Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Sartor Loris
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/15/2006		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MERGE TECHNOLOGIES INC [MRGE]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
6737 WEST WASHINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 2250		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President / MRGE Division President
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
11/21/2006
(Street)

MILWAUKEE, WI 53214		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Exchangeable Shares (1)   (2) 05/31/2010 Common Stock 100 $ 0 D  
Stock Options   (3) 05/31/2011 Common Stock 25,000 $ 17.5 D  
Stock Options   (4) 05/11/2008 Common Stock 24,458 $ 2.75 D  
Stock Options   (5) 10/19/2011 Common Stock 20,000 $ 17.82 D  
Stock Options   (6) 11/16/2012 Common Stock 50,000 $ 6.34 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Sartor Loris
6737 WEST WASHINGTON AVENUE
SUITE 2250
MILWAUKEE, WI 53214		       Senior Vice President MRGE Division President

Signatures

/s/ Julie Ann B. Schumitsch, by Power of Attorney for Loris Sartor 11/22/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Nonvoting exchangeable shares of Merge Cedara ExchangeCo Limited, an Ontario corporation (TSX:MRG), which exchangeable shares are convertible to the Common Stock of Merge Technologies Incorporated (NASDAQ:MRGE).
(2) Immediate.
(3) Options to purchase 6,250 shares of Common Stock vesting on each of June 1, 2005, June 1, 2006, June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008.
(4) Options to purchase 24,458 shares of Common Stock vesting on May 12, 2006.
(5) Options to purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock vesting on each of October 20, 2006, October 20, 2007, October 20, 2008 and October 20, 2009.
(6) Options to purchase 12,500 shares of Common Stock vesting on each of November 17, 2007, November 17, 2008, November 17, 2009 and November 17, 2010.

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