Cardiac MRI

Leading provider of nuclear pharmacy services Syncor International has acquired a privately held group of distributors of radiology and cardiology products and a provider of cardiovascular imaging services. The group of distributors comprises

Esaote Biomedica subsidiary Biosound has received 510(k) clearancefrom the Food and Drug Administration for its Advanced Ultrasonographyfamily of color-flow scanners. The product line includes AU3 foradvanced cardiovascular imaging and AU4 for general

Cardiovascular Imaging Systems (CVIS) of Sunnyvale, CA, went publiclast month, raising about $10 million. The funds will help expandmarketing and development of intravascular ultrasound products,according to Richard M. Ferrari, president and CEO. CVIS

Cardiovascular Imaging Systems (CVIS) and Siemens Ultrasound haveentered into a joint product development/distribution relationshipin intraluminal ultrasound. Siemens showed the CVIS technologyon its SI 1200 high-end cardiology ultrasound system and SI

Richard M. Ferrari, formerly executive vice president and generalmanager of ADAC Laboratories, was hired last month as presidentand CEO of Cardiovascular Imaging Systems (CVIS) of Sunnyvale,CA. The move marks Ferrari's return to medical imaging after