Acquisition of Innovative VNA and Software Post-Processing Company Completed
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By MedImaging International staff writers Posted on 18 Oct 2015 |
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Toshiba Medical Systems has announced that they have completed the acquisition of outstanding shares of Olea Medical SA.
The acquisition was made possible following approval by the French Ministry of Economy, and will help Toshiba Medical Systems (Otawara-shi, Tochigi-ken, Japan) grow its Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) business. Toshiba will leverage Olea Medical SA (La Ciotat, France) advanced post-processing and image analysis software technology, and it’s close contact with key international research institutions, and customers. Olea Medical also offers vendor-neutral post-processing software applications for use with Computed Tomography (CT) imaging.
Toshiba Medical Systems is a leading worldwide provider of medical diagnostic imaging systems and comprehensive medical solutions, including CT, X-Ray, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, MRI systems, and medical information systems. The acquisition will enable Toshiba to provide multimodality solutions, by integrating Olea software with Vital Images; Vitrea enterprise and scanner-connected workstation to improve collaboration standardize workflows, and improve diagnoses. Vital Images is also a subsidiary of Toshiba.
Faycal Djeridane, president and CEO, Olea Medical, said, “This is great news for Olea’s customers and our fabulous team, and we are happy and proud to join the Toshiba family. We are convinced this is the right strategy to pursue our commitment to provide a widely accessible, complete package of simple, safe, fast and accurate tools for full-body image postprocessing, in order to help doctors improve the diagnosis and follow-up process for patients’ benefit worldwide.”
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The acquisition was made possible following approval by the French Ministry of Economy, and will help Toshiba Medical Systems (Otawara-shi, Tochigi-ken, Japan) grow its Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) business. Toshiba will leverage Olea Medical SA (La Ciotat, France) advanced post-processing and image analysis software technology, and it’s close contact with key international research institutions, and customers. Olea Medical also offers vendor-neutral post-processing software applications for use with Computed Tomography (CT) imaging.
Toshiba Medical Systems is a leading worldwide provider of medical diagnostic imaging systems and comprehensive medical solutions, including CT, X-Ray, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, MRI systems, and medical information systems. The acquisition will enable Toshiba to provide multimodality solutions, by integrating Olea software with Vital Images; Vitrea enterprise and scanner-connected workstation to improve collaboration standardize workflows, and improve diagnoses. Vital Images is also a subsidiary of Toshiba.
Faycal Djeridane, president and CEO, Olea Medical, said, “This is great news for Olea’s customers and our fabulous team, and we are happy and proud to join the Toshiba family. We are convinced this is the right strategy to pursue our commitment to provide a widely accessible, complete package of simple, safe, fast and accurate tools for full-body image postprocessing, in order to help doctors improve the diagnosis and follow-up process for patients’ benefit worldwide.”
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