SCAR meeting shows evolution of technologyNew compression offering draws attentionThe Symposium for Computer Applications in Radiology continues to rise in prominence as a key meeting for those interested in PACS technology developments.

Siemens launches monitor sales office Siemens Imaging Technology has formed a U.S. sales force to handle OEM sales for its flat-panel and high-resolution monochrome and color displays for the PACS and medical markets. Its current

Spanish hospital sees PACS as key to efficient operationNew institution serves 230,000 via capitated payment modelHealthcare institutions around the world are facing a strategic imperative to operate more efficiently. In this economic

Fonix exits healthcare after L&H acquisition Consolidation continues in the speech recognition market. In the latest corporate move, Fonix has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Healthcare Solutions Group to Lernout & Hauspie Speech

Agfa’s acquisition of Sterling Diagnostic Imaging is now complete. The Ridgefield Park, NJ-based film and PACS vendor has acquired all the capital stock of Sterling’s parent company, SDI Holding Corp. A management team for the combined

Vendor gets FDA nods for Multix FD and Thorax FDSiemens Medical Systems plans to tout the work-flow advantages of digital x-ray technology when it begins selling two new systems that use full-field digital x-ray detectors. The Iselin, NJ, company

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 marketing positions in Agfa’s

New version slated for low-cost single-head marketWith more than 600 of its variable-angle E.Cam gamma cameras installed worldwide, the nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems continues the robust recovery that began with the debut of

GE Medical Systems is reportedly in the final stages of closing its acquisition of Dutch PACS developer Applicare Medical Imaging, according to sources close to the companies. If the deal does go through, it will give GE an important boost in

Toshiba America Medical Systems plans to emphasize productivity gains, as well as its coincidence-ready E.Cams with 5/8-inch crystals, at next month's Society of Nuclear Medicine show in Los Angeles. The Tustin, CA, company received clearance for

Xerox will maintain 20% stake in company, howeverThe supply of thin-film transistor (TFT) arrays for use in digital x-ray systems firmed up with the announcement last week that a consortium of vendors plans to acquire a majority interest in

GE Medical Systems will introduce a new cyclotron at next month’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Los Angeles that is targeted to produce radiopharmaceuticals for individual PET sites. The new cyclotron is called MINItrace and is a smaller

A $6.2 million windfall from the sale of its Tilt-C technology to GE Medical Systems helped Fischer Imaging of Denver land solidly in the black for its first quarter (end-April). The company also reported a 3.6% increase in product sales for the quarter

Fuji Medical Systems USA veteran John Strauss will be leaving the company this month for a position as vice president of marketing at PACS firm Access Radiology of Lexington, MA. Strauss’ first day in the newly created position will be May 17.

Siemens Medical Systems has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for two new digital x-ray systems based on flat-panel detectors. The Iselin, NJ, vendor received the clearances on April 21 for Multix FD and Thorax FD, which

Firm argues EBCT still best for cardiac scoringUltrafast CT manufacturer Imatron has spent years convincing the radiology community that its technology can be a clinically useful tool for predicting the likelihood of heart attacks in asymptomatic

PACS firm Agfa has received a $25 million contract from Queensland Health of Australia, which will use the Ridgefield Park, NJ-based firm’s Impax PACS offering to link the imaging units at five tertiary teaching hospitals. Impax software,

Closing of Agfa/Sterling deal appears imminentSterling’s Direct Radiography Corp. digital x-ray subsidiary has found a home. DRC will become a part of bone densitometry company Hologic under a $30 million deal reached between the companies

Agfa and Mitra launch new PACS software firmImpax Technology will also market software to OEMsAgfa and its PACS software developer Mitra Imaging have inked a letter of intent to create Impax Technology, a new PACS software development

GE, Applicare in discussionsA rumor working its way through the PACS grapevine has GE Medical Systems about to acquire Dutch PACS software developer Applicare Medical Imaging. A GE representative would say only that discussions about a