Eastman Kodak continues to revamp its executive lineup. The Rochester,NY, film and PACS vendor announced several new personnel movesas part of the ongoing restructuring of its Health Sciences division(SCAN 10/11/95). Kodak has hired Camtronics veteran

Toshiba America Medical Systems has released a new CT scannerthat moves the spiral scanning technology of the company's premiumXpress/SX scanner to a more compact package. Xpress/GX is a one-secondscanner that is 50% smaller and 30% lighter than most

Siemens Medical Systems has appointed Barbara Franciose as groupvice president of its nuclear medicine group in Hoffman Estates,IL. Franciose replaces Thomas Cafarella, who led the divisionfor two years (SCAN 7/14/93). Franciose is a Siemens veteran

Contract is a vote of confidence in ISOInnoServ Technologies scored a major coup this month when it landeda multivendor service contract valued between $25 million and$30 million. The Corona, CA, company will provide multivendorservice and asset

Nuclear medicine veteran Randy Weatherhead has been named vicepresident of marketing for the nuclear medicine division of SiemensMedical Systems in Hoffman Estates, IL. Weatherhead fills a positionpreviously held by Robert Lytle, who died in a plane

Moves complement GE deal inked in AugustFuji Medical Systems USA is rapidly expanding the number of medicalimaging vendors selling its computed radiography systems underthe Fuji label. The Stamford, CT, company has added Siemens MedicalSystems

Siemens has inked an exclusive distribution deal with a DutchPACS developer to market that company's products in the Netherlands.Siemens will distribute the RadWorks line of software developedby Applicare Medical Imaging of Alphen aan den Rijn, the

NT Mobile scanner travels fully ramped upPhilips Medical Systems hopes to inject some life into the mobileMRI industry by releasing a transportable version of its 1.5-teslaGyroscan ACS-NT scanner. The magnet is unique among 1.5-teslasystems in

Toshiba America Medical Systems has begun shipments of a 6.5-million-heat-unit(MHU) x-ray tube for its Xpress/SX line of CT scanners. The Tustin,CA, vendor believes the tube has the highest heat-unit capacityof any CT x-ray tube on the market. Toshiba

Firm to set up network of imaging franchisesImaging services provider Health Images of Atlanta plans to beginselling MRI scanners outside its own network of imaging centersfor the first time. The new strategy will be based on the company'sHI

Swiss x-ray tube manufacturer Comet AG has named David Cagle asgeneral manager of its U.S. subsidiary, which is based in Norwalk,CT. Cagle has worked for Picker International and Philips andmost recently was director of OEM and international

GE Medical Systems is set to commercialize its Signa Profile openMRI scanner after receiving Food and Drug Administration clearancefor the system last month. The Milwaukee vendor introduced the0.2-tesla scanner at last year's Radiological Society of

PACS developer Olicon Imaging Systems of San Clemente, CA, hassigned a joint marketing agreement with Bell Atlantic NetworkServices, Olicon announced last month. The agreement will be implementedby Philadelphia-based Bell Atlantic's Large Business

The ultrasound group of Siemens Medical Systems has received 510(k)clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its SonolineVersa mid-range color-flow Doppler scanner. The Issaquah, WA-basedgroup introduced the system at last year's Radiological

Philips Electronics in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, has disclosedthat talks are under way to explore expanded relations with PieMedical, a Dutch ultrasound system manufacturer. Philips willnot rule out a possible merger. The comments were made by a

Vendor sends third ultrafast scanner to ChinaImatron set a company record in revenues for its second quarterof 1995 (end-June), the South San Francisco, CA, firm reportedthis month. Spurred by the shipment of five Ultrafast CT scannersand

PACS firms 3M and Cemax-Icon displayed one of the first resultsof their new relationship at this month's American HealthcareRadiology Administrators meeting in Nashville. The companies introducedCemax-Icon ArchiveManager 2.0, a new software product that

No single pattern explains growing sales and profitabilityIs the medical imaging industry on the verge of recovery? Or isthe recent string of improved quarterly reports just a welcomecoincidence for battle-weary companies, many of which are

Toshiba America Medical Systems has named John Ariatti as vicepresident of marketing to replace Ravi Sharma, who left the Tustin,CA, firm in July (SCAN 8/2/95). Ariatti is a medical imaging veteranwho previously was director of sales and marketing at

Siemens AG has agreed to work with 3M to qualify the St. Paul,MN, firm's DryView laser printers for connection with the Germanmanufacturer's digital imaging equipment. The deal applies to Siemens' CT, MR, digital angiography, digitalx-ray and PACS