Merge, Pegasus team up in PACS

Nov 27, 2000
CHICAGO - PACS and DICOM software developer Merge Technologies and compression firm Pegasus Imaging have agreed to cross-license medical image compression and DICOM technologies. Under the terms of the deal, Milwaukee-based Merge will integrate Pegasus JPEG and wavelet data compression technologies into its product line, including its MergeCOM-3 medical image communication software. Pegasus of Tampa, FL, will integrate Merge’s DICOM technologies into its medical image manipulation software.

By Erik L. Ridley
AuntMinnie.com staff writer
November 27, 2000

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