*Within sports medicine GE Healthcare's advanced compact ultrasound technology, the LOGIQ e, is rapidly becoming the stethoscope of tomorrow.
*Entering new sporting disciplines and today for the first time in tennis, compact ultrasound technology is used to assess elite international players.
London, England -- 25 June 2007 --- Today, GE Healthcare, a worldwide leader in ultrasound technologies announces its support of international tennis by providing the use of advanced compact ultrasound technology -- the LOGIQ e - to the specialist Wimbledon Medical Team for the duration of the Wimbledon Championships 2007.
Sports medicine has recently become a cutting-edge discipline aimed at helping athletes achieve optimum performances while ensuring their physical and psychological integrity. This challenge requires sports physicians to equip themselves with the most advanced technology available, especially in the field of medical imaging.
GE Healthcare"s LOGIQ e is a dedicated compact ultrasound scanner offering the size, weight (less than 5kg) and simplicity of a laptop computer, together with the performance to match the much larger, more expensive console based ultrasound systems.
Ultrasound imaging provides a clear window into the body allowing dynamic observation of internal structures such as the visualisation of muscle or tendon fibres, enabling clinicians to quickly and accurately identify sites of injury or painful pathologies.
The Medical Team at the Wimbledon Championships 2007 will benefit from this new imaging tool, as it will allow them to accurately assess and monitor both chronic and acute muscular and tendon injuries of tennis players and help to increase the understanding of each individuals healing process and facilitate optimum recovery and return to competition.
"We are excited to be using GE Healthcare"s LOGIQ e for the first time at Wimbledon. The easy portability and high image quality of this ultrasound technology is of great importance during such physically demanding championships. The LOGIQ e now allows top athletes to be diagnosed and monitored on site. Treatment can be personalised and timing for return to play can be more accurately predicted. "In addition, as it does not use x-rays, the ultrasound examination can be repeated as required to monitor the progress of the injury, " said Dr. Andrew Hine and Dr. Christine Heron, Consultant Radiologists.
Dr. Hine and Dr. Heron added further, "Athletes train extremely hard to reach the Wimbledon Championships and as a consequence, some injuries are carried into the tournament, whilst others develop during the 2 weeks of the competition. As part of the medical team, we assist in providing early imaging support and continued close monitoring of injuries; being equipped with LOGIQ e will facilitate this. The earlier an injury is diagnosed the faster and more accurately it can be treated. From an athlete"s perspective, the healing process can be followed visually which helps to foster a positive attitude and can aid recovery."
Mr. S Ganesh Prasad, Vice President, Clinical Systems, GE Healthcare South Asia commented " Elite sport is more physically and psychologically demanding than ever before and we hear on a daily basis from clinicians just how important it is to have access to advanced ultrasound technologies, such as the LOGIQ e, on-hand during training and competitions to enable immediate and accurate assessment of injuries at the moment they occur. At GE Healthcare we are committed to delivering the benefit of our compact ultrasound offerings to all levels of sport, so in the future, on condition of suitable physician training, not only professional athletes, but amateur athletes could also benefit from this technology."
GE Healthcare is a worldwide leader in ultrasound technologies and GE a Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Games where it provided medical technologies such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy. Around the globe, GE Healthcare has also been involved across different sports including ski-ing, speed skating, football, handball, golf, rugby, and athletics, exemplifying the breadth of reach of such leading technologies and GE Healthcare"s strong commitment to sports medicine.
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The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) runs the Wimbledon Championships, the premier tennis event in the world and played on grass. Blending tradition with innovation Wimbledon presents the beguiling spectacle of the supreme talent and athleticism of the world's best tennis players amid the timeless elegance and charm of tennis in an English country garden.
More than 450,000 people attend The Championships; 5.5 million unique uses follow events online, while an estimated worldwide audience of 562 million homes across 178 territories is able to view TV coverage of Wimbledon.
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