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news.Toshiba Medical Systems, a provider of diagnostic medical imaging systems, has announced that via its wholly owned subsidiary, Toshiba Medical Visualization Systems Europe, it has completed its acquisition of the advanced visualization imaging system division of technology company Barco, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Toshiba Medical said that this acquisition brings in-house the development of 3D volume rendering and advanced visualization capabilities for all its modalities.
The advanced visualization imaging system (AVIS) team has been conducting research, development and sales of medical 3D visualization software products since 1991 as Voxar. For the past 10 years, Toshiba has used Voxar 3D visualization core software in its medical imaging products and Picture, Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS). AVIS, as part of Barco, provided advanced visualization solutions for the medical imaging and PACS markets.
Kenichi Komatsu, president and CEO of Toshiba Medical, said: “Toshiba Medical Visualization Systems now serves as the foundation of a world-class medical R&D center in Europe demonstrating Toshiba’s strong commitment to our European customers as well as the healthcare industry worldwide.”