GE Medical Systems of Milwaukee has made several changes to theexecutive line-up of its MRI division. Morry Blumenfeld has beennamed general manager of advanced MR development. Blumenfeld willoversee GE's MR-guided surgery effort and will manage

MCD and LabStat will also expand markets in 1996The multivendor service program being developed by nuclear medicinevendor ADAC Laboratories is one of three major growth initiativesthe Milpitas, CA, firm is pushing in 1996 to expand its

Mark De Simone, general manager of GE's Network Products and Servicesdivision, has left the Milwaukee vendor for workstation manufacturerDigital Equipment. De Simone joined Digital several weeks agoas Midwest region vice president and is based in the

After a long executive search, PET camera developer Positron hasfound a chief executive officer. The Houston company announcedthis month that it has hired medical imaging veteran Werner Haasas CEO. The position had been open since September of 1994,

DVI chairman and CEO David Higgins has stepped down, the Doylestown,PA, medical equipment financing company reported in November.Michael O'Hanlon, DVI's president and COO, will assume the CEOtitle. Higgins said he will continue to consult for DVI in

Expect few changes in Loral's PACS unit for now Loral Medical Imaging Systems (LMIS) has found itself swept alongby the wave of consolidation crashing across the defense industry.On Jan. 8, aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin took thefirst

Damadian sees many routes to company comebackLess than a month after its first major exhibition in seven years,MRI pioneer Fonar has announced the receipt of five signed andfunded orders for its new Quad series of open-style MRI scanners.Another 10

U.S. shifts from sales leader to technological pioneerTop executives representing the six multinational companies responsiblefor most of the world's medical imaging equipment sales have declaredthat the industry has turned the corner, ending a

Improving the image quality of low-field MRI is the focus of anagreement announced last week between Conductus and Siemens. Underthe terms of the deal, Conductus, a Sunnyvale, CA, developer ofhigh-temperature superconducting technology, will work with

Toshiba America Medical Systems has named John Zimmer as CT businessunit director, the Tustin, CA, vendor reported this month. Zimmerjoined Toshiba after experience with GE Medical Systems, wherehe most recently managed x-ray and CT marketing for the

Technical exhibit at 1995 RSNA conference shows managed care's influence on radiologyCorporate partnering and image management are major trendsLast month's Radiological Society of North America meeting cappeda year that saw vendors

Osteoporosis drug raises all corporate boatsLunar and Hologic aren't the only firms benefiting from increasedinterest in bone densitometry. The same good news that has ledto improved sales for the two bone densitometry segment leadershas

Firm could level playing field with OEMsA new type of equipment service technology is in the works bya service company in Irvine, CA. Orasis Medical Services is developinga plan to offer remote diagnostics to companies that provide

Purchase adds standard x-ray to Dynarad lineDentsply International has found a buyer for its Gendex Medicalx-ray and mammography business in the form of Del Electronics,the owner of portable radiography vendor Dynarad. The announcementcame only

Did Du Pont divestiture affect timing of DR introduction?A battle royal is looming among medical imaging companies overmethods to digitize conventional x-ray exams. At last month'sRadiological Society of North America meeting, new

ADAC adds new wrinkle with gamma camera effortSiemens and Philips at last month's Radiological Society of NorthAmerica meeting became the latest companies to offer multivendorservice programs, offering further evidence that the concept

Coyne tells Kodak workers to expect changeThe staff at Kodak Health Sciences had better learn to live withchange, says Martin Coyne, because it is what PACS customers demand-- and Kodak is going to give it to them. Coyne last September assumed

German firm spends over $200 million on platformJudging by outward appearances, Lothar Koob, group vice presidentof Siemens Ultrasound, was one of the happiest executives on thetechnical exhibit floor of last month's Radiological Society ofNorth

Computed radiography firm Fuji Medical Systems USA of Stamford,CT, will try to increase its lead in the modality with severalnew CR systems and enhancements that target new applications.FCR 9502 is a CR table designed as a replacement for

Deal includes ultrasound technology developmentAdvanced Technology Laboratories has taken a major step towardopening the Japanese ultrasound market for its premium HDI 3000scanners, through a two-part agreement with Hitachi Medical ofTokyo. The