Agfa/Sterling rumors are untrue, Sterling saysA hot rumor on the PACS market grapevine over the last month had PACS giant Agfa of Ridgefield Park, NJ, merging with or purchasing digital radiography developer and PACS firm Sterling Diagnostic

PACS firms better watch out for Y2KThe year 2000 (Y2K) issue has led to much concern in the PACS and medical imaging market, for both vendors and end users alike. Non-Y2K-compliant systems in the field will provide tension between vendors and

Sterling gets FDA go-ahead to market full iiRAD systemsVendor also completes rollout of PACS offering The wait is over. Sterling Diagnostic Imaging has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its iiRAD operator's

GE lands large contract and names new sales directorGE Medical Systems has received a $4 million PACS order from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. The affiliate of Harvard Medical School will connect two campuses and four buildings

Oldelft joins digital x-ray fray with FDA clearance of DigidelcaCompany offers two versions of CCD-based system Add Dutch firm Oldelft to the list of combatants participating in the U.S. digital chest radiography market. The digital

Acuson, Agfa to work together on integrating Aegis and ImpaxRelationship could evolve into co-marketing situation In today's competitive PACS market, partnerships between PACS companies can prove crucial to the success of both

The PACS division of Siemens Medical Systems in Iselin, NJ, roared through spring by landing PACS contracts in March worth a total of $16 million. The biggest purchaser is Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ, which will spend more than $11

The Integrated Imaging Solutions division of GE Medical Systems in Mt. Prospect, IL, has been awarded a $4 million contract to install a PACS network at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. The installation will connect two campuses and four

Hybrid device adds BGO detectors to CT gantryExecutives with the nuclear medicine division of Siemens Medical Systems in Hoffman Estates, IL, this month confirmed rumors about the company's efforts to build a hybrid CT/PET scanner. While the

Film digitizer and PACS developer Lumisys received 510(k) clearance in May for ACR 2000, the company's new low-cost computed radiography reader (SCAN 5/13/98). The Sunnyvale, CA, company is currently field-testing the unit and plans to begin

GE is aggressively pursuing cardiac CT applicationsImatron's brief stint without a major corporate marketing partner for its ultrafast CT technology came to an end this month. The South San Francisco, CA, firm announced on June 19 that it has

Company offers two versions of CCD-based scannersThe U.S. digital x-ray market now has another participant. Dutch digital x-ray developer Oldelft has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Digidelca line of CCD-based

PACS vendor Agfa and ultrasound developer Acuson showed the results of their ongoing collaboration in PACS at last week's Society for Computer Applications in Radiology meeting in Baltimore. The companies are working to integrate their respective digital

R2 Technology strengthened its relationship with GE last month with the signing of an $11 million financing agreement led by GE's financing arm, GE Capital. The financing will be used for working capital purposes as R2 prepares for an initial public

Letter may be due to communication breakdownThe Food and Drug Administration zinged film and PACS vendor Imation with a warning letter on May 12, citing the company for procedural violations in the manufacture of laser imaging systems at its

Companies will retain clinical applications R&DMultimodality vendors Toshiba and Siemens have found a creative solution to keeping up with the fast pace of development in the highly competitive ultrasound market. The two companies last month

Applicare launches RadWorks WebViewerDutch PACS firm Applicare Medical Imaging has developed a beta version of RadWorks WebViewer, a Web-based image viewing product designed to run on Microsoft Explorer 4.0 or higher. RadWorks WebViewer employs

Digital Arts & Sciences introduces PACS alternativeImageAXS Pro-Med offers broad management solution Although many healthcare institutions long for the benefits that PACS can provide, the hefty price tags and radiology-centered

HCFA decision on Medicare PET payment level gives lift to SNM attendeesThe remarkable comeback of the nuclear medicine industry continues unabated. Attendees at this month’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Toronto found that the

Philips launches IT-focused group to help hospitals improve efficiencyVendor shifts PACS efforts into new organization Philips Medical Systems has launched a new business unit that will develop a full suite of products and services to