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

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