* Vscan, a pocket-sized, easy-to-use device, for point-of-care imaging, will enable fully trained clinicians in Africa, to increase access to healthcare and help provide more rapid diagnoses by enhancing the physical examination in a rural/urban setting
* The 10 Vscan units will be destined for deployment in selected hospitals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
CHALFONT ST GILES, UK, November 5, 2010. GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) today will commence a cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common and preferred stock of Clarient, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLRT) through a wholly owned subsidiary of GE, Crane Merger Sub, Inc.
GE Healthcare will provide First Ultra-High-Field 7 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Clinical Research Imaging System in Wisconsin
Funding from State of Wisconsin will support collaboration between The Medical College of Wisconsin and GE Healthcare to enhance technology development, scientific discovery, and translational research.
WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN -November 3, 2010--- GE Healthcare announced today it has entered into an exclusive collaboration with West Physics Consulting to provide accreditation support services for GE's magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine, and positron emission tomography (PET) customers seeking accreditation from the American College of Radiology (ACR®).
SAN DIEGO, CA, November 1, 2010---GE Healthcare is advancing the role of magnetic resonance across the cancer care continuum with the introduction of new solutions for radiation therapy planning on the premium wide bore 1.5T Optima™ MR450w, which is being showcased at the annual American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting, October 31 to November 2 in San Diego.
