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Nuclear Associates of Carle Place, NY, has introduced a phantom designed specifically for quality assurance tests of computed radiography equipment. The Boston CR Test Tool enables users to calibrate CR scanners or compare conventional film-screen

Nuclear medicine vendor SMV America has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its Volumetric Coincidence Reconstruction (VCR) technique for its Vision FX-80 gamma camera. SMV, of Twinsburg, OH, joins ADAC Laboratories and

GE Medical Systems of Milwaukee and Elscint of Haifa, Israel, took another step toward finalizing their agreement to form a joint-venture company to develop and manufacture nuclear medicine equipment (SCAN 2/19/97). The vendors announced last week that

The nuclear medicine division of Siemens Medical Systems in Hoffman Estates, IL, has received 510(k) clearance for its Profile attenuation correction device for the E.Cam variable-angle dual-head gamma camera. Profile uses a multiple-line array of

Nuclear medicine vendor Park Meditech announced that it will actively seek a strategic partner to assist the company in maximizing its technology within the nuclear medicine market.The announcement came with the release of financial results for the first

Siemens chief predicts nuclear medicine shakeout in the next yearTwo more gamma camera competitors joined forces last month when the nuclear medicine divisions of Siemens and Toshiba signed a deal in which Siemens would provide its E.Cam

Nuclear medicine and information systems vendor ADAC Laboratoriesof Milpitas, CA, has promoted Andrew Eckert to the positions ofpresident and COO. Since 1994, Eckert has been president and generalmanager of ADAC Medical Systems, the company's gamma

Vendor acquires Florida gamma camera ISOADAC Laboratories is planning to expand its nuclear medicine multivendorservice program to cover the installed base of Elscint gamma cameras.The Milpitas, CA, company last month acquired Photon

Toshiba America Medical Systems in Tustin, CA, has named DanielHottowe as director of its CT and nuclear medicine business units.As head of the CT unit, Hottowe replaces John Zimmer, who wasrecently named Toshiba's vice president of marketing. In

Elscint sees partnering as key to plans for global growthIt's no surprise that the nuclear medicine industry has been ripefor consolidation. What has been unexpected is how few gamma cameravendors have been willing to pursue mergers or

Nuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories enjoyed a banner firstquarter of fiscal 1997 (end-December). The Milpitas, CA, firmlast week reported quarterly financial results that indicateddouble-digit increases in both net income and revenues.For the

Japanese vendor Hitachi Medical of Tokyo has formed a new nuclearmedicine division to handle direct sales in North America of itsgamma cameras. The move culminates Hitachi's comeback in the modality,which began when Summit Nuclear stopped marketing the

Nuclear Associates of Carle Place, NY, has begun marketing a digitalmammography phantom that makes it easier to compare the imagequality of digital and conventional mammography biopsy systems.Due to the phantom's small size (6.7 x 6.4 cm, with a 4-cm

Unit will help radiologists deal with managed careADAC Laboratories has made no secret of its ambition to evolvebeyond its core nuclear medicine market into businesses with strongergrowth opportunities. The Milpitas, CA, company may have

Gamma camera vendor Park Medical of Lachine, Quebec, is workingwith other medical imaging companies to build an alliance to offerhigh-energy nuclear medicine imaging to regions where it is notcurrently available. Park has already signed on a cyclotron

Like many other nuclear medicine vendors, SMV of Twinsburg, OH,is developing high-energy imaging technologies to image fluorodeoxyglucose,the radiotracer used in most PET studies. At its RSNA booth, SMVwill display both collimated and coincidence

Nuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories of Milpitas, CA, beganshipping its Molecular Coincidence Detection high-energy imagingupgrade this year, and reported that it had received 27 ordersfor MCD upgrades through the end of its fiscal year in

Nuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories enjoyed a healthy fiscal1996 (end-September), with both revenues and net income risingsharply on the strength of higher sales in its gamma camera andinformation systems businesses. For the year, the Milpitas,

USDL adds nuclear imaging with Lee acquisitionU.S. Diagnostic's acquisition of Medical Imaging Centers of Americaclosed last week, despite litigation filed by Raytel Medical relatedto the ownership of an Orlando, FL, imaging

Imation last week began commercial shipments of DryView 8300,the 8 x 10 version of its DryView dry-process laser printing technology.DryView 8300 is targeted at nuclear medicine, ultrasound, andsmall-format applications. Imation last month marked the

Award caps vendor's four-year rise to prominence in nuclear medicineNuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories last week finally fulfilledits three-year quest for the Malcolm Baldrige National QualityAward. The Milpitas, CA, firm received

Company ramped up work due to clinical interestADAC Laboratories may claim to be the leader in high-energy coincidence-detectionimaging, but it can no longer claim to be the only company ableto market a product using this promising new nuclear

Are long FDA review times making products too expensive?The nuclear medicine community appears cautious in its attitudeabout the new radiopharmaceuticals just entering or about to enterthe U.S. market: Verluma, Myoscint, CEA-Scan, and

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected two nuclear reactorsin New Mexico to produce molybdenum-99, the raw material for thecommonly used radioisotope technetium-99m. The move is an importantstep in a long effort by the agency to develop a U.S. source

Nuclear Associates of Carle Place, NY, has developed a prone breastcushion to be used during scintimammography exams. The cushionenables nuclear medicine physicians to separate the breasts fromother structures, such as the chest wall, and eliminates the

Nuclear medicine vendor SMV of Twinsburg, OH, has won a contractto supply gamma cameras and computers to University HealthSystemConsortium (UHC) of Oakbrook, IL. SMV believes the contract couldbe worth $4 million to $5 million a year over the next two

Radioisotope producer Nordion International has settled a disputewith a Canadian government agency that had stalled the constructionof nuclear reactors dedicated to producing molybdenum-99, theraw material for technetium. Nordion, of Kanata, Ontario,

Nuclear medicine vendors look to high-energy imagingto createcustomer incentives for buying new equipmentDoom and gloom of 1995 show dissipates at Denver meetingRenewed optimism characterized last month's 43rd annual Societyof Nuclear

Clinical roles for solid-state camera examined The nuclear medicine unit of GE Medical Systems made its biggestsplash in recent years at the Society of Nuclear Medicine meetingthis month, with the launch of dual-head variable-angle

CEO reports solid growth in cardiology segmentDu Pont Pharmaceutical of North Billerica, MA, is riding the waveof rising Cardiolite demand. All of the market-leading radiopharmaceuticalcompany's growth in 1995 stemmed from an expanding nuclear