GE Healthcare Announces Expanded Clinical Applications For The LOGIQ E9 Ultrasound System

WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN, October 21, 2009 – GE Healthcare, the $17 billion division of the General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced new breakthrough technologies for the LOGIQ® E9 agile ultrasound system. LOGIQ E9 is a multi-purpose system for general imaging and Breakthrough 2010 expands it’s capabilities with new transducers and software enhancements to provide improved image quality and productivity to pediatric, vascular and cardiac imaging applications.

The new applications are integrated with features from the original release of the LOGIQ E9. The system is founded on a new approach, Agile Acoustic Architecture, which is based on proprietary mathematically based clinical models of the human body. Agile Acoustic Architecture dynamically optimizes imaging parameters, enabling the acquisition of extraordinary images on any patient. This intelligent system also enables easy workflow processes that require the sonographer to perform only minimal system adjustments.

In addition to Agile Architecture, the updated LOGIQ E9 showcases E-Series transducers that provide outstanding scanning flexibility combining the proprietary Acoustic Architecture with the latest innovations in transducer technology. Seven new transducers are being introduced in this Breakthrough 2010 covering cardiac, vascular and pediatric applications.

source: GE Healthcare