7:42 PM GE and MIT Collaboration on Development of Smart Ultrasound Technology | |
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• Part of the new collaboration with MIT to develop the next generation medical electronic systems of health to the point-of-care • Greater intelligent ultrasound probe can simplify the use of ultrasound and possible new clinical applications Supporting the search through healthymagination to reach more patients with better health care globally, GE has joined with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to create Electronic Medical Device Realization Center (MEDRC) at MIT. The MEDRC will help drive the revolutionary improvements in medical imaging systems and devices that take medical diagnoses, treatment and monitoring to the next level. Please visit http://mit.edu/medrc/ to learn more about the Center. As a first project, researchers from the GE Ultrasound Lab at GE Global Research is working with MIT researchers to develop more intelligent ultrasound probe and system. The team from MIT is led by Professor Brian W. Anthony and Matthew Gilbertson, including graduate students, and Shih-Yu Sun. This project will encourage innovation by smart control the pressure in the probe / patient interface. This will be done in combination with image analysis is developed. Taking advantage of new advances in medical electronics and computing power, GE worked to simplify the ultrasound measurements, improve quality and increase the ability of diagnostic ultrasound imaging. The main goal of this project is to allow broader health care providers to do the scans and to develop new clinical applications such as measuring the body mass is cancerous or not. "The main focus of healthymagination GE vision for the future of innovation to reduce health care costs, increase access and improve quality throughout the world. In line with this vision is our interest in ultrasound technology led to more patients in areas where access to health care may not be adequate , "said Dr. Kai Thomenius, head of biomedical technology at the Diagnostic & Domain Technologies GE Global Research. "We want to enable the next generation of ultrasound systems for intelligence to assist in the diagnosis of common health problems, so we can reach more patients who need imaging technology. Given the dramatic decline in the size and cost of the GE scanner, is extremely accurate." Dr Thomenius added, "We are very pleased to collaborate with MIT scientists through projects at GE USG MEDRC smart. MEDRC collaboration between GE and will help accelerate the development of new medical equipment and technology in several areas that will be returned to determine patient treatment." "As a world leader in medical technology, GE will be a tremendous asset for MEDRC," said Charles Sodini, labels Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT and one of the founders MEDRC. "Scientists and engineers from GE understands what is needed to change promises to be a revolutionary development of health care products are new. That's what they do, and our team of scientists from MIT is excited to collaborate with them as we work to establish a new era in patient care. " | |
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