Assisting veterinary doctors with early diagnosis of equine tendon and ligament injuries, GE Healthcare's LOGIQ e, a compact ultrasound system, will be used as first point-of-care within equine medicine
Beijing, China, August 6, 2008 -- GE Healthcare, the US$17 billion healthcare business of General Electric Company (GE), announced today the use of its LOGIQ e, a leading compact ultrasound system, during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at Hong Kong's Olympic Equestrian Venue, Sha Tin.
NEW CT SCANNER ABLE TO IMAGE RODENT HEART BEATING AT 600 BEATS-PER-MINUTE
WAUKESHA, Wis.--04 August 2008-- GE Healthcare announced today the commercial release of a new pre-clinical computed tomography scanner specifically designed to accelerate research in the areas of cardiac disease and drug development.
- Used as first point of care, GE Healthcare's leading compact ultrasound system, the LOGIQ e, will assist clinicians with an early diagnosis of athletes tendon and ligament injuries
- Portability, ease of use and high quality imaging positions compact ultrasound as a critical tool for assisting elite Spanish athletes, soon to compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, achieve optimum performance.
Company Honored for Excellence in Research, Development and Education for the Treatment of Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries and Diseases
WAUKESHA, WIS - JULY 30, 2008 - The International Brain Mapping and Intraoperative Surgical Planning Society (IBMISPS) has recognized GE Healthcare with the Society's "Pioneer in Technology" award, rewarding GE's leading role in the development and commercialization of image-guided technologies in healthcare.
Study shows potential of GE-067, GE Healthcare's [18F] labeled analogue of Pittsburgh Compound B (PIB) as a novel PET imaging agent for brain amyloid accumulation related to Alzheimer's disease.
Two hour half-life of [18F] labeled ligand offers potential for greater accessibility to clinical centers.
WAUKESHA, WI, JULY 24, 2008---GE Healthcare announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted clearance for the company's newest model of Positron Emission Tomography/ Computed Tomography (PET/CT) scanner. This new addition to GE's Discovery family of scanners continues GE's commitment to help enable the earlier detection and monitoring of disease with advanced molecular imaging technology, in both hardware and software.
CHALFONT ST. GILES, England & TOTOWA, N.J.--24 July 2008-- GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), and Vital Signs, Inc. (NASDAQ:VITL) announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for GE to acquire Vital Signs. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Vital Signs will receive $74.50 per share in cash for each Vital Signs share they own.
WAUKESHA, WI, JULY 23, 2008 -- GE Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare information technology solutions, announces a relationship with University of Phoenix to provide college credit for GE Healthcare Clinical Systems technical training. Forty-three of GE Healthcare's technical courses are eligible for credit with successful completion. Most of the courses are recognized as electives and can be used towards undergraduate degrees from the University of Phoenix.
PRINCETON, NJ, JULY 16, 2008--GE Healthcare's iodixanol, an isosmolar contrast medium, shows lower incidence of elevated serum creatinine (SCr) or decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR) than iopromide, concluded a study written by a team of physicians and researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina, and published in Radiology, a peer-reviewed journal for the field of radiology.
Waukesha, WI, JULY 10, 2008 -- GE Healthcare Clinical Systems recently earned MedAssetsÒ Supply Chain Systems' Platinum Vendor status. The platinum level is the highest vendor designation awarded by MedAssets Supply Chain Systems, a MedAssets company (NASDAQ: MDAS). Seventy-one vendors were awarded the Platinum Vendor designation at the MedAssets Healthcare Business Summit in Las Vegas in March 2008, attended by more than 3,000 healthcare professionals.
