OiService CT and MR is a service division of Oxford Instruments that specializes in providing quality after-market GE computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) maintenance services, equipment sales and parts to healthcare practitioners in imaging centers, hospitals and private practices across the United States.

The global market for medical imaging devices is estimated to be at $30.2 billion, forecast to be $32.3 billion in 2014 and further projected to exceed $49 billion by 2020, thereby maintaining a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 7 percent between 2010 and 2020.

Medic Vision Imaging Solutions Ltd. recently signed agreements with three major healthcare purchasing organizations, namely Premier and Health Trust PG, to offer the SafeCT to thousands of their member hospitals and other healthcare providers at pre-negotiated special terms.

A study reports that individuals who underwent embolization of the left gastric artery for gastrointestinal bleeding experienced a 7.9 percent decrease in body weight three months after the procedure.

A listing of PACS products being shown at RSNA 2013

Vital Images Inc. will participate in the Image Sharing Demonstration (North Building, Hall B, booth 8140) at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Dec. 1-5 in Chicago.