Product News: Page 490

MRI Devices will be debuting a breast MRI computer-aided detection system at next week’s 2003 RSNA meeting in Chicago. DynaCAD consists of five modules, according to the Waukesha, WI-based vendor.

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.

Voice-recognition software developer Provox Technologies of Roanoke, VA, has made a sale of its speech recognition-based radiology reporting workflow software to Stockton MRI and Molecular Imaging Center in Stockton, CA.

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.

Computer-aided detection firm iCAD of Nashua, NH, has entered into an agreement with institutional investors for a private placement of 1.26 million units of securities at $5 per unit.