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Syncor Overseas, a subsidiary of nuclear pharmaceutical and medical imaging company Syncor, has acquired MRI Trinidad and Tobago, an MRI center in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Syncor acquired the center from Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Trinidad

ADAC Laboratories, a manufacturer of nuclear medicine and radiation therapy planning systems, believes it is tapping into a new market for CT simulation products with the introduction of its SmartSim package. SmartSim is an integrated CT simulation and

Nuclear cardiac perfusion studies are growing “by leaps and bounds,” according to an industry analyst, while cardiac MR and cardiac CT hover around 1% of total studies in those modalities.In 1993, cardiac perfusion studies made up only 38% of

Nuclear medicine and RIS/PACS vendor ADAC Laboratories has brought some new faces to its management team. James Haisler has been named COO of the vendor’s Dallas-based healthcare information systems division. Haisler most recently served as

Nuclear medicine firms arrived at the RSNA meeting optimistic about the modality’s potential for growth. Despite an overall flat market in 1999, vendors predict sales will climb over the next two years from $700 million to more than $1 billion,

Vendor believes Skylight could expand nuclear applications Following up on the 1998 RSNA introduction of its dual-head, open-gantry-design Forte gamma camera, ADAC Laboratories took the open gantry concept to its logical conclusion with the 1999

Nuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories reported mixed results this month when it posted its fiscal 1999 and fourth quarter (end-October) results. After more than a year of financial problems that included restating its revenues for the past three

Technology makes use of ultrasound contrast agents Ultrasound developers have long sought to broaden the reach of the modality to support myocardial perfusion imaging. But sonography has not yet been able to compete with nuclear medicine and

CTI PET Systems (CPS), the joint venture between CTI and Siemens Nuclear Medicine Group, has expanded its partnership with Mobile PET Systems. The two companies announced last month the launch of a mobile PET operation that will serve European hospitals.

Only months after introducing its Functional Anatomic Mapping technology at the Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting (SCAN 6/23/99), GE Medical Systems has won clearance for the technique from the Food and Drug Administration. The technology

Deal continues Schering’s push into nuclear medicineThe radiopharmaceutical industry underwent some consolidation this month with the announcement that Schering AG’s management holding company, Schering Berlin, and its acquisition arm,

An 8% increase in quarterly revenues wasn’t enough to restore ADAC Laboratories to profitability. The nuclear medicine and healthcare information systems vendor reported revenues of $75.6 million for the quarter (end-July 4), compared with revenues

Los Alamos, Sandia funding remains uncertainThe U.S. Department of Energy clarified its plans for providing medical isotopes to the U.S. nuclear medicine community at June’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Los Angeles. At the meeting,

Prospects strongest in PET, therapy planning, and HISNuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories is enduring a tough period of business right now, particularly in its relationship with investors and the financial markets. The company no longer

Hybrid systems, expanded reimbursement take center stage at SNM meetingFor vendors at this year’s Society of Nuclear Medicine show in Los Angeles, the industry’s hard times of the mid-1990s were only a memory. While the meeting suffered

Gamma Medica displays breast camera at SNM show Scintimammography has been slow to catch on, despite the promise of using nuclear medicine’s functional imaging ability to view the metabolism of cancerous lesions in the breast. A

Firm’s functional anatomic mapping system is highlight GE Medical Systems pulled off the corporate equivalent of a slam dunk at this month’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Los Angeles. The Milwaukee company packed crowds

Technology may find a new home at other companies, however Japanese multimodality vendor Hitachi Medical has decided to put an end to the sale and marketing of its own gamma cameras, the company disclosed at this month’s Society of

FirstNuclear includes both equipment and service Imaging services provider American Diagnostic Medicine (ADM) launched a joint venture with ADAC Laboratories this month designed to make it easier for hospitals to begin offering nuclear

New version slated for low-cost single-head marketWith more than 600 of its variable-angle E.Cam gamma cameras installed worldwide, the nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems continues the robust recovery that began with the debut of

Company emphasizes crystal, long-access optionsNuclear medicine vendor SMV America plans to roll into the Society of Nuclear Medicine show next month in Los Angeles with a broad range of coincidence detection options and upgrades for its gamma

Toshiba America Medical Systems plans to emphasize productivity gains, as well as its coincidence-ready E.Cams with 5/8-inch crystals, at next month's Society of Nuclear Medicine show in Los Angeles. The Tustin, CA, company received clearance for

Food and Drug Administration clearance is imminent for several advanced gamma camera options developed by Hitachi Medical Systems America. The Twinsburg, OH, vendor has already received 510(k) clearance for a 5/8-inch crystal option, and is

GE Medical Systems will introduce a new cyclotron at next month’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Los Angeles that is targeted to produce radiopharmaceuticals for individual PET sites. The new cyclotron is called MINItrace and is a smaller

Nuclear medicine developer ADAC Laboratories of Milpitas, CA, will introduce a new version of its dedicated cardiac gamma camera at next month’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Los Angeles. ADAC has taken the basic design of its Cardio

Nuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories continues to be plagued by accounting snafus. The Milpitas, CA, company announced May 19 that it will delay the release of its financial results for the second quarter (end-April) as it evaluates whether

Company will sell and support existing nuclear medicine systemsHitachi Medical’s nascent drive to become a nuclear medicine powerhouse appears to have come to an end. The Tokyo company has decided to discontinue development and manufacturing

Nuclear medicine developer ADAC Laboratories issued a warning to the financial markets on April 21, stating that the Milpitas, CA, company expects to post lower than anticipated profits and revenues for the second quarter (end-April). ADAC believes that

Nuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories of Milpitas, CA, this month issued restated financial results for the years 1996 through 1999 (see chart). At the same time, the company released financial results for the first quarter of 1999 (end-January) that

Sen. Stevens may step in again if reimbursement does not materializeIt may take some effort for the nuclear medicine community to increase the number of PET applications eligible for Medicare reimbursement. At a town hall meeting in Baltimore last