CHICAGO–(BUSINESS
WIRE)–GE Healthcare is showcasing its latest advances in
ultrasound today at RSNA 2011. As healthcare providers increasingly incorporate
ultrasound into their practice, GE Healthcare is accelerating its development
of solutions and tools that help advance the capabilities of ultrasound in a
wide range of clinical areas.
“GE Healthcares ultrasound advances help physicians provide
patients with consistent, high-quality care,” said Anders Wold, vice president
for Ultrasound at GE Healthcare. “In todays healthcare environment, clinicians
are tasked with doing more in less time, without compromising the quality of care.
GE Healthcare is committed to delivering ultrasound technology that provides
extraordinary image quality, facilitates workflow and offers advanced
technological tools to help improve exam quality.”
Underlying this commitment, GE Healthcare is unveiling the
following new product introduction and range of breakthroughs in ultrasound at
RSNA:
LOGIQ S8
The LOGIQ S8 is a lightweight, portable ultrasound system that fits easily into
small exam rooms, can be easily transported within a facility and provides
superb images across a variety of clinical areas including abdominal, breast,
vascular, musculoskeletal and cardiology.
Built upon established LOGIQ technologies, the LOGIQ S8
helps provide outstanding image quality and allows for a streamlined workflow that
helps clinicians shorten exam times, as well as create consistent, highly
detailed images that help increase clinical confidence. The combinations of
advanced features and system design help create the balance between performance
and affordability.
Among its many features are:
- S-Agile Ultrasound, proprietary GE Healthcare technology
that uses flexible clinically-based models of the body to help deliver
consistently clear images for virtually all body types. This is particularly
important given the growing number of overweight and obese patients who are
being seen by healthcare providers. - Scan Assistant, software that allows for a streamlined
workflow, enabling the operator to customize the system to perform frequently
used functions automatically, helping to reduce busy work and exam times. - Extreme ergonomics, which accommodates the stature and
working style of sonographers, and helps reduce user fatigue and risk of
injury, while enabling high-quality exams and efficient workflow.
LOGIQ E9 updates
Because ultrasound imaging is one of the pillars for disease assessment and
determining treatment options, image quality and procedure accuracy are
paramount. The LOGIQ E9 has continually added advanced capabilities to help
meet the needs of clinicians. This year, enhancements1 for the LOGIQ E9
include:
- Continued image quality improvements for color and 4D, which
particularly benefit shared service applications - Expanded elastography applications for prostate, thyroid,
musculoskeletal, liver and gynecology - Volume navigation enhancements, expanded to more transducers
enabling clinical applications such as transcranial, as well as the ability to
load in multiple data sets including positron emission tomography (PET) images - Enhanced needle-tracking capabilities with an additional
device, the Virtual Needle tracker
ViewPoint 6.1®
Using more than 20 years of experience and feedback from customers across the
globe, GE Healthcare has worked to simplify ultrasound reporting and image
management into one flexible and intuitive system.
ViewPoint 6.1 is one of the most comprehensive data
management solutions on the market allowing for improvements to workflow while
covering a broad range of applications. The solution provides the ability to:
- Integrate ultrasound with HIS, RIS, EMR and PACS systems
- Communicate across departments, hospitals and enterprises
- Help reduce dictation and transcription
- Create preliminary and final reports easily using new “quick
reports” templates - Utilize 4D View for offline processing
GE Healthcare at RSNA 2011
Each year in Chicago,
the conference of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) provides a
forum for showcasing the latest innovations in medical imaging. If you are
attending the conference, please visit GE Healthcare at booth number 3335 in
the McCormick Place south
hall. Throughout the week of the event, GE Healthcare will distribute news and
information using these digital platforms:
ABOUT GE HEALTHCARE
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that
are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging
and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems,
drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance
improvement and performance solutions services help our customers to deliver
better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In addition, we
partner with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global policy change
necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable healthcare systems.
Our “healthymagination” vision for the future invites the
world to join us on our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused
on reducing costs, increasing access and improving quality around the world.
Headquartered in the United
Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a unit of General
Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employees are 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.
1 Compared to previous version of LOGIQ E9
Posted by Sean Fenske, Editor-in-Chief, MDT
