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Radiology PACS provider Inphact and cardiology image management firm Electromed have merged to form Evolved Digital Systems, effective December 11.

Cardiac image management firm CardioNow has installed its image archiving and teleradiology system at the University of Florida Cardiovascular Imaging Core Laboratories, which is affiliated with the Cardiovascular Center at Shands Jacksonville.

Display provider Barco has introduced Color Coronis 2MP, a new member of its Coronis liquid crystal display family.

Eastman Kodak Health Imaging and Rochester General Hospital, both of Rochester, NY, will partner to replace film- and paper-based radiology products in the institution with digital imaging and information system technologies, according to Kodak.

German PACS provider Vepro has installed a PACS network at Sint Jozef Kliniek in Bornhem, Belgium.

Wise Healthcare Systems has received an order for its Virtual Radiology technology from Benenden Healthcare Society in Kent, U.K.

PACS provider MedPACS Displays has made a number of improvements to its NetDisplay, TeleDisplay, and WebDisplay offerings.

Agfa HealthCare has upgraded its Impax PACS product at the Landspitali University hospital in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Data Distributing of Santa Cruz, CA, has signed an agreement to distribute Ciprico’s DiMeda network-attached storage (NAS) products in the medical imaging market.

Enterprise image management firm Emageon of Birmingham, AL, has inked two recent agreements to provide its services to hospital networks in Missouri and Wisconsin.

Swedish PACS vendor Sectra has signed a contract with the Southern Älvsborg Hospital in Sweden to digitize its radiology departments.