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GE Healthcare to Develop Scanning Devices for Pediatrics

^{Published on 2010-07-21 10:10:46 - Market Wire}
 

WAUKESHA, Wis.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), in collaboration with Cincinnati Childrena™s Medical Center and the Davis Heart and Lung Institute of The Ohio State University, was awarded $1 million for (MRI) magnetic resonance imaging and devices for the aPediatrics Populationa project. This project reinforces GEa™s commitment to healthymagination which works to bring new technologies and solutions to more people.

"This collaboration will help us produce images with superior clarity to help clinicians improve imaging of pediatric patients."

The Pediatrics Populations project,funded by the Third Frontier programthrough the State of Ohio, will address the lack of pediatric magnetic resonance imaging coils and surgical stabilization devices with integrated imaging coils by creating industrial-academic collaboration. GEHC Coils, Inc., a wholly owned, Ohio-based subsidiary of the General Electric Company, is teaming up with clinicians and researchers at Cincinnati Childrena™s Hospital and Ohio State University to design, build and validate new pediatric coils for use in the head, heart and other anatomies as well as new solutions for surgical magnetic resonance pediatric fixation.

aUse of coils designed for adults result in poor resolution or inability to image small body structures in children,a said Jim Davis, general manager of GE Healthcarea™s MR business. aThis collaboration will help us produce images with superior clarity to help clinicians improve imaging of pediatric patients.a

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has become the diagnostic imaging modality of choice for many disease states. MRI has the ability to display anatomy in exquisite detail and provides radiologists multiple ways to examine living tissue without surgery or radiation.

aThe grant will allow us to explore the development of coils that will give us the ability to visualize a wide range of anatomy that varies in size,a said Davis.

aSpecialized imaging coils and surgical stabilization devices specifically targeting anatomy for young children would be extremely valuable in enhancing the ability to obtain diagnostic images, and improve the quality of healthcare for sick children,a added Davis.

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 and efficiency around the world. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $16 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 46,000 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 ].