×

GE.com has been updated to serve our three go-forward companies.

Please visit these standalone sites for more information

GE Aerospace | GE Vernova | GE HealthCare 

header-image
COVID-19

A Ray Of Light: AI-Enhanced Ultrasound Is Helping On The Front Line Against COVID-19

March 26, 2020
Ultrasound might not seem an obvious weapon against COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, and its ensuing complications. Best known for helping doctors and expectant parents to view babies in utero, ultrasound sees inside the body by emitting and recording the echoes of high-frequency soundwaves. It’s similar to how bats navigate at night.
header-image
COVID-19

In China, Ultrasound Is Helping Doctors Fight COVID-19

Dorothy Pomerantz
March 26, 2020
Before he begins a 12-hour shift working with patients suffering from COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, Professor Xiaoting Wang puts on three layers of gloves and gowns, a mask and an air-purifying respirator that looks like something out of a movie.
The equipment makes it hard for him to bend down, hard for him to walk around. Every move is “like a weight-bearing climb up 10 floors,” says Wang, deputy director of critical care medicine at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing.
Subscribe to Venue