Parker also finalizes acquisition of EmPowerGE Medical Systems has introduced Advantx LCN+, a biplane neuroangiography system capable of 3-D image reconstruction and image intensifier distortion correction, according to the Milwaukee company.

Deal comes after years of false starts in modality at Dutch companyIndustry consolidation continues to reshape the ultrasound market. ATL Ultrasound and Philips Medical Systems became the latest players to participate in the market's restructuring

Kodak today announced a $520 million bid for the medical imaging business of Imation. If the deal goes through, Kodak will strengthen its leadership position in x-ray film, gain access to a hot-selling line of dry-process laser printers, and markedly

StorageTek builds direct sales team as part of push into medical imagingVendor eschews OEM model for its archive offeringsArchiving firm StorageTek has long been a force in the healthcare information system market, but, until recently,

Applicare seeks global growth for its NT-based workstation softwareFirm tries to leverage added exposure from DIN-PACS The U.S. military's Digital Imaging Network-Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (DIN-PACS) project has

Alvarez departs EMED to become consultantEMED director of sales and marketing Don Alvarez has resigned his post to become a PACS consultant. No replacement has been named yet for Alvarez, according to the San Antonio-based company. Alvarez had

Rivalry in digital chest x-ray quickens as FDA clears Konica's Regius systemFilm vendor expects to market system in 1999The market for digital x-ray systems is getting hot as vendors respond to hospitals' increasing interest in upgrading

Recent PurchasesAccess Radiology has landed a contract valued at more than $1 million from Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. Access of Lexington, MA, will be installing a wide-area network add-on to an existing GE PACS installation,

Imation receives large order for Canadian PACS siteFilm and PACS vendor Imation has landed a large-scale PACS contract with the Manitoba healthcare system in Canada. The three-year pilot project, valued at $5 million (Canadian), for PACS, as

Portland hospital goes filmless after moveA large-scale Agfa PACS network is being used to provide a filmless radiology environment at a new location for Portland-based Doembecher Children's Hospital. The hospital moved this month to a new

Agfa nets first award under DIN-PACS projectCompany also lands large-scale commercial site Agfa's pursuit of purchase orders under the military's Digital Imaging Network-Picture Archiving and Communications Systems project has begun to

GE's Lombardo lands at ALI as company forms U.S. unitPACS veteran Tony Lombardo didn't take long to find a new job. Ultrasound miniPACS developer ALI Technologies has tapped Lombardo to head up ALI Imaging Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary that

ISG Technologies of Mississauga, Ontario, has hired former Siemens executive Reinhard Schmidt as president and general manager of its new image-guided surgery company, Surgical Navigation Specialists. Schmidt headed Siemens’ Healthcare Services

German technology conglomerate Siemens AG enjoyed healthy revenue growth of 15% for the financial period from October 1997 to June 1998, but the Munich company said it was unhappy with its 5% increase in earnings for the period. Siemens plans to

Densitometry firms hope HCFA news will boost marketLunar of Madison, WI, celebrated last month when the Food and Drug Administration approved the company’s Achilles+ ultrasonometer less than a week after the Health Care Financing

Company will also sell InnoServ’s Prevu softwareThe importance of independent service organization InnoServ Technologies to GE Medical Systems was underscored last week when GE announced an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice that

Announcement caps $60 million, eight-year R&D effortThe final piece in the puzzle fell into place on July 1 for Sterling Diagnostic Imaging. The Greenville, SC-based digital radiography developer received Food and Drug Administration 510(k)

Trex division plans roll-out in next 30 daysThe Continental division of Trex Medical in Danbury, CT, plans to expand the functionality of its x-ray product line, thanks to an agreement with equipment company Advanced Instrument Development X-Ray

The nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems received Food and Drug Administration clearance last month for a version of its E.Cam gamma camera that uses hybrid PET/SPECT detectors made from lutetium oxyortho-silicate and sodium iodide

Siemens adds to Sienet with MagicView 300Siemens Medical Systems has released MagicView 300, a Windows NT-based software package that can provide image distribution, teleradiology, and archiving capabilities. The Iselin, NJ-based firm expects