Kaufman to lead TAMI engineering effort

Toshiba MRI of South San Francisco, CA, has named low-field MRIresearcher Leon Kaufman as vice president of engineering. Kaufmanwill oversee engineering functions for hardware and software newproduct development, as well as enhancements for existing products.

Kaufman has directed product R&D at the University of Californiaat San Francisco's Radiologic Imaging Laboratory (RIL), whichhelped develop the low-field Access magnet that Toshiba acquiredwith its purchase of Diasonics in 1989. RIL became a part of TAMIlast year.

In other Toshiba news, the company last month announced a newmultitiered service program that provides three levels of equipmentservice tailored to the various needs and budgets of radiologydepartments. Toshiba also introduced shared-risk, preventive maintenanceand in-house service support programs.