Algotec also has the distinction of being the first company to receive FDA clearance for a Web-based image distribution and display system – MediSurf™.

In 2003, Eastman Kodak Company’s Health Imaging Group acquired Algotec. Kodak, headquartered in Rochester, New York (USA), is a worldwide provider of traditional and digital imaging products designed to capture, process, present, distribute and print images and information for healthcare facilities and digital imaging centers of all sizes.

Algotec’s technical capabilities complement those of Kodak, providing customers with highly diversified, scalable products that improve healthcare facility workflow, productivity and throughput. As part of the Kodak family, Algotec’s research and development team continues to design innovative digital technologies for KODAK DIRECTVIEW PACS System 5 products, enabling medical facilities – both large and small - to manage and store large volumes of medical images (such as x-rays, CT scans and MRI images) and accompanying information. Equally important, KODAK DIRECTVIEW PACS System 5 makes it possible to send patient medical records from one destination to another electronically – via phone lines or the Internet – thus facilitating communications between radiologists and referring physicians.