Vendor has big plans in Europe for new scannerSiemens Medical Systems owes its rising fortunes in the ultrasound market as much to skillful marketing of low-priced scanners as to its development of high-powered technology. In less than a week, the

Philips Medical Systems North America of Shelton, CT, has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for a new MRI upgrade package that includes high-end features such as cardiac scanning protocols and neuro imaging techniques. The package is

Imaging firms seem to have awakened to healthcare’s new realityThe long-awaited consolidation of the larger players in medical imaging appears to be picking up steam. The decision of Israeli medical technology firm Elbit Medical Imaging to

Vendor beefs up offerings in cardiologyLess than two weeks after putting in a bid for the MRI and nuclear medicine divisions of Elscint, GE Medical Systems made another corporate play, this time in its own backyard. If all goes as planned,

A trade association of independent service organizations is claiming that GE Medical Systems of Milwaukee has acquired equipment maintenance firm Serviscope of Wallingford, CT. The group believes that the acquisition represents one more blow to

Company welcomes chance to go it alone after decades as subsidiaryExecutives at film and PACS vendor Agfa are preparing for a future as an independent company after parent firm Bayer announced that it is planning to spin off Agfa as a stand-alone

Company developed less intimidating gantry designGE rolled out a new series of high-field MRI scanners in September that promises to increase patient comfort while fostering real-time interactive MRI applications. The new Signa MR/i series employs

An association representing independent service organizations has challenged the plans of GE Medical Systems of Milwaukee to acquire equipment service provider InnoServ Technologies of Arlington, TX. The Independent Service Network International of

Beth Klein has been tapped to lead the nuclear medicine and PET division of GE Medical Systems, replacing Sharon Banaszewski, who has been reassigned to a position overseeing the Milwaukee company’s supplier relationships. Klein is a long-time GE

Deal could affect OEM agreementsThe medical imaging industry witnessed the dismemberment of Israeli multimodality vendor Elscint this month when its parent company, Elbit Medical Imaging, announced Sept. 11 that it has agreed to sell the firm in

GE and Toshiba show new systems; Siemens is on deckAre you ready for the next technology wave in computed tomography? The CT industry got a glimpse of what lies ahead when GE Medical Systems and Toshiba America Medical Systems introduced new CT

Philips signs off on CEO’s replacementImmunomedics has announced that Syncor International will distribute the radiopharmaceutical firm’s CEA-Scan colorectal cancer agent. The deal complements a distribution deal signed earlier this year

Philips signs off on CEO’s replacementIn a move that took few by surprise, ATL Ultrasound chairman and CEO Dennis Fill this month announced his plans to retire as chief executive of one of the world’s most prominent ultrasound vendors.

Companies seek to offer integrated IT solutionsMergers and acquisitions have played a visible role in the turbulent history of the PACS market to date. Last month French PACS firm Medasys Digital Systems and healthcare information systems company

ATL Ultrasound of Bothell, WA, has expanded the applications of its HDI 1000 system from its base in ob/gyn and general imaging into surgical and musculoskeletal uses. The company's Performance 99 software upgrade also offers new enhancements in

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,