Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, has reached anagreement with TomTec Imaging Systems of Boulder, CO, to combineTomTec's integrated digital ultrasound platform with Toshiba'sPowerVision cardiovascular ultrasound scanner. TomTec's

PACS vendor Lockheed Martin Western Development Laboratories MedicalImaging Systems appears to have a hammerlock on PACS contractsat hospitals operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs. TheHoffman Estates, IL, company last month announced that it

PACS software developer ISG Technologies of Mississauga, Ontario,saw revenues skyrocket for fiscal 1996 and the first quarter of1997. ISG had delayed release of its 1996 results as it triedto calculate the expense of several extraordinary items.For the

Sequoia propels vendor's third-quarter results to record levelsUltrasound vendor Acuson is back, and with a vengeance. The MountainView, CA, company surprised Wall Street and the ultrasound industrylast week when it reported strong financial

Dutch conglomerate Philips Electronics reported disappointingsales and earnings last month, prompting renewed talk that a restructuringcould be in the cards for the Eindhoven company. The company'snew president, Cor Boonstra, has told analysts that he

Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, has looked withinto fill a key post at its MRI headquarters in South San Francisco,CA. Steve Sickels was appointed director of Toshiba's MR businessoperations last week. Sickels has served as manager of

Philips Medical Systems Japan has signed an agreement with Elscintthat allows Philips to market the Israeli vendor's VariCam variable-anglegamma camera in Japan. Deliveries are expected to begin in early1997 after regulatory clearances are received,

Agency avoids rules covering refurbishers and ISOsThe manufacturers of medical devices will be held to a higherstandard for both the manufacturing and servicing of their productsstarting June 1, 1997. On that date, the Food and Drug

PACsPlus+ merges images with patient recordsDynamic Healthcare Technologies has wasted little time in integratingtechnology acquired through its purchase of PACS and radiologyinformation system firm Dimensional Medicine earlier this year.The

Hospital's charges resemble those in Montana suitGE Medical Systems continues to experience turbulence relatedto its licensing policies for advanced service software for medicalimaging equipment. A Texas hospital this month filed a

The Medical Engineering Group of Siemens in Erlangen, Germany,has won a contract worth DM 15 million ($9.8 million) to supplymedical imaging equipment to a 960-bed hospital to be built inKuala Lumpur, Malaysia. About 60% of the order, to be deliveredto

Federal panel hears appeal of judgment against GEAnother chapter closed last week in the continuing saga of Fonarversus the multinational corporate world of MRI manufacturing.The Melville, NY, MRI scanner company and Siemens Medical Systemsof

Picker International of Cleveland has formed an image managementbusiness group to expand the company's offerings in digital imagemanagement. Tapped to lead the new business as general manageris David Talton, a Picker veteran who most recently was

Sales of a new portable CT scanner helped Analogic post recordrevenues and earnings for its fourth quarter and fiscal 1996 (end-July).Analogic also saw gains in other areas of its medical technologybusiness, according to officials with the Peabody, MA,

Vendor reports that Logiq 700 MR sales are boomingGE Medical Systems this week announced that it has adapted theLogiq 700 Maximum Resolution upgrade unveiled earlier this yearto scanners in lower price points. GE officials say similar

Swissray's conventional x-ray program got a boost last month whenthe Hitzkirch, Switzerland, company expanded its OEM relationshipwith Philips Medical Systems (SCAN 7/17/96). Swissray will manufacturecomponents for Philips conventional x-ray systems on

Ron Edgerton has stepped down from his position as general managerof Kodak's Medical Imaging Systems group, the Dallas businessunit that handles the company's efforts in PACS and digital imaging.Edgerton has been replaced by Richard Cimino, who

Relationship expands on successful collaboration in SwedenPhilips Medical Systems has retooled its PACS strategy in hopesof bringing a filmless-hospital product line to market more quicklythan if it completed development of its own in-house

Diasonics, Toshiba execs rebuff talk of mergerWith major imaging equipment vendors becoming fewer in number and bigger in size, speculation on what shoe will drop next has become a favoritetopic for party talk. For reasons cited below, much of the

Agfa-Gevaert's ongoing effort to improve its profitability tookanother turn last month. The film and PACS vendor announced thatit plans to cut 550 jobs in Europe, primarily through the consolidationof its headquarters staff, which is split between