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Eastman Kodak Health Imaging has closed its acquisition of PACS vendor Algotec Systems of Raanana, Israel. The Rochester, NY-based firm paid $42.5 million in cash for its PACS partner.

Canadian PACS firm Intelerad Medical Systems has added Advanced Radiology Consultants (ARC) in Trumbull, CT, to its client list.

Women’s imaging provider Hologic has signed a distribution agreement with archiving services firm InSiteOne of Wallingford, CT.

Image management firm Stentor of South San Francisco, CA, has signed a deal with Providence Health System Oregon to implement its iSite PACS software at seven Providence hospitals in the state.

Medical imaging graphics card developer Matrox Graphics and MeVis Diagnostics, a subsidiary of MeVis Technology in Bremen, Germany, have partnered to deliver an OpenGL-based implementation of MeVis' MD-Jade diagnostic software application to the medical imaging market, according to Montreal-based Matrox.

In line with an industry moving towards integrated RIS/PACS networks, radiology information systems provider VitalWorks has signed an agreement to acquire PACS firm Amicas for $30 million in cash.

Image management provider ScImage has received a PACS order from Western Kentucky Diagnostic Imaging Center in Bowling Green, KY.

Medical imaging graphics card developer Matrox Graphics has been selected by PACS developer Sectra of Linkoping, Sweden, and radiology software developer TSI of Lognes, France, to power displays from both manufacturers.

PACS firm eMed Technologies has launched Matrix, the vendor’s next-generation PACS platform and workstation.

Pyramid Medical is introducing Digital Imager, a laptop-based image and video PACS device.

Image management firm Stentor has received a large PACS order from Kaiser Permanente.