ALI Technologies, of Richmond, British Columbia, continues to reap the rewards of a healthy PACS market. The ultrasound miniPACS developer posted revenues of $3.1 million (Canadian) for the second quarter of fiscal 1997 (end-March 31), a 92% increase
ALI Technologies, of Richmond, British Columbia, continues to reap the rewards of a healthy PACS market. The ultrasound miniPACS developer posted revenues of $3.1 million (Canadian) for the second quarter of fiscal 1997 (end-March 31), a 92% increase over the $1.6 million reported in the same period in 1996. Net income was $457,000 versus $6000 netted in the 1996 fiscal second quarter.
ALI celebrated several accomplishments in the second quarter, highlighted by the announcement that GE Medical Systems would purchase up to 19.9% of ALI's outstanding equity (SCAN 4/2/97). Negotiation over final documentation of the deal is ongoing, according to the company.
Other notable achievements in the second quarter included the first shipments of the UltraPACS 3.0 upgrade as well as the vendor's SWS 250 notebook PC-based sonographers' workstation. The company installed nine UltraPACS systems in the second quarter, seven of which were in North America.
MRI-Based AI Radiomics Model Offers 'Robust' Prediction of Perineural Invasion in Prostate Cancer
July 26th 2024A model that combines MRI-based deep learning radiomics and clinical factors demonstrated an 84.8 percent ROC AUC and a 92.6 percent precision-recall AUC for predicting perineural invasion in prostate cancer cases.
Breast MRI Study Examines Common Factors with False Negatives and False Positives
July 24th 2024The absence of ipsilateral breast hypervascularity is three times more likely to be associated with false-negative findings on breast MRI and non-mass enhancement lesions have a 4.5-fold likelihood of being linked to false-positive results, according to new research.
Can Polyenergetic Reconstruction Help Resolve Streak Artifacts in Photon Counting CT?
July 22nd 2024New research looking at photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) demonstrated significantly reduced variation and tracheal air density attenuation with polyenergetic reconstruction in contrast to monoenergetic reconstruction on chest CT.