EMED workstations to debut at SCAR showEMED's efforts to compete for large-scale PACS installations will get a big boost at the Symposium for Computer Assisted Radiology in Rochester, MN, this month, where the San Antonio, TX-based vendor will

Cemax-Icon and Imation aim to avoid mistakes of consolidating PACS firmsBoosting sales and service organizations is first priorityDoes history repeat itself? Not if Cemax-Icon and Imation can help it. In announcing their acquisition

Siemens speeds diagnosis on MagicView 1000Siemens Medical Systems of Iselin, NJ, will release an upgrade this month for its MagicView 1000 soft-copy reporting workstations that is designed to further streamline the reporting process for

Are HIS vendors a threat to PACS firms?The PACS marketplace has traditionally been a radiology-centric business. Hospital information systems vendors have for the most part watched the PACS game from the sidelines, perhaps due to wariness about

Agfa adopts new strategies in effort to stay on top of PACS heapVendor looks to maintain market leadership in digital imagingAgfa is often credited as being the market leader in PACS, and for good reason. The Ridgefield Park, NJ-based

Company will also display E.Cam from SiemensAt its Society of Nuclear Medicine booth, Toshiba America Medical Systems, of Tustin, CA, plans to highlight the processing speed of the latest version of its nuclear medicine workstation. Toshiba's

Cemax-Icon to be run as wholly owned subsidiaryPACS market consolidation took another turn this month when film and digital imaging giant Imation agreed to acquire PACS software developer Cemax-Icon. The deal is the latest development in an

SNM introduction may spell trouble for dual-head marketNuclear medicine vendor Picker International hopes to revive the moribund market for triple-head gamma cameras with a radically redesigned triple-head system that may unlock the potential of

GE this month finalized its acquisition of almost 20% of ultrasound miniPACS developer ALI Technologies of Richmond, British Columbia. The equity purchase was made through GE's subsidiary, General Electric Canada, which bought nearly two million shares

New model cuts price of flagship systemThe nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems plans to unveil a new fixed-angle version of its premium E.Cam gamma camera at next week's Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in San Antonio. Going with

Increase in users should help FDG supplySometimes a competitor can turn out to be your best ally in business. Take the case of PET and coincidence detection imaging using gamma cameras. At first glance, PET appears to be under assault by its

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has turned down a request by GE Medical Systems to review the court's decision against the Milwaukee vendor in an MRI patent infringement case against Fonar. The court's refusal to rehear the case means

ALI Technologies, of Richmond, British Columbia, continues to reap the rewards of a healthy PACS market. The ultrasound miniPACS developer posted revenues of $3.1 million (Canadian) for the second quarter of fiscal 1997 (end-March 31), a 92% increase

Agreement expands sales for primary-care physiciansSiemens Ultrasound is retooling its sales approach for its mid-range and entry-level scanners to get better market access to office-based physicians. The division has transferred sales

Company also gets boost from JAMA articleCT developer Imatron of South San Francisco, CA, has taken over service and support responsibility in several global markets for Siemens Medical Systems' Evolution XP CT scanner, Siemens' product name for

German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG is looking to divest its dental business, but plans to retain the bulk of its Medical Engineering Group, contrary to rumors that have surfaced in the European press recently.Siemens reported April 21 that it is

X-ray vendor Swissray International of Hitzkirch, Switzerland has begun the first deliveries on a $40 million contract to supply bucky-table x-ray systems to Philips Medical Systems of Best, the Netherlands. Swissray is supplying Philips with its Bucky

Company felt pressure from larger competitorsThe challenges of participating in a market with far larger competitors have apparently proved too much for speech-recognition developer Kurzweil AI of Waltham, MA. Kurzweil last month agreed to be

Vendor claims new system has 1024 acquisition channelsGE Medical Systems just raised the ante in the high-stakes battle for technological superiority in ultrasound. The Milwaukee company demonstrated on May 7 a new level of ultrasound performance

Vendor hopes to leapfrog CCD-based detectorsGE Medical Systems in March found an influential audience with whom to discuss its ongoing work on full-field digital mammography. The Milwaukee vendor presented the progress of its full-field R&D to