Will PACS market ever measure up?It has become common practice for many participants in the PACS industry to be generous in superlatives whenever asked to characterize the growth of the PACS market. And finally, it seems there is a good reason

TMG survey finds growth slowing in U.S. PACS marketFalling component prices result in slower revenue growthCompanies may be revising their projections of the future growth of the U.S. PACS market after the release of new data indicating

Swissray looks to build digital future for customersFirm provides digital x-ray, PACS offeringsSwiss x-ray vendor Swissray International sees its digital x-ray technology as a vehicle for change, both for the radiology market in general

Once-hot vendors struggled through difficult 1997For the bone densitometry market, 1997 might be a year best forgotten. The momentum generated by the approval of Merck's Fosamax osteoporosis drug in 1995 appeared to be fading as bone measurement

Regulatory triumph won't guarantee commercial success for Swiss companySwissray International continues to stay one step ahead of its competition in the race to market digital-detector x-ray technology. The Hitzkirch, Switzerland vendor announced

Toshiba America Medical Systems has signed a joint marketing and sales agreement with Kodak's Health Imaging division. Under the terms of the agreement, Kodak will provide Toshiba with stress-echo, image management, and networking technologies for use on

Philips Medical Systems of Best, the Netherlands, is participating in a unique project to upgrade healthcare technology in the state of Gujarat, India. The company will take the lead in improving healthcare in Gujarat in four areas identified by the

Company is in OEM talks with PACS firm ApplicareBelgian monitor manufacturer Barco last month began shipping a new line of displays that include a novel quality assurance software package. Called MediCal, the package enables users to calibrate

Israeli multimodality vendor Elscint has named Joe Sardano head of its U.S. nuclear medicine business unit, a position that previously had been vacant. Prior to joining Elscint in November, Sardano was with Fisher Scientific, and has also worked for

Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, has received 510(k) clearance for its entry-level Auklet CT scanner, which was introduced at last year's Radiological Society of North America meeting (SCAN 11/26/97). Toshiba is targeting the helical

Imatron of South San Francisco, CA, has received orders for four ultrafast CT scanners, the company reported this month. Two of the systems were shipped in the fourth quarter of 1997 and were sent to the Cardioguard Clinic in Sarasota, FL, and the

The impending introduction of digital x-ray detectors is beginning to spur debate over the influence the technology will have on medical imaging. Proponents of digital detectors believe that the technology will have a revolutionary impact as the massive

Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, has named Charles Corogenes as director of its CT business unit. Corogenes joined TAMS in May as a product manager, and previously worked for both Philips Medical Systems and Siemens Medical Systems. He

Decision also applies to coincidence detection techniquesPositron imaging has entered the clinical mainstream. On Jan. 1, Medicare began reimbursing for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer using positron imaging. And this may be only the

Film and PACS company Agfa of Ridgefield Park, NJ, has made several changes to its executive ranks in the last several months. The company has promoted Robert Cooke to director of network solutions systems. Cooke takes over responsibilities once held by

CPS will fill orders in Positron's backlogPositron this month took a step toward getting its financial house in order by signing a letter of intent to outsource its manufacturing and service capacity to fellow PET developer CTI PET Systems (CPS).

Air Products and Chemicals, a vendor of liquid helium and nitrogen for superconducting MRI systems, has strengthened its supply relationships with GE and Siemens. Both deals were announced in November.The Lehigh, PA, company secured a three-year

RSNA vendors display slew of PACS productsFirms seek to keep up with technology developmentWith all the market dynamics beginning to fall into place, the largely untapped PACS marketplace is shaping up to be a battle royal. Last month's

IBM and Agfa best other PACS players in winning military's DIN-PACS awardsMilitary purchasing could total $1.25 billion over five yearsThe long wait is over. The Department of Defense has finally issued its awards for the Defense Imaging

PACS vendors take over RSNA meetingAnyone walking the exhibit hall at last month's Radiological Society of North America meeting didn't need to be told that PACS has arrived. Vendors who showed PACS or teleradiology products were among the