The global PACS market, valued at $2.8 billion in 2010, is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10 percent to reach $5.4 billion by 2017, according to a MarketResearch.com report titled “Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) – Global Opportunity Assessment, Competitive Landscape and Market Forecasts to 2017.”

Agfa HealthCare will present Impax for Nuclear Medicine at the 2011 Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) in Birmingham, England.

While the developing technology is expensive, KLAS, the Orem, Utah-based research firm, found that providers utilizing PET/CT imaging technology save time and improve image resolution, based on a survey of providers. However, GE Healthcare edged out Philips and Siemens in KLAS’ first report on PET/CT vendors, titled “PET/CT 2011: New Technologies in Focus.”

DALLAS—The hospital represents more than 80 percent of revenue for many radiology practices, yet breakups between practices and hospitals have become increasingly common, shared Patricia Kroken, principal at Healthcare Resource Providers in Albuquerque, N.M., during an educational session at the annual meeting of AHRA on Aug. 14. These breakups may signify the proverbial canary in the coal mine.

Applying the Toyota business concept of Lean Manufacturing--a quality improvement (QI) method aimed at reducing waste--to radiology can spur optimized value and enhanced QI, according to an article published in the June issue of the Journal of American College of Radiology.