The oncology division of Siemens Medical Systems in Concord, CA, has signed an agreement to sell oncology equipment manufactured by Nucletron of Veenendaal, the Netherlands. Siemens will sell Nucletron's Plato 3D treatment planning systems and

Elscint of Rockleigh, NJ, has begun marketing its CT Scope interventional package for its CT-Twin and Helicat families of CT scanners. The package received 510(k) clearance in June and brings Elscint into the interventional CT segment. CT Scope was first

The red-hot MRI market got a boost from the U.S. military last month after the Department of Defense's purchasing agency issued an award to six vendors for the acquisition of MRI equipment over the next year. The Defense Support Center Philadelphia named

Israeli medical imaging firm Elbit Medical Imaging may be on the acquisition warpath soon. The Haifa company is weighing its options for spending the windfall it received from GE Medical Systems of Milwaukee, which purchased Elbit's Diasonics Vingmed

Mammography firm TransScan Research and Development of Migdal Ha'Emek, Israel, and Ramsey, NJ, last month received a recommendation for premarket approval (PMA) from the Food and Drug Administration for its TransSpectral Impedance Scanning device,

Medasys to join with Citation to offer integrated solutionsFrench firm hopes to alleviate doubts about U.S. market presence As interest continues to grow in integrated image and information management systems, it's not surprising that

SMS, Olicon to expand relationshipPACS firm Olicon and healthcare information systems powerhouse Shared Medical Systems have inked an agreement that will allow SMS to offer Olicon's diagnostic workstations and PACSView teleradiology offerings to

Lumisys develops plan for Affordable CR productNot long ago, the x-ray film digitizer business was a booming sector. But times have changed, and so has Lumisys, which, until recently, has been known exclusively in the PACS market as a digitizer

Philips site opens filmlessPhilips Medical Systems North America announced that Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Morena Valley, CA, opened its doors on March 31 with a large-scale PACS from the Shelton, CT-based company. The facility

Gmatek builds low-cost technology for range of PACS implementationsFrench company can provide up to 1.2-terabyte storageConsolidation may be the watchword in today's PACS industry, but that's not stopping small companies from coming into

Nortech expands into Asian marketsMonitor manufacturer Nortech Systems of Minneapolis, MN, has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with PACS software developer and distributor Rattan Computer of Taipei, Taiwan. Rattan will distribute

MarkCare, Data General get flagship PACS siteMarkCare Medical Systems has announced that its IntraScan II PACS software will be used in the Data General PACS and teleradiology installation at Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. The

Kodak faces tough decisions in PACS as it integrates Imation's medical unitCompany will apply lessons learned from Vortech acquisition While Eastman Kodak's acquisition of Imation's medical imaging business will give Kodak new

Baptist Health System uses CORBA to facilitate electronic patient recordObject-oriented interfaces to link up all information systems Developing an electronic patient record is no easy task. The integration of disparate healthcare

HBOC to buy Imnet systems in move to bolster EPR offeringImpact of deal on Imnet's OEM deals is still unknownThe intriguing story of Imnet Systems in the PACS market appears to be coming to a close, at least in its role as an independent

GE gets go-ahead for NT workstationsThe Integrated Imaging Solutions division of GE Medical Systems has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Platinum line of Windows NT-based diagnostic and clinical review workstations

Meta Solutions to buy digitizers from HowtekMeta Solutions, the U.S. distributor of Dutch PACS software developer Applicare Medical Imaging, has ordered 100 MultiRAD CCD-based film digitizers from Howtek of Hudson, NH. The orders, which will be

Consolidating firms can't forget technologyAny vendor participating in the PACS market knows that it is being reshaped by the forces of consolidation. Driven by the desire to maximize distribution channels or to provide the right product mix to

Samsung plans entry into U.S. PACS marketKorean vendor targets niche opportunitiesSeveral Asian vendors, including Toshiba, Medison, and Shimadzu, have developed PACS, but have elected not to bring those systems to the U.S. market. Korean

GE Medical Systems has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Platinum line of Windows NT-based diagnostic and clinical review workstations. The workstations, which will also employ Java technology, are scheduled for a