Hitachi also signs on as OEM partnerAnalogic's long-awaited mobile CT scanner made its debut in thePhilips booth as Tomoscan SR 3200M at this month's RadiologicalSociety of North America conference. The scanner dovetails withPhilips' plans to

GE Medical Systems of Milwaukee has appointed Nobuhiko Ito tolead its MRI business, replacing Paul J. Mirabella, who was namedvice president and general manager of Americas sales in October(SCAN 10/26/94). Ito comes to the position from GEMS'

New program is not PACS, vendor saysGE's ambivalence about PACS was evident in its last-minute decisionto unveil a new networking product line in its exhibit at the1994 Radiological Society of North America conference. Executivescharged with

SD 800 is first product of collaborationPhilips Ultrasound is emphasizing top performance for a modestprice in the launch of sonoDiagnost 800, the first ultrasoundplatform developed through its collaboration with echocardiographymarket leader

Bennett X-Ray scored a couplast month by enlisting GE Medical Systems as an OEM partner forx-ray systems and components. Under the agreement, Bennett, ofCopiague, NY, will supply GE with radiographic products usingBennett's 100-kHz high-frequency

Vendor also unveils MacroVision softwareThe trickle of nuclear medicine vendors with digital gamma cameradetectors became a flood at this month's Radiological Societyof North America meeting. Several vendors unveiled developmentsin digital

German vendor claims lead in global MRI salesThomas Miller's star continues to rise at Siemens. The outspokenexecutive is returning to the U.S. after two years in Germanyas group manager of MRI. Miller's promotion was announced at thismonth's

New products to be displayedby Toshiba America Medical Systems at next week's meeting focuson improving efficiency and maximizing cost-effectiveness forcustomers, according to Leslie Ferrini, corporate marketing manager.In particular, the Tustin, CA,

The ultrasound group of SiemensMedical Systems got the Food and Drug Administration's go-aheadthis month to resume domestic shipments from its Issaquah, WA,facility. Siemens halted U.S. deliveries earlier this year dueto FDA concerns over good

The market depth of Siemens Medical Systems is evidencedby the number of new systems the vendor will unveil in modalities from nuclear medicine to CT to ultrasound. In nuclear medicine, Siemens will soon implement a new modular strategy that allows

The MRI division of PhilipsMedical Systems enjoyed a banner year thanks to its Gyroscan NTline, 1.5- and 0.5-tesla systems introduced at last year's RSNAmeeting (SCAN 12/29/93). While other vendors lamented the sorrystate of the MRI market this year,

Specialty and niche scanners will be hot ticketsIf you didn't know better, you'd think times were rosy in theMRI industry, judging by the new scanners to be introduced atnext week's Radiological Society of North America meeting. Picker,

Mobile and shared servicesprovider American Shared Hospital Services is styling itself asinterventional MRI's white knight. The San Francisco company isdeveloping a plan to offer interventional MRI scanners on a fee-for-servicebasis to luminary sites

Picker International is tossingits hat into the interventional MRI ring with Outlook, a new scannerto be shown as a work-in-progress at the RSNA meeting. The Clevelandvendor plans to market the system as a fully functional whole-bodyscanner that also

Fuji Medical Systemsis moving to diversify its line of computed radiography productswith the introduction of FCR 9501, a dedicated upright imagingunit. Fuji plans to showcase the product at this month's RadiologicalSociety of North America meeting. FCR

Toshiba America Medical Systemslast month unveiled its PowerPace upgrade for the vendor's SSA-270Aand SSH-140A ultrasound scanners. PowerPace includes ColorAngio,Toshiba's version of amplitude-based power Doppler imaging, and3-D Color Perspective, a 3-D

Vendor to launch 14 x 17 format at RSNA show Changes are afoot at Polaroid Medical Imaging Systems. The Newton,MA, vendor last month appointed former Resonex chief Gerald D.Knudson as president, replacing Leonard Aberbach. Polaroid alsolaunched

Firm takes over some distribution from Siemens The good times continue to roll at ultrafast CT developer Imatron.The South San Francisco, CA, company last month announced itsfourth consecutive profitable quarter, with record revenues andan

The Oncology Care Systems division of Siemens Medical Systemshas received Food and Drug Administration clearance to resumeshipping and manufacturing in the U.S., the vendor reported lastweek. Siemens halted domestic shipments from the Concord,

Industry limps through second year of recession The steep declinein diagnostic imaging equipment sales is a wake-up call for anyonewho has yet to accept that the industry is undergoing a sweepingtransformation that affects every aspect of