The Bowers Museum, GE Healthcare, and a team of radiologists and international curators recently used computed tomography to scan six ancient Egyptian mummies from the collections of the British Museum.

Network Appliance Inc. will be acquiring Alacritus, a privately held company based in Pleasanton, Calif., for approximately $11 million in an all-cash transaction.

Health consultancy Capgemini Health has released a white paper aimed at being a resource to providers in search of guidance in implementation and operation of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems.

TeraMedica this week introduced its new Evercore Clinical Information Manager that embodies a new type of clinically oriented information lifecycle manager.

After announcing its intent to merge in late January, Elekta AB this week finalized its acquisition of Mountain View, Calif.-based Impac Medical Systems Inc. Impac in now a wholly owned subsidiary of Elekta.

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has announced a total registration of 28,332 for its 54th Annual Scientific Session Exposition in Orlando, Fla., March 6-9.

Fischer Imaging Corp. has reported a 38.7 percent jump in revenue in 2004 to $64 million for the year ending Dec. 31, up from $46.2 million the previous year.

Over the past five years, rapid advances in ultrasound technology have made these systems more compact while increasing their ability to handle complex applications and provide greater image quality.