X-Ray

System features CCD design with 16-bit depthA small U.S. x-ray manufacturer has found a big international partner to help it bring to market a new digital x-ray system. Wuestec Medical of Mobile, AL, plans to introduce the system in May at a list

The arrival of new digital x-ray technology was evident at the December RSNA meeting as many vendors displayed digital radiography systems as commercial products for the first time. Established multimodality vendors showcased digital detectors as part of

Company may have an edge over other digital x-ray developersThe stage is set for a wild scramble in the digital x-ray market following GE Medical Systems’ receipt of 510(k) clearance for a new digital chest x-ray system using amorphous

Company failed to file 10-K by deadlineDigital x-ray developer Swissray International of New York City was dealt a blow last month by the NASDAQ Stock Exchange, which delisted Swissray’s stock effective Oct. 26. The delisting undermines

GE gets nod for digital x-ray system, adding heft to surging PACS programVendor will encounter heavy competition in chest segment GE Medical Systems seems to be getting all the breaks these days in the PACS market. The latest good news

Digital radiography developer Swissray International has signed on Elscint as a distributor of Swissray’s AddOn-Multi-System in several countries around the world. The agreement does not apply to the U.S., however, where Swissray is setting up its

Parker also finalizes acquisition of EmPowerPhilips Medical Systems North America of Shelton, CT, demonstrated developments with its digital x-ray detector at last week's annual meeting of the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators in Las

Oldelft joins digital x-ray fray with FDA clearance of DigidelcaCompany offers two versions of CCD-based system Add Dutch firm Oldelft to the list of combatants participating in the U.S. digital chest radiography market. The digital

Company offers two versions of CCD-based scannersThe U.S. digital x-ray market now has another participant. Dutch digital x-ray developer Oldelft has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Digidelca line of CCD-based

EMED takes aim at digital x-ray uses with 8-megapixel MegaScan monitorsCompany hopes displays become viewing gold standardPACS firm EMED of San Antonio is preparing for the digital x-ray revolution. The San Antonio company has begun

Philips Medical Systems (Hall B, #7515) will show the latest developments under way at the Dutch company for digitizing x-ray exams using both computed radiography and flat-panel digitization techniques. CR readers developed by Fuji will be shown, as

Four out of five radiologists prefer DRRadiologists at the Cleveland Clinic have found that the image quality of Sterling Diagnostic Imaging's Direct Radiography technology for digitizing x-ray studies compares favorably with that of conventional

Milwaukee vendor has aggressive commercialization scheduleGE Medical Systems cleared up much of the mystery shrouding its work in digital x-ray detector technology with a news conference in Santa Clara, CA, last month, where the company announced

GE reveals plans in digital x-ray with debut of EG&G partnershipEG&G's large-area detectors are capable of real-time fluoro imagingGE Medical Systems last month finally broke its silence regarding the development of direct digital

Sterling Diagnostic Imaging of Glasgow, DE, last week announced the signing of a seven-year, $10 million agreement to supply its Direct Radiography and PACS technology to a Canadian healthcare provider. The deal makes Atlantic Health Sciences (AHSC) of

Computed radiography leader Fuji is not planning any blockbusterproduct introductions, but the Stamford, CT, vendor will displayupgrades and enhancements to its existing product line, accordingto John Strauss, national marketing manager for CR products.

The race to develop a digital x-ray detector is getting curiouserand curiouser. A consortium of European companies, including Siemens,Philips, and Thomson, have formed a joint venture to develop aflat-panel digital x-ray detector for medical imaging

Agfa, Fuji and Kodak weigh in at RSNA showThe technology arms race is escalating in computed radiography,to the benefit of equipment purchasers. Competition between vendorsis driving improvements in CR's spatial resolution that bringit closer to

Philips Medical Systems took a pioneering step last week withthe introduction of a direct-sensor computed radiography system.The selenium-based ThoraVision digital chest system is the firstnon-phosphor CR system offered by a major multimodality

Competition in computed radiography may soon heat up for Fuji,the lone pioneer in the CR market for nearly a decade. Both Kodakand Agfa showed works-in-progress CR units at the 1990 RadiologicalSociety of North America meeting. Clinicians are showing