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A group of nuclear medicine cardiologists and others who use nuclear medicine data have formed an ad hoc task force to encourage vendors to improve their DICOM software and work with each other to test their DICOM connectivity. Members of the task

Leading provider of nuclear pharmacy services Syncor International has acquired a privately held group of distributors of radiology and cardiology products and a provider of cardiovascular imaging services. The group of distributors comprises

Among the many ways that corporations hoped the Internet might save them money, no one considered its potential for reducing baggage—until Toshiba America.Rather than lug gamma cameras to the Toronto annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear

The worst fears of owners and vendors of coincidence cameras were confirmed on June 29, when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) formally restricted reimbursement to selected types of nuclear medicine devices.Expanded PET applications

In a bid to expand its capacity to make certain key radioisotopes for use in nuclear medicine, MDS Nordion plans to invest $20 million to build a cyclotron in Vancouver, BC. The atom smasher, when completed in January 2003, could double the

The U.S. market may soon welcome two new dedicated PET scanners under four different labels. The scanners, formally launched at the annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine in Toronto, are remarkable for the materials built into their detectors,

An Australian subsidiary of Syncor has acquired Radpharm Scientific, distributor and manufacturer of diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals. Based in Canberra, Radpharm distributes its products to more than 160 nuclear medicine practices in Australia and

Hybrid PET/CT scanners provided the excitement at the mid-June annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine. Vendors, led by GE Medical Systems—and its pre-SNM media blitz—hyped the clinical and economic importance of their newly

The latest software for Toshiba’s e.soft workstation was displayed at this year’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting. The workstation complements the company’s T.CAM nuclear medicine gamma camera, which is supplied by Siemens Medical

Nearly a third of the 25 radiology-related applications passing FDA muster in April address radiation oncology. The rest were split among MRI, ultrasound, image management, and nuclear medicine. Standouts included two ultrasound systems, an x-ray

Adding to its investment in positron imaging, Integral Nuclear Associates has purchased the assets of Nuclear Imaging Systems and Cardiovascular Concepts. These assets include 14 fixed-site nuclear cardiology imaging centers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey,

Nuclear Associates, a division of Inovision, has agreed to exclusively offer Howtek MultiRAD medical film digitizers. The digitizers will be marketed alongside Nuclear Associates’ radiation oncology and diagnostic products, which include quality

NeoSpect, a product for noninvasive diagnosis of suspected lung cancer, has entered the European market. The nuclear medicine product has been on the U.S. market since 1999 under the trade name NeoTect, which is being comarketed by Nycomed Amersham and

Philips Medical Systems has appointed Gary Burbach chief executive officer of ADAC Laboratories. ADAC, a vendor of nuclear medicine equipment and radiation therapy planning systems, was acquired by Philips in December 2000. Prior to the acquisition,

The obvious targets for merger and acquisition are gone. The flurry of purchases undertaken in 2000 pretty much cleared the deck of single-modality vendors. SMV is part of GE; ADAC Laboratories has become the nuclear medicine division of Philips; Agilent

Rankled by proposed revisions to the long-standing regulations that govern diagnostic nuclear medicine, two trade organizations have filed a joint petition asking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to revoke a portion of a pending rule that would impose

By Robert BruceRoyal Philips Electronics announced last week that it has agreed to acquire ADAC Laboratories for $426 million, or $18.50 a share of ADAC's outstanding common stock. The offer is subject to regulatory approval. It is good until Dec. 12 and

Company shows big growth in PET and gamma cameras Based in large part on substantial sales growth for its PET and gamma camera products, Siemens Medical Systems has laid claim to the top market share spot worldwide in nuclear medicine.Siemens

SMV’s Positrace, the first commercially available PET/CT system, obtained FDA 510(k) clearance Sept. 1, just days before the European Association of Nuclear Medicine meeting began in Paris.Although GE Medical Systems has a 510(k) clearance for its

GE Medical Systems and Elscint have reached an agreement in which GE will acquire Elscint’s 50% share of ELGEMS, a joint venture formed in 1997 by the two companies to manufacture nuclear imaging systems, for $30 million.As a result of the

Marconi Medical Systems has a new offering in its line of nuclear medicine products. The single-head system, called Meridian, complements the existing line of dual- and triple-head cameras that have become the company’s standard bearers.Meridian

Marconi Medical Systems is expanding its oncology business beyond CT to MR and nuclear medicine with new screening tools and is signing business agreements with several companies and international health centers.Marconi formally launched its

At this year’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting, imaging systems that fused PET with CT was a feature seen at a few vendor booths, including GE and SMV of Ohio. SMV displayed a combination PET/CT system called Positrace that was first seen at

Will increase FDG output and sales forcePharmaceutical manufacturer Syncor of Woodland Hills, CA, struck three deals this month that will expand its presence and customer base in the nuclear medicine industry. The company aims to build the

Multimodality fusion imaging dominates SNM showThe concept of fusion imaging is new enough that the industry has yet to sort out the acronyms, but this month’s Society of Nuclear Medicine show in St. Louis made it clear combined