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CompuMed integrates osteoporosis testing with digital mammography

By Kate Madden Yee

Every year osteoporosis affects millions of Americans, and costs the U.S. healthcare system billions of dollars to treat. Postmenopausal women, who are most at risk, are often inconsistently tested for the disease. But bone densitometry and medical informatics firm CompuMed is working to address this issue by linking its osteoporosis detection software system to digital radiography equipment.

February 17, 2005

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Riverain brings Deus lung CAD to market

While most of the attention on computer-aided detection technology has been concentrated on mammography or lung CT, CAD firm Riverain Medical is focusing on chest radiographs. Originally developed by Deus Technologies, the RapidScreen system can help radiologists detect more lung cancers, as well as identify precancerous nodules.

December 19, 2004

3mensio pins hopes on gaming technology for 3D success

By Erik L. Ridley

The computer gaming industry has been the driver for significant advances in PC graphics processing power, a development that has spread benefits across many industries, including medical imaging. Dutch 3D startup 3mensio believes these gains offer an advantage in facilitating 3D viewing of medical images on standard PCs.

August 1, 2004

Dilon gets second chance with release of scintimammography unit

By Kate Madden Yee

Not many companies get a second chance at commercial success. But after nearly going out of business just a few years ago, gamma camera developer Dilon Technologies appears to have beaten the odds with the commercial introduction of a new dedicated scintimammography system.

June 6, 2004

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GE closes acquisition of Amersham

By Erik L. Ridley

GE Healthcare has completed its acquisition of U.K. pharmaceutical giant Amersham, creating a $14 billion company that will combine GE's medical imaging and informatics experience with Amersham's work in diagnostic pharmaceuticals and drug discovery.

April 7, 2004

VitalWorks takes aim at RIS/PACS fusion with Amicas buy

By Erik L. Ridley

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.

November 24, 2003

GE makes $9.8 billion bid for Amersham

Fresh off its purchase of Instrumentarium, GE Medical Systems is proposing an even bigger acquisition: Amersham, the British developer of contrast agents. The deal could lead to further consolidation in the imaging industry as other scanner vendors seek contrast partners in order to keep pace with GE.

October 9, 2003

Merge bids for RIS Logic

By Erik L. Ridley

PACS firm Merge eFilm is moving to build a presence in the burgeoning market for integrated RIS/PACS networks, inking a deal to buy radiology information systems provider RIS Logic.

July 9, 2003

Misys debuts RIS/PACS initiatives

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

SAN DIEGO - Misys Healthcare Systems of Tucson, AZ, unveiled its two-pronged solution to RIS/PACS integration at this week's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference.

February 11, 2003

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HX Technologies aims to improve inter-PACS communication

By Erik L. Ridley

Healthcare IT startup HX Technologies is developing iHistory, a software platform that provides Web access to imaging data and information across different medical centers and information systems from multiple vendors.

January 15, 2003

Start-up firm Photonify sees promise in optical imaging

Photonify has developed a device that beams near-infrared light into tissue, then measures the light-scattering and absorption properties of the tissue to determine whether it is malignant or benign.

January 13, 2003

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IBM takes cooperative approach in PACS initiative

By Erik L. Ridley

IBM's Life Sciences division will marry technology from its PACS partners with specially configured IBM workstations and storage offerings to meet requirements for digital image management.

January 5, 2003

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