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ISMRM 2008
April 17, 2009
Diagnostic Imaging. GE profits fall less than expected
GE profits fall less than expectedIn a market that has come to expect bad news, GE's report April 16 that profits dropped only 36% was good news. The mega-conglomerate beat Wall Street expectations with net income that totaled $2.74 billion in the first quarter compared with $4.3 billion in the year-earlier period. But the news was hardly welcome to the healthcare industry, as GE Healthcare sales dropped 9%, underscoring continued weak demand in the global market for medical equipment. Jeff Immelt, GE's CEO and chairman, provided a positive outlook, saying that the company was positioning itself to lead in this "reset economy" by investing in growth, lowering cost, and generating cash. "We see great opportunity in a global economy that favors clean energy, affordable healthcare, and services that drive customer productivity," he told investors. Varian woos ChinaVarian Medical Systems will showcase its line of PaxScan flat-panel x-ray image detectors for digital radiography among its other x-ray components at the China International Medical Equipment Fair meeting in Shenzhen, April 18 to 21. The tech spread is designed to direct attention to the company's newly established x-ray service center in Beijing.
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GE launches new 3T scanner at ISMRM meeting Three T took a giant step forward with the unveiling May 5 of GE Healthcare's new Signa MR750. The product, which cleared the FDA days before its debut in Toronto, simplifies and speeds both academic and routine studies with accelerated scan and reconstruction times, improved image uniformity, better resolution and extended anatomical coverage. Greg Freiherr has the report.
Philips pursues quantitative MR at ISMRM meeting Quantitative MR promises to add precision to a modality that, since its beginning, has depended on subjective interpretation. Exact measurements of scar tissue in the myocardium, for example, or blood volume in tumors may provide absolutes in the definition of disease and patient prognosis. No venue is more appropriate for such work than the ISMRM meeting in Toronto. Greg Freiherr has the report.
Tim coils help Siemens push the boundaries of MR With the largest selection of MR scanners in the industry, Siemens Healthcare is positioning its Tim (total imaging matrix) technology as the thread that keeps them all together and meeting customers' needs. Tim, now marking its five year anniversary in the marketplace, is a seamless, whole body surface coil and RF technology. On the ISMRM exhibit floor, Jeff Bundy, Siemens' vice president of the MR division, framed the company’s portfolio of advanced coils as the means to unlock the power of Tim. Greg Freiherr has the report.
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