Industry News: Page 599

Merry X-Ray acquires Calif. ultrasound firm

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging equipment distributor Merry X-Ray closed out 2018 with the acquisition of ultrasound parts reconditioner Conquest Imaging of Stockton, CA.

January 1, 2019

ImaginAb names chief business officer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging agent developer ImaginAb has named Ivan Plavec, PhD, as its new full-time chief business officer.

January 1, 2019

RaySearch upgrades info system, takes order

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy software developer RaySearch has released a new version of its RayCare 2C oncology information system and has received a new contract.

January 1, 2019

Varian gets Chinese trade tariff exemption

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Trade Representative has approved a request from radiation oncology firm Varian Medical Systems to have its Halcyon radiotherapy systems manufactured in China excluded from U.S. trade tariffs.

January 1, 2019

United Imaging breaks into U.S. imaging market

By Wayne Forrest

Shanghai-based United Imaging Healthcare (UIH) has officially put down stakes in the U.S. UIH Solutions made its debut at RSNA 2018 with a multimodality line of scanners, including a unique total-body PET scanner.

January 1, 2019

JAMA: CCTA may not be best first-line exam for chest pain

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Current evidence does not support coronary CT angiography (CCTA) as the test of choice for the noninvasive evaluation of chest pain, says a cardiologist from California in a December 26 editorial published in JAMA Cardiology.

January 1, 2019