Siemens shifts ultrasound product
August 28th 1991Siemens decided this month to consolidate manufacturing of ultrasoundscanners into its Quantum Medical Systems subsidiary in Issaquah,WA. Production of the Siemens SI 1200 cardiac scanner will bemoved from San Ramon, CA, and combined with manufacturing
Otsuka plans entree into MRI with high-field unit, low-field price
August 28th 1991Another Japanese vendor is targeting the U.S. for sales of high-quality,low-cost MRI systems, but this time with a twist: the MRI technologyand manufacturing base is American. Otsuka Electronics (USA) of Fort Collins, CO, will apply forFood and Drug
Toshiba trims regions, boosts financing support
August 14th 1991Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, reduced the numberof its U.S. sales and service regions from four to three, effectivethe first of this month. TAMS will expand staff in the remainingzones to provide more support for district managers. The
PET sales take breather after hot 1990
August 14th 1991While unit sales of mega-expensive positron emission tomographycameras are still nothing to shout about, the PET market showedbrisk growth last year. PET orders flattened out, however, inthe first half of 1991. GE installed or is in the process of
Maxum IPO registration reveals mobile losses
August 14th 1991Mobile imaging provider Maxum Health filed a registration statementwith the Securities and Exchange Commission last month for aninitial public offering of common stock. Maxum intends to sell1.5 million shares at a proposed maximum price of $13 per
GE joins crowd with baby cyclotron
August 14th 1991Scanditronix was omitted in our last issue from a list of vendors(SCAN 7/31/91) that have developed negative-ion cyclotrons--so-calledbaby cyclotrons--for the production of positron emission tomographyradiopharmaceuticals. Negative-ion machines don't
Use of Tc heart agents needs analytical support
August 14th 1991Food and Drug Administration approval earlier this year of technetium-labeledsingle-photon emission computed tomography cardiac perfusion agentsshould boost clinical demand for SPECT cameras. Market activitywill not pick up dramatically, however, until
ADAC shifts to products developed in-house
July 31st 1991ADAC Laboratories hopes to gain market leadership in nuclear medicineby 1994. Coming from a vendor that saw nuclear medicine revenuesslide 30% last year, that spells confidence. Overtaking Siemens,current nuclear leader, represents a major hurdle. To
Alliance files for IPO to back expansion plans
July 31st 1991Alliance Imaging, a La Palma, CA, imaging services firm, is goingpublic again. Alliance originally raised public equity througha listing on the NASDAQ exchange in 1987 (SCAN 9/16/87). But managementtook the company private with a leveraged buy-out (LBO)
Competing technologies reduce PET agent costs
July 31st 1991Positron emission tomography users seeking less expensive equipmentfor producing PET radiopharmaceuticals have several options. Sometechnologies, however, are closer to commercial and clinical realitythan others. Several cyclotron manufactures are
Diasonics, Silicon Graphics team up
July 3rd 1991Diasonics signed a cooperative technological partnership lastmonth with Silicon Graphics, a Mountain View, CA, image processingworkstation supplier. Although the medical vendor may use complete Silicon Graphicsworkstations in future products, Diasonics
Toshiba shifts managers in ultrasound business
April 24th 1991Toshiba America Medical Systems has promoted several executivesin its ultrasound business following the departure of Daniel Duganto Acuson earlier this month (SCAN 4/10/91). Rick Smith, formerly national sales manager for ultrasoundat TAMS, has
Panel will integrate PACS into international standards
April 24th 1991Integration of technical standards for picture archiving and communicationsystems with those for radiology and hospital information systemsis one step closer to reality. Representatives of U.S. organizations working to establishstandards for