MDT buys imaging centers

As imaging service firms U.S. Diagnostic (USDL) and Medical Resources get their corporate houses in order, other companies are arriving on the scene to acquire imaging centers. One such firm is San Diego-based Medical Device Technologies, which has acquired Vision Diagnostics and affiliated MRI centers. The deal gives MDT imaging centers in Orlando, FL, Jacksonville, FL, Oak Brook, IL, and Toledo, OH. MDT executives estimate that the centers will produce roughly $5 million in revenues for 1998. MDT's goal is to identify imaging centers aggressively and acquire additional ones, according to chairman and CEO Lee Hulsebus.