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Nuclear medicine and information systems vendor ADAC Laboratoriesof Milpitas, CA, has promoted Andrew Eckert to the positions ofpresident and COO. Since 1994, Eckert has been president and generalmanager of ADAC Medical Systems, the company's gamma

Vendor acquires Florida gamma camera ISOADAC Laboratories is planning to expand its nuclear medicine multivendorservice program to cover the installed base of Elscint gamma cameras.The Milpitas, CA, company last month acquired Photon

Toshiba America Medical Systems in Tustin, CA, has named DanielHottowe as director of its CT and nuclear medicine business units.As head of the CT unit, Hottowe replaces John Zimmer, who wasrecently named Toshiba's vice president of marketing. In

Elscint sees partnering as key to plans for global growthIt's no surprise that the nuclear medicine industry has been ripefor consolidation. What has been unexpected is how few gamma cameravendors have been willing to pursue mergers or

Nuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories enjoyed a banner firstquarter of fiscal 1997 (end-December). The Milpitas, CA, firmlast week reported quarterly financial results that indicateddouble-digit increases in both net income and revenues.For the

Japanese vendor Hitachi Medical of Tokyo has formed a new nuclearmedicine division to handle direct sales in North America of itsgamma cameras. The move culminates Hitachi's comeback in the modality,which began when Summit Nuclear stopped marketing the

Nuclear Associates of Carle Place, NY, has begun marketing a digitalmammography phantom that makes it easier to compare the imagequality of digital and conventional mammography biopsy systems.Due to the phantom's small size (6.7 x 6.4 cm, with a 4-cm

Unit will help radiologists deal with managed careADAC Laboratories has made no secret of its ambition to evolvebeyond its core nuclear medicine market into businesses with strongergrowth opportunities. The Milpitas, CA, company may have

Gamma camera vendor Park Medical of Lachine, Quebec, is workingwith other medical imaging companies to build an alliance to offerhigh-energy nuclear medicine imaging to regions where it is notcurrently available. Park has already signed on a cyclotron

Like many other nuclear medicine vendors, SMV of Twinsburg, OH,is developing high-energy imaging technologies to image fluorodeoxyglucose,the radiotracer used in most PET studies. At its RSNA booth, SMVwill display both collimated and coincidence

Nuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories of Milpitas, CA, beganshipping its Molecular Coincidence Detection high-energy imagingupgrade this year, and reported that it had received 27 ordersfor MCD upgrades through the end of its fiscal year in

Nuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories enjoyed a healthy fiscal1996 (end-September), with both revenues and net income risingsharply on the strength of higher sales in its gamma camera andinformation systems businesses. For the year, the Milpitas,

USDL adds nuclear imaging with Lee acquisitionU.S. Diagnostic's acquisition of Medical Imaging Centers of Americaclosed last week, despite litigation filed by Raytel Medical relatedto the ownership of an Orlando, FL, imaging

Imation last week began commercial shipments of DryView 8300,the 8 x 10 version of its DryView dry-process laser printing technology.DryView 8300 is targeted at nuclear medicine, ultrasound, andsmall-format applications. Imation last month marked the

Award caps vendor's four-year rise to prominence in nuclear medicineNuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories last week finally fulfilledits three-year quest for the Malcolm Baldrige National QualityAward. The Milpitas, CA, firm received

Company ramped up work due to clinical interestADAC Laboratories may claim to be the leader in high-energy coincidence-detectionimaging, but it can no longer claim to be the only company ableto market a product using this promising new nuclear

Are long FDA review times making products too expensive?The nuclear medicine community appears cautious in its attitudeabout the new radiopharmaceuticals just entering or about to enterthe U.S. market: Verluma, Myoscint, CEA-Scan, and

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected two nuclear reactorsin New Mexico to produce molybdenum-99, the raw material for thecommonly used radioisotope technetium-99m. The move is an importantstep in a long effort by the agency to develop a U.S. source

Nuclear Associates of Carle Place, NY, has developed a prone breastcushion to be used during scintimammography exams. The cushionenables nuclear medicine physicians to separate the breasts fromother structures, such as the chest wall, and eliminates the

Nuclear medicine vendor SMV of Twinsburg, OH, has won a contractto supply gamma cameras and computers to University HealthSystemConsortium (UHC) of Oakbrook, IL. SMV believes the contract couldbe worth $4 million to $5 million a year over the next two

Radioisotope producer Nordion International has settled a disputewith a Canadian government agency that had stalled the constructionof nuclear reactors dedicated to producing molybdenum-99, theraw material for technetium. Nordion, of Kanata, Ontario,

Nuclear medicine vendors look to high-energy imagingto createcustomer incentives for buying new equipmentDoom and gloom of 1995 show dissipates at Denver meetingRenewed optimism characterized last month's 43rd annual Societyof Nuclear

Clinical roles for solid-state camera examined The nuclear medicine unit of GE Medical Systems made its biggestsplash in recent years at the Society of Nuclear Medicine meetingthis month, with the launch of dual-head variable-angle

CEO reports solid growth in cardiology segmentDu Pont Pharmaceutical of North Billerica, MA, is riding the waveof rising Cardiolite demand. All of the market-leading radiopharmaceuticalcompany's growth in 1995 stemmed from an expanding nuclear

At last year's Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting, ADAC Laboratoriesof Milpitas, CA, entered the conference with two new gamma camerasand a new positron imaging technique to publicize. Cardio Epicbuttressed the vendor's position with cardiologists while

Firm may license detectors to other vendorsThe development of a solid-state digital gamma camera has finallymoved beyond the prototype stage. San Diego-based Digirad introduceda solid-state gamma camera at this week's Society of Nuclear

V250 DSP finds company in variable-angle segmentGet ready for a new entrant to the already crowded field of gammacameras. Hitachi Medical Corp. of America unveiled a new variable-angledual-head system at this week's Society of Nuclear Medicine

Picker International's booth at the Society of Nuclear Medicinemeeting highlighted the vendor's second generation of productintroductions stemming from the launch of its simultaneous transmission-emissionprotocol (STEP) photon attenuation correction

Vendor hopes gamma camera will spearhead U.S. resurgenceThe nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems is hopingthat a new gamma camera introduced at this week's Society of NuclearMedicine meeting in Denver will help the company recapture

Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, will demonstrateprogress at the Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in its approachto dealing with two artifact phenomena: photon scatter and attenuation.While competitors have concentrated on the