This CT on wheels can plug in almost anywhereImaging subsystemsupplier Analogic has designed an innovative mobile CT systemthat could overcome power and siting constraints in emerging scannermarkets around the world. The Peabody, MA, based

Issaquah to resume deliveries in MaySiemens Medical Systems let fly a shocker last week: The Iselin,NJ-based vendor said it as suspending domestic shipments fromthree U.S. manufacturing facilities. The action is part of a consentdecree with the

Underlying technology bought from PhilipsThe patent infringement legal dispute between nuclear medicinevendors ADAC Laboratories and Elscint took an unusual turn lastmonth. ADAC acquired patents from Philips Medical Systems relatingto gamma

Sluggish results in the high-field segment of the U.S. MRI marketlast year vindicated Toshiba's decision to focus on developmentof a premium mid-field scanner, according to Bill Carrano, directorof MRI marketing for Toshiba America Medical Systems. This

Claims top spot in ultrasoundATL made a dramatic bid to increase its presence in the cardiologyultrasound market by announcing last week its intention to acquirecardiac ultrasound firm Interspec. If approved by shareholders,the acquisition will

Medical imaging manufacturers face an R&D dilemma. Health-careproviders in the U.S. will likely remain focused on trimming costsand improving productivity over the next three to five years,according to veteran imaging industry executive and

Hospitals will play a stronger role in large scanner acquisitionsin the 1990s, according to David L. Higgins, president and CEOof medical financing firm DVI. Several trends underlie the swingto hospital purchasing: the decline of referring-physician

No changes are expected in Esaote Biomedica's ultrasound marketingstrategy or its emerging niche MRI effort, following a managementbuy-out of the firm, according to Fabrizio Landi, deputy generalmanager. Landi is one of four senior managers involved in

With MRI sales withering under politicoeconomic heat in the U.S.,market prospects for general radiographic and radiography/fluoroscopyequipment are relatively sanguine, according to Jack E. Price,vice president of marketing for Philips Medical Systems

Signal Stream Technologies of Novato, CA, finalized its firstOEM supply contract with GE Medical Systems last month, providingadditional momentum to an already rapid business launch. The medicalimaging interface and image management company was started

For the past year proponents of PET have been facing the unsettlingprospect of a reformed health-care system without room for mega-tickettechnologies like PET. PET developer Positron, however, has notlet uncertainty over PET's prospects interfere with

Fischer Imaging and GE Medical Systems entered into an x-ray supplyrelationship last month. Under the agreement, Fischer will supplyGE with radiography systems, trauma positioning systems and aspecialized tilting C-arm table for interventional

Fuji Medical Systems has long been the dominant player in thecomputed radiography market due to its strong patent positionin phosphor-based CR. Competition began to heat up last year,however, when Philips Medical Systems unveiled its

The largest medical imaging independent service organization is about to get larger. MMI, parent of ISO leader R Squared Scan Systems, launched a plan last month to purchase its main competitor, MEDIQ Equipment and Maintenance (MEMS), a subsidiary of

For a company with only two medical imaging products, Scitex MedicalSystems made its debut with a bang last month at the RadiologicalSociety of North America conference. Scitex occupied expansivebooth space and put on a full-court press at the meeting

A new exhibitor at last year's Radiological Society of North Americameeting piqued interest with a versatile mammography system itis introducing into the U.S. market. While Medical Marketing International's(MMI) booth space at the conference was small,

PACS firm Genesys and compact video camera manufacturer VisiplexInstruments have inked a joint marketing agreement to sell eachother's products on a global basis. The new alliance was evidentat last month's RSNA meeting, where Visiplex demonstrated

MRI supplier Otsuka Electronics of Fort Collins, CO, plans toenter the European market this year through a distribution agreementwith Kontron Instruments of France, according to John Ariatti,Otsuka sales & marketing director. An agreement in

Philips Medical Systems received Food and Drug Administrationmarketing clearance last week for its 0.5-tesla and 1.5-teslaGyroscan NT MRI systems introduced at the Radiological Societyof North America meeting earlier this month. Both systems

Victory in the battle for U.S. medical imaging sales will go tothose vendors that can produce advanced equipment at reduced cost.The days of technical glitz at almost any price--fading sincethe onset of DRGs--are over. Imaging suppliers now vie for