GE Healthcare Re-Imagines Radiology at RSNA Conference; Company Showcases Innovative Technologies That Enable "Early Health" Model of Care.GE Announces News Conference, 1:00 p.m. Monday, November 27(th) - "GE Healthcare Delivers Cardiac Imaging at 70% Lower Dose - Company Introduces New CT System" CHICAGO -- GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GE), today kicked off its participation in the 2006 Radiological Society of North America The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), founded in 1915, has the purpose to "promote and develop the highest standards of radiology and related sciences through education and research". (RSNA RSNA Radiological Society of North America, Inc. RSNA Robust Security Network Association ) conference in Chicago with a focus on the company's "Radiology Re-imagined" theme along prominent displays of breakthough products that highlight the company's exhibit booth. GE also announced a new agreement with Cleveland Clinic, one of the nation's top three hospitals, to help increase access to colon cancer colon cancer, cancer of any part of the colon (often called the large intestine). Colon cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in the United States. diagnostic technologies for patients across the country. GE, Cleveland Clinic and AmSurg, the nation's leading operator of single-specialty ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), will work together to provide and interpret (CT) colonography technology, also known as virtual colonoscopy virtual colonoscopy n. A screening examination of the colon in which x-rays obtained by CAT scan are used to generate computerized three-dimensional images of the colonic mucosa. , in outpatient centers across the U.S. During the RSNA conference, GE will showcase technologies that will help Radiologists transform healthcare delivery from a focus on treating late disease to a focus on early health, with prevention and pre-symptomatic disease detection. "GE Healthcare is the only healthcare organization with the strength to bring together the best in science, technology, and business to redefine the frontiers of discovery, diagnosis, treatment and information management," said Joe Hogan, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of GE Healthcare. "We want all RSNA attendees this year to experience the transformation of healthcare that we call 'Early Health,' which enables our clinical partners to find disease sooner to help people live longer, fuller lives." The first vendor news conference during RSNA 2006 will be sponsored by GE, titled "GE Healthcare Delivers Cardiac Imaging at 70% Lower Dose - Company Introduces New CT System" and will be held:
Monday, November 27, 2006
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
RSNA News Conference Room
McCormick Place Lakeside Center, Level 2, Room E252
Among the other technologies displayed in the GE Healthcare booth: * The Breakthrough 2007 LOGIQ[R] 9 Ultrasound system that goes beyond ordinary technologies with third-generation Speckle Speckle The generation of a random intensity distribution, called a speckle pattern, when light from a highly coherent source, such as a laser, is scattered by a rough surface or inhomogeneous medium. Reduction Imaging in High Definition (SRI-HD) and Tomographic Ultrasound Imaging (TUI tui: see honeyeater. (Telephone User Interface) The combination of Touch-tone input from the telephone keypad coupled with speech output from the connected voicemail or IVR application. ). * The Senographe[R] Essential's groundbreaking 24x31 cm active field of view is the largest field of view for mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her available in the industry, and means that the Essential can precision-image virtually any woman, in a single exposure per view. * The new Advantage Workstation (AW) VolumeShare 2TM, an advanced image visualization and analysis tool built on the trusted Advantage Workstation[R] platform, that optimizes workflow while providing uncompromising image quality, applications flexibility, reliability, and speed. * GE's next generation MR-guided intra-operative surgical suite, which uses three-dimensional imaging to navigate and validate treatments to help increase both the accuracy and speed of interventions while improving patient outcomes. * The Signa[R] HDx 3.0T MR system has new parallel imaging, a new reconstruction engine and extensive advanced XV applications that deliver new levels of speed, detail and confidence. * The Innova[R] 3131 BiPlane biplane, aircraft, typically of early design, having two sets of wings fixed at different levels, especially in a vertical stack with the fuselage included between them. See airplane. Imaging System allows physicians to simultaneously image multiple angles for critical procedures - including cardiology, neurology and oncology. * GE's combined Centricity[R] Imaging PACS (Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries. 3.0 and AW Suite 2.0 advanced visualization solution allows on-demand access to raw data which provides clinicians with tools necessary for sifting through most data-intensive procedures - optimizing workflow, image quality, application flexibility and speed without needing to move to a separate workstation. * GE's Centricity Imaging RIS-IC (formerly IDX (IDX Systems Corporation, South Burlington, VT, www.idx.com) One of the largest health care information systems companies in the country, acquired in 2006 by GE Healthcare (www.gehealthcare.com), a unit of the General Electric Company. [R] Imagecast[R]) solution, is the latest web-based radiology information management software aimed at helping clinicians manage the administrative and clinical requirements of a radiology departmentCofrom a community hospital to an out-patient imaging center to the complex needs of the integrated delivery network (IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) A .com or .net domain name that is represented in non-English characters and symbols, with .com and .net appended at the end in English letters. ). Also during RSNA, the GE "Expert Learning Experience" will provide a unique customer 3-stop interactive experience at new learning centers kiosks, called "Expert Bars." The Expert Bars will provide clinicians with personalized learning sessions as well as a look at GE's vision for the future of healthcare. GE's Technology Pavilion at RSNA highlights healthcare research and development including the new, targeted diagnostics, as well as information technologies solutions and imaging equipment that will enable physicians to predict, diagnose, inform, treat and monitor disease. The company also continues highlighting "Radiology Re-imagined" by unveiling new visual elements at RSNA. A new theme graphic shows a physician who blows a dandelion dandelion [Eng. form of Fr.,=lion's tooth], any plant of the genus Taraxacum of the family Asteraceae (aster family), perennial herbs of wide distribution in temperate regions. , with the visual twist of the flying seeds turning into a complex molecular structure. The molecule formed is the Pittsburgh Compound B Pittsburgh Compound B is a fluorescent derivative of Thioflavin T, which can be used in positron emission tomography scans to image beta-amyloid plaques in neuronal tissue. Due to this property, Pittsburgh Compound B may be used for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease. (or PiB) molecule. In 2003 GE Healthcare licensed a broad class of imaging compounds from the University of Pittsburgh. These compounds attach to beta-amyloid plaque in the brain allowing the plaque to be imaged with positron emission tomography positron emission tomography: see PET scan. positron emission tomography (PET) Imaging technique used in diagnosis and biomedical research. (PET). By using these compounds to measure the levels of beta-amyloid during clinical trials, it should be possible to measure the effectiveness of drug therapies being developed to combat Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. . About GE Healthcare: GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, performance improvement, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies is helping clinicians around the world re-imagine new ways to predict, diagnose, inform and treat disease, so their patients can live their lives to the fullest. GE Healthcare's broad range of products and services enable healthcare providers to better diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, neurological diseases, and other conditions earlier. Our vision for the future is to enable a new "early health" model of care focused on earlier diagnosis, pre-symptomatic disease detection and disease prevention. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $15 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 43,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at www.gehealthcare.com. |
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