More deals may be on the horizon as vendors seek scalePACS and teleradiology firms have clearly determined that size does indeed matter. Visitors to this month's Radiological Society of North America meeting in Chicago needed a scorecard to keep

Competition tightens as more independent firms sellGE Medical Systems confirmed that it has acquired independent service organization Serviscope of Wallingford, CT, but the Milwaukee vendor declined to provide details on the sale other than to

Acquisitions are finalized just days before start of RSNA conferenceIt went down to the wire, but Picker International and GE Medical Systems achieved their goals of acquiring Elscint's CT, nuclear medicine, and MRI business units in time for this

Companies hope for boom in dedicated MR salesA sleek, open-style MRI scanner is about to join the ranks of systems dedicated to orthopedic studies, thanks to a collaboration between Siemens, Lunar, and Esaote. The result could be a dramatically

Nuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories of Milpitas, CA, introduced two new variable-angle gamma cameras at this month's Radiological Society of North America meeting in Chicago: Forte and Vertex V60. ADAC hopes Forte, a new open-gantry camera, will

Mx8000 enables vendor to counter recent CT launchesPicker International didn't waste time in making the most of its acquisition of Elscint's CT business. Less than a week after finalizing the deal (see story, page 1), Picker introduced Mx8000, the

GE Medical Systems last month completed its acquisition of Marquette Medical Systems, a developer of patient testing and monitoring products (SCAN 9/30/98). Marquette will be run as a subsidiary of GE and has been renamed GE Marquette Medical

Applicare signs more OEM dealsDutch PACS software developer Applicare Medical Imaging has signed an OEM agreement with British Telecom subsidiary BT Health. Under the two-year, nonexclusive deal with automatic renewal, BT Health will privately

Canon joins digital radiography race with amorphous silicon offeringFirm highlights system's integration with PACS as key benefitCanon USA has become the latest medical imaging vendor to bring a digital radiography system to market. The

Olicon to focus efforts on its OEM customersPACS firm Olicon Imaging Systems has decided to shift most sales efforts to OEM distribution opportunities with healthcare information systems firms, particularly with partner Shared Medical Systems.

DeJarnette departs IBM DIN-PACS consortiumDeJarnette Research Systems has decided to withdraw from the IBM consortium participating in the U.S. military's Digital Imaging Network-Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (DIN-PACS) deal. The

Small PACS firms find survival difficultShakeout continues at a furious pace in the PACS and teleradiology markets, with Access Radiology and EMED apparently the latest firms to tie their futures together. As more of these small companies join

ALI moves beyond ultrasound to support multimodality PACSCanadian firm continues to grow international presenceALI Technologies was one of the first companies to recognize the appeal of the miniPACS concept to customers. Focusing on

Wam!Net launches off-site image storage servicesA new company has entered the PACS market with a medical image archive service designed to provide hospitals with a low-cost means of entering the digital age. The firm, Wam!Net Medical of

Access closes in on EMED acquisition in deal to unite teleradiology vendorsPurchase would create teleradiology powerhouse Consolidation in the PACS and teleradiology market appears to be continuing. Teleradiology and miniPACS provider

AccuImage adds new dimension to PACS workstation softwareCompany believes 3-D/4-D capability will enhance soft-copy viewingSoft-copy reading has been cited as one of the many benefits of PACS, although many of the technology's early

Medison subsidiary Mediface plans entry into U.S. PACS marketCompany seeks OEM relationships for its technologyYou can add another Korean PACS firm to the list of companies planning to expand their global presence. On the heels of

NT, Web technology highlight RSNA exhibitsDVD archives and flat panels also to be displayed by some firms In the past several years, the Radiological Society of North America meeting has been dominated by digital image management

GE to partner with Cerner for product integration, salesCompany also hires Seshadri away from KodakGE Medical Systems continues to grow the scope of its digital image management business. The imaging modality and PACS powerhouse has

A new CT scanner from Toshiba America Medical Systems has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration. The system, called Asteion, is a subsecond scanner, and Toshiba has positioned it just below the Tustin, CA, vendor's new Aquilion