WAUKESHA, Wis. & ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2003--Today, GE Medical Systems (NYSE: GE) and Deus Technologies announced a new digital computer-aided detection (CAD) technology, RapidScreen(R) Digital, to help doctors better detect lung cancer - the cancer that takes more lives than breast, prostate and colon cancer combined. This new CAD technology identifies regions of interest (ROI) on digital chest images and will help improve the detection of early-stage lung cancers.
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MILWAUKEE & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2003--GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, the healthcare IT business of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), and Triple G(R) Systems Group, Inc. (TSX:TGG), announced today that they have signed a definitive transaction agreement, pursuant to which GE will acquire Triple G, a leading independent developer of laboratory information systems. In this transaction, GE will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Triple G for a consideration of $3.30 (Canadian) per share, payable in cash.
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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 2003--GE Medical Systems, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today unveiled the LightSpeed Pro(16) Computed Tomography (CT) scanner at Stanford Radiology's 5th Annual International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT in San Francisco, Calif. LightSpeed Pro(16) delivers more power and faster gantry rotation speeds for never-before-seen image detail - while providing innovative dose reduction features.
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NEW ORLEANS & WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2003--
Accurate Non-invasive Bio-distribution Measurement Accomplished
GE Medical Systems, in successful collaboration with academic centers, is applying groundbreaking molecular imaging technologies to pre-clinical and clinical research. Clinical and pre-clinical research results will be reported at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine to be held in New Orleans this week.
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NEW ORLEANS and WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2003--Prominent clinicians at the world's leading healthcare institutions report that GE Medical Systems' Discovery positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) systems significantly improve diagnostic accuracy, with more than 60 percent of the abstracts at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine validating that fact.
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WAUKESHA, Wis. & NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 2003--GE Medical Systems, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), introduced at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine today Xeleris, the industry's fastest functional imaging workstation available. With increased workflow through lightning-fast processing and an intuitive user interface, Xeleris is designed to become the productivity hub of nuclear medicine and positron emission tomography (PET) imaging departments.
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NEW ORLEANS & WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 2003--
Exclusive, Proven SPECT/CT Technology Changes Patient Management
GE Medical Systems, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announced at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine today the introduction of the Infinia(TM) Hawkeye(R), a revolutionary combined nuclear medicine/computed tomography (CT) system. The new system delivers unprecedented image quality and provides diagnostic confidence to physicians with a proven impact on patient management.
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