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StorComm, 3M sign pact

Clinical image management systems developer StorComm signed a strategic agreement with 3M Health Information Systems this week. The deal packages StorComm’s ImageAccess enterprise-wide CIMS with 3M’s Care Innovation patient-record system.

January 25, 2001

Japanese researchers address challenge of multivendor PACS

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Due to budget constraints, personnel turnover, and the availability of technologies, PACS networks are often made up of equipment from several different vendors. Researchers from Tokushima University Hospital in Japan describe the challenges and opportunities they uncovered in a multivendor PACS environment.

January 24, 2001

Lead Technologies forms new imaging unit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging toolkit developer Lead Technologies has formed Medicor Imaging, a new business unit aimed at the medical imaging market. Medicor will provide products and services to support the medical community’s migration to digital imaging, according to the Charlotte, NC-based firm.

January 23, 2001

Analogic’s Miller adds CEO post

Medical imaging and PACS component provider Analogic has appointed its president and COO Thomas Miller to the post of CEO. Miller assumes his new role from the firm's founder, chairman, and CEO Bernard Gordon.

January 23, 2001

Artesian joins PACS fray as systems integrator

By Erik L. Ridley

One of the latest firms to join the PACS fray is Artesian Medical, which announced its entry as a systems integrator with a splashy booth at the November RSNA meeting. A commitment to systems flexibility and customer service are hallmarks of the Frisco, TX-based company.

January 22, 2001

4-D Neuroimaging revenues surge, but loss widens

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Magnetic source imaging developer 4-D Neuroimaging posted revenues of $8.4 million for its fiscal year, up 158% from the $3.3 million in sales posted last year.

January 18, 2001

Big PACS may mean a bigger workload for radiologists

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Demand for the UCLA School of Medicine's PACS didn't just take hold over the past five years; it caught fire. But the rapid growth made some radiologists at the facility wonder: Do the largest PACS networks really ease the workload for radiologists who use them?

January 18, 2001

Kodak Health Imaging turns in modest growth

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Eastman Kodak’s Health Imaging division reported sales of $581 million in its fourth quarter (end-December 31), up 2% compared with the fourth quarter of 1999, and up 7% after adjustments for currency fluctuations.

January 17, 2001