WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN -- April 14, 2011 -- GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) today announced it has acquired the assets of Steady State Imaging (SSI), a Minneapolis based company that develops novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. The terms of agreement were not disclosed.
Analytics technology enhances GE's ability to help customers proactively optimize industrial process efficiency and reliability
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA April 11, 2011 GE Intelligent Platforms today announced the acquisition of technology assets from CSense Systems (Pty) Ltd. of Pretoria, South Africa. This acquisition expands GE's Proficy® Software Platform analytic capabilities, increasing asset performance for customers as they gain critical insight into their operations. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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- Designed for use on Optima MR450w 1.5T wide bore scanner, new surface coils act like "ears" that receive radio frequency energy from the body
- Designed for patient comfort, GEM Suite features ergonomic design, flexible lightweight material, padding and comfort tilt positioning to match the anatomy of the patient
- Offers technologists up to 38% less weight to handle, making patient positioning faster and easier
- Variable element design is tailored to receive signals from specific parts of the patient's anatomy
Waukesha, Wisconsin April 7, 2011
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Monaco, 6th April, 2011-- Today, GE Healthcare, along with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and two renowned key opinion leaders within the sports medicine field, presented findings at a thought leadership event to address the importance of leading medical technologies that can help doctors recognize risks for sudden cardiac death and musculoskeletal injuries before they happen. This thought leadership event is being held prior to the start of the IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport in Monaco, 7-9 April.
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Deep Clinical Tools Can Help Enable Faster Diagnoses in New Collaboration
NEW ORLEANS -- April 5, 2011 -- GE Healthcare IT, a global leader in healthcare information technology, and TomTec Imaging Systems, a proven leader in cardiovascular ultrasound analysis, are working together to deliver enhanced patient care.
Their collaboration will provide clinicians with advanced tools for review of echocardiography and vascular images, and could enhance the speed and accuracy of diagnosis within the non-invasive cardiovascular clinical space.
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SEATTLE, March 30, 2011 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) finalized an order for 10 777-300ER (extended range) airplanes. The order is worth approximately $2.8 billion at list prices. The new 777-300ERs will help GECAS meet growing airline demand for long-haul passenger airplanes.
"This order adds to our existing portfolio of 777 aircraft," said Norman C. T. Liu, GECAS president and CEO. "A key part of our strategy is to expand our long-haul product offerings to satisfy customer demand."
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- Innovative design makes technology surprisingly more patient-friendly compared to traditional MR systems with patients feeling on average four times more comfortable[1]
- Technology is smaller for easier installation, produces high quality images to aid in confident diagnosis and offers a low total cost of ownership
- Only targeted anatomy -- an arm or leg -- goes inside the scanner potentially improving comfort for patients including those with claustrophobia
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On World Water Day GE Announces New White Paper Highlighting Successful and Practical Incentive Policies for Water Reuse
TREVOSE, PA.---March 22, 2011---The world's urban and industrial water use is projected to double by 2050, yet one fifth of the world's population, or some 1.2 billion people, already lives in areas of water scarcity. One of the best ways to stretch our planet's dwindling supply of available water is through increased reuse and recycling, yet progress in these areas has been limited for a host of economic, political and social reasons.