Chicago/Stockholm - May 9, 2022: GE Healthcare is proud to announce that it has entered into an agreement to collaborate with RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ), a leading radiation oncology software provider, to develop a new radiation therapy simulation and treatment planning workflow solution, designed to simplify how radiation will be targeted to shrink a tumor.
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How An At-Home Ultrasound Device Could Transform Pregnancy Around The World
One week before she was due to give birth, Doria Wiezman Marely felt a sudden need to get an ultrasound. Instead of going to the hospital, Marely did the ultrasound herself, at home — but not because she’s a doctor. Her insurer, Israel’s Clalit Health Services, had subsidized an at-home ultrasound system that beamed her scans to her doctor that day.
Chicago/Stockholm: April 5, 2022 – GE Healthcare and Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) announced today that they have signed a global commercial collaboration agreement in the field of radiation oncology, enabling the two companies to provide hospitals a comprehensive offering across imaging and treatment for cancer patients requiring radiation therapy.
As hospitals increasingly seek flexible and interoperable simulation and guidance technology, GE Healthcare and Elekta aim to meet the major need for radiotherapy solutions across both developed and developing markets.
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Blueprint For The World: New GE Factory Embraces Diversity, Fuels Growth
When she was a little girl growing up in India, Dhanalakshmi Nagaraju wanted to know how things work. “I was always fascinated by cars and machines and by the science behind them,” she says. “I wanted to learn more.” Nagaraju went on to study engineering, and last year she landed a job as a manufacturing process engineer at a new Wipro GE factory making some of the latest medical imaging equipment. “It was a greenfield project, and there were a lot of things we had to learn quickly,” she says. “We had to build the plant, set up new production lines and hire and train workers.
Hari Kanker Sedunia: Begini Cara Kesehatan Presisi Membantu Mengubah Diagnosis Dan Pengobatan Kanker
Selama dua dasawarsa terakhir, Hari Kanker Sedunia, yang jatuh pada 4 Februari, telah menjadi hari penting bagi pasien dan dokter. Tahun ini, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), yang mengatur inisiatif ini, akan meluncurkan kampanye baru selama tiga tahun yang bertujuan menyatukan orang, organisasi dan pemerintahan untuk menciptakan kesadaran dan membantu memperbaiki perawatan kanker.
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World Cancer Day: How Precision Health Can Help Transform Cancer Diagnosis And Treatment
Over the past two decades, World Cancer Day, which falls on Feb. 4, has become an important day for patients and for clinicians alike. This year, the Union for International Cancer Control, which organized the initiative, will launch a new three-year campaign aimed at bringing together individuals, organizations and governments to create awareness and help close the gap in cancer care. “By 2030, it is estimated that 75% of all premature deaths due to cancer will occur in low- and middle-income countries,” said Anil d’Cruz, the union’s president.
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Close Call: Fighting For His Life Against COVID, Retired GE Engineer Found Comfort In A CT He Helped Design
The day in late 2020 Bob Senzig thought would be his last is still a haze and probably always will be. He remembers a doctor at a hospital in the resort town of Los Cabos, Mexico, talking on the phone with the crew of a medical evacuation jet coming to take him back home, to an emergency room at a U.S. hospital. But to get on board, he was told, the 66-year-old GE retiree would have to be intubated, a procedure that would require him to be unconscious. Make your phone calls quickly, the doctor told him.
- Acquisition expands GE Healthcare’s $3 billion Ultrasound business from diagnostics into surgical and therapeutic interventions
- Adds capability in fast-growing advanced surgical visualization segment, and significant synergies expected to further strengthen BK Medical’s world-renowned business.
BOSTON – December 21, 2021 – GE (NYSE:GE) today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of BK Medical, a leader in advanced surgical visualization, from Altaris Capital Partners, LLC. The comp
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Let’s Network: AT&T Is Helping GE Research Bring Ultra-Fast 5G To Its Lab In A Push To Transform Industry
Over the past two decades, four generations of mobile networks have changed how we live, shop and talk to each other. But the next-generation wireless networks, 5G, which can achieve data transmission speeds 10 to 100 times faster than we’re currently used to, could quickly change the status quo again. 5G has big implications for everything from gaming and shopping to advancing the promise of smart buildings, appliances and cars. One industry it could alter dramatically is healthcare.