GENOA, Italy & SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Esaote Group (Esaote), an international leader in the production of medical imaging and diagnostic technologies, and TechniScan Medical Systems (TMS) Inc., a Salt Lake City-based developer of ultrasound technology for breast imaging, have signed an important partnership agreement to share technologies and intellectual property, collaborate in the development of TechniScan’s UltraSound CTTM, and to cooperate in marketing. As a part of the agreements Esaote will also participate as a financial partner taking up to a 20% equity stake in TMS.