Right balance of productivity and precision for routine scanning needs without compromising image quality
About 180 sites worldwide have ordered the systems for routine and specialized scanning needs
Optima MR360 and Brivo MR355 can potentially reduce annual energy costs by up to 34% per year compared to previous generation systems
Both systems can be sited in 20% smaller space compared to other full body 1.5T scanners
GE Healthcare introduces a new specialty scanner with powerful 1.5T magnet
Improves patient comfort because only targeted anatomy needs to be inside the scanner
Compact size reduces healthcare siting, installation and operating costs compared to a full-body MR system
Delivers 1.5T quality images with industry-leading gradients in a compact, patient-friendly design
WAUKESHA, WI, FEBRUARY 21, 2011---GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Orbotech Medical Solutions Ltd. (OMS), a subsidiary of Orbotech Ltd. (Orbotech), and a manufacturer of cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detectors used in GE Healthcare's innovative Alcyone nuclear medicine technology.
Chalfont St.Giles, 18 February, 2011 -- GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) announced today that on 1 April 2011, Kieran Murphy will be promoted to succeed current Life Sciences President and CEO Peter Ehrenheim who will retire from GE after a transition period on July 31 2011. Kieran is currently GE Healthcare's Head of Global Commercial Operations, Life Sciences.
Proficy software solution uncovers hidden energy savings across manufacturing facilities
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA JANUARY 26, 2011 General Motors, a 20-plus-year customer of GE Intelligent Platforms, has augmented its Proficy software solution to control the lights and other big energy consuming equipment in its assembly plants, saving the major automobile manufacturer energy costs and considerably reducing its carbon footprint.
