new MR technologies. This control is taking the form of interactivity: the ability to control data acquisition moment to moment, which is

It didn’t take long for Terry Ross, former president and CEO of PACS firm Cemax-Icon, to find a new job. Ross, who left the Fremont, CA-based firm following the close of its acquisition by Eastman Kodak in December (SCAN 12/16/98), has been

Siemens is on deck for its table and chest systemsAs expected, the market for flat-panel digital x-ray systems is getting crowded, with multimodality OEMs jostling to claim their share of the pie. The two most recent OEMs to join the fray are

Most companies aim products at cost-effectivenessA California company that sees the PET market as a promising opportunity for shared imaging services is gearing up for business. Mobile PET Systems of San Diego is taking delivery on two PET cameras

Company moves forward despite shareholder suitsADAC Laboratories highlighted new ventures in radiation therapy planning, nuclear medicine, and image and information management as promising areas for growth at a presentation at this month’s

Siemens Medical Systems' nuclear medicine group of Hoffman Estates, IL, rolled into the Radiological Society of North America meeting last month with a new offering in its E.Cam line. The company introduced E.Cam Cardiac Imaging System for dedicated

Three-dimensional visualization developer Vital Images is keeping up with advances in multislice CT technology by optimizing its Vitrea workstation to handle data from the new scanners. The Minneapolis company rolled out the new version of Vitrea at last

The consortium led by Agfa of Ridgefield Park, NJ, has received a large-scale PACS award from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, under the military's Digital Imaging Network-Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (DIN-PACS) project.