Imaging Informatics: Page 1660

NovaRad adds to executive lineup

PACS and RIS developer NovaRad has named Robert Ahlman as vice president of sales and marketing. Ahlman, who has more than 20 years of experience in product and system stales, will be charged with identifying new markets and introducing NovaRad’s product line to those markets, according to the American Fork, UT-based vendor.

November 19, 2003

iCAD, i3Archive team up

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection firm iCAD and storage technology provider i3Archive of Philadelphia have become strategic partners.

November 18, 2003

Provox to debut VoxReports

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Voice-recognition software developer Provox Technologies of Roanoke, VA, will be premiering its VoxReports radiology reporting application at this month’s RSNA meeting in Chicago.

November 18, 2003

Healthcare IT spending to rise 9% in 2003, 2004

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare information technology (HIT) analysts Sheldon I. Dorenfest and Associates of Chicago is forecasting a growth rate of 9.3%, from $21.6 billion to $23.6 billion, in the U.S. HIT market for 2003, with another 9.3% increase, to $25.8 billion, forecast for 2004, according to the firm.

November 18, 2003

Kodak bids for Algotec in push to expand PACS presence

By Erik L. Ridley

In a move aimed at bolstering its PACS development efforts, Eastman Kodak Health Imaging has signed a deal to acquire Israeli PACS and 3-D image processing developer Algotec for $42.5 million in cash.

November 17, 2003

PointDx to highlight REX 3.1

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Structured reporting developer PointDx will feature the latest iteration of its REX Multimedia Structured Reporting Sysem, 3.1, in booth 3947 at the RSNA 2003.

November 17, 2003

GE introduces AutoBone

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Medical Systems has released a clinical software application, AutoBone, to allow the visualization of vascular anatomy on computed tomographic angiography (CTA) images.

November 17, 2003

Eclipsys, Sentillion partner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare information systems firm Eclipsys has selected security application developer Sentillion of Andover, MA, as the provider of its sign-on technology.

November 17, 2003

Agfa nets Belgian PACS, DR mammo order

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agfa-Gevaert, parent company of Agfa HealthCare, said it has signed an agreement with Belgium based A.Z. Sint-Augustinus to deploy its direct radiography mammography solution, the Agfa Embrace DR, as well as its Impax PACS product.

November 17, 2003