CHICAGO, Dec. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Big hospital
equipment may be essential to doctors' work, but it can also be a
space hog that limits efficiencies for doctors. With space at a
premium in the clinical environment, portable, accessible and
adjustable technology is a growing commodity. Today at the
Radiological Society of North
America (#RSNA14) annual meeting, GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE)
announced its latest solutions to answer to rising demands on
clinicians' time and energy: solutions with improved mobility and
accessibility. With these latest innovations, doctors can move
around more freely, allowing them to be more nimble and get to a
diagnosis quickly.
The Rail-Free Discovery IGS flexible and accessible imaging
system
The Discovery* IGS 740 is a rail-free, laser-guided
premium interventional X-ray system that brings high-quality
imaging and complete workspace freedom to interventional radiology
procedures. Its mobile gantry platform provides outstanding imaging
flexibility while keeping the ceiling unobstructed to freely
position the monitors, radiation shields and lights during
interventions. Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. is the first to install a
Discovery IGS 740 in the U.S.
"This new system gives us the freedom we've been looking for to
access patients during complex interventional procedures," said
Robert Rhee, MD Chief of Vascular
and Endovascular Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center. "The
utilization is diverse and the predictability of movement gives our
team the confidence we need to perform a wide range of procedures
free of any interference you may get from fixed floor or ceiling
structures."
The GE 41x41-cm detector (16.1 inches) offers one of the largest
fields of view in the industry to image large anatomies at low dose
in a single image. The wide bore C-arm makes it easier for
clinicians to image the anatomy of interest and accommodate large
patients. The dedicated arm-imaging positions facilitate arm
fistulograms for hemodialysis patients, enabling full patient
access from the left or right.
"Our goal was to design a product that truly puts physicians at
the center of their interventions," said Chantal Le Chat, general
manager of Interventional for GE Healthcare. "The Discovery IGS 740
provides a solution that successfully combines advanced imaging,
unusual mobility for fixed systems and unparalleled patient
access."
The Discovery IGS 740 also meets the clinical needs in
interventional oncology. By combining the large 41x41-cm detector
and the wide-bore C-arm, physicians can easily perform off-centered
liver 3D acquisitions to support chemoembolization or Y90 procedures. With AW, GE's multi-modality
software platform, they can take advantage of interventional
oncology applications such as FlightPlan for Liver, which
highlights vessels travelling to the tumor's vicinity and helps
interventional radiologists be selective in liver embolization.
Discovery IGS 740 received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. FDA in
April 2014.
From power up to clean up: Venue 50 portable
ultrasound helps boost diagnostic precision
The Venue* 50
tablet-style ultrasound delivers crisp images quickly with the
simplicity of a tablet. The intuitive touch user interface offers
easy gel-and-go scanning – a clinician can just select the probe
and preset in one step. Designed for speed, it takes just moments
to boot up and has no buttons, keyboard or knobs to slow clinicians
down when scanning the patient or disinfecting the system.
Next-generation pocket-sized ultrasound: Vscan with Dual
Probe
The Vscan* with Dual Probe is a pocket-sized
ultrasound with the first-of its kind 2-in-1 probe, allowing
clinicians to see both shallow and deep views of the body without
changing probes. This latest innovation enables efficient triage
and fast workflow, which may lead to time and cost savings in
point-of-care settings. It also may add clinical value in a wide
variety of resource-constrained environments, all from a
pocket-sized device that covers many ultrasound procedures.
*Trademark of General Electric Company
GE Healthcare at #RSNA14
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 4039 in McCormick Place south hall.
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About GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare provides
transformational medical technologies and services to meet the
demand for increased access, enhanced quality and more affordable
healthcare around the world. GE (NYSE: GE) works on things that
matter – great people and technologies taking on tough challenges.
From medical imaging, software & IT, patient monitoring and
diagnostics to drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing
technologies and performance improvement solutions, GE Healthcare
helps medical professionals deliver great healthcare to their
patients. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our
website at www.gehealthcare.com.
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