Healthymagination-certified MR-Touch marks first commercial availability of Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) technique
WAUKESHA, WI, [NOVEMBER 23, 2009] ― GE Healthcare today introduced MR-Touch, a visual palpation technology that uses low frequency sound waves in combination with MRI to measure tissue elasticity. For centuries, clinicians have evaluated tissue stiffness---the physical property of tissue most affected by disease---through palpation.
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- USP Hospitales, Spain, and Federico II, University of Naples, Italy, selected among the first European institutions to run multi-centre clinical impact evaluations as part of a global initiative
- GE's Vscan, pocket-sized visualization tool may help change healthcare practice by enhancing doctors' ability to conduct immediate non-invasive patient check-ups
- Vscan could become as indispensable as the stethoscope
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- USP Hospitales, Spain, and Federico II, University of Naples, Italy, selected among the first European institutions to run multi-centre clinical impact evaluations as part of a global initiative
- GE's Vscan, pocket-sized visualization tool may help change healthcare practice by enhancing doctors' ability to conduct immediate non-invasive patient check-ups
- Vscan could become as indispensable as the stethoscope
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Receives $1.2 million NIH award to develop technology for lower cost, highly mobile ultrasound systems to reach areas with limited access to health services
GE researchers developing new way to build transducers, removing key barrier to more affordable systems
New technology also being developed to simplify use of ultrasound systems