Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical imaging technique
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Magnetic resonance imaging
First human MRI studies performed up to 11.7 T, creating the world's most powerful MRI scanner.
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| 2024 |
Focused ultrasound
A clinical trial of histotripsy form of HIFU for liver tumors demonstrated a 95% success rate, showing promising results in cancer treatment.
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| July 2024 | Acquired the clinical artificial intelligence business from Intelligent Ultrasound for $51 million. |
| 2023 |
Focused ultrasound
Histotripsy, a form of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) developed by University of Michigan Professor Zhen Xu, receives U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for destroying small cancerous tumors in the liver with minimal side effects.
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| 2023 | The company received 42% of its revenue from the United States and 13% from China, highlighting its significant market presence in these regions. |
| February 2023 | Acquired Caption Health, an artificial intelligence medical technology manufacturer in San Mateo, California, for $150 million. |
| January 2023 | GE completed the corporate spin-off of GE HealthCare, establishing it as an independent company. |
| 2022 |
Helium-3
Helion Energy announced their 7th fusion prototype (Polaris) aims to demonstrate net electricity from fusion and helium-3 production through deuterium-deuterium fusion using a patented high-efficiency closed-fuel cycle.
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| May 2022 | General Electric formed GE HealthCare to own its healthcare division, initiating the corporate restructuring process. |
| December 2021 | Acquired BK Medical from Altaris Capital Partners for $1.45 billion. |
| May 2021 | Acquired Zionexa, focused on biomarkers for breast cancer detection. |
| January 2021 | Acquired Prismatic Sensors AB, focused on Deep Silicon detector technology. |
| 2020 | A study revealed that Clariscan, another MRI dye, was retained more in rat brain and organ tissues compared to Dotarem, potentially due to differences in gadolinium ion chelation processes. |
| 2019 |
PI-RADS
The PI-RADS Steering Committee published an updated version: PI-RADS version 2.1.
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| 2019 |
Magnetic resonance imaging
Human MRI studies were performed at 10.5 T field strength.
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| 2018 |
Focused ultrasound
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in England classified transrectal High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) as a 'not recommended' method for treating prostate enlargement.
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| April 2018 | Sold several healthcare information technology assets to Veritas Capital for $1.05 billion. |
| 2017 | GE Healthcare opposed the European Medicines Agency (EMA) suspension of Omniscan and other linear agents, despite evidence of high cytotoxicity and potential dissociation after deposition. |
| October 2017 | GE HealthCare's cloud-based imaging system for the East Midlands Radiology Consortium was reported as malfunctioning, forcing hospitals to physically transport medical images by taxi due to system unreliability. |
| 2016 |
PI-RADS
The Joint Steering Committee (ACR, ESUR, and AdMeTech Foundation) published PI-RADS version 2 in European Urology. This paper was awarded the 'Best clinical scientific paper of 2016 in European Urology' and helped gain acceptance of prostate MRI among urologists.
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| 2016 |
Focused ultrasound
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Insightec's Exablate system for treating essential tremor, marking a significant milestone in focused ultrasound medical treatment.
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| January 2016 | The Independent reported that GE HealthCare received £1.6 million in tax benefits over the previous 12 years, while paying only £250,000 in taxes, which represented just 1.7% of its £14.3 million profit in the UK. |
| 2015 |
Helium-3
Dwayne Day wrote in The Space Review criticizing helium-3 extraction from the Moon as 'magical thinking' about an unproven technology.
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| 2011 | GE HealthCare agreed to pay $30 million to settle allegations of overbilling Medicare through its Amersham Health acquisition. The settlement involved fraudulent billing practices for Myoview, where healthcare providers were billing Medicare multiple times for the same product by maximizing vial usage. A whistleblower received $5.1 million from the settlement. |
| December 2011 |
PI-RADS
Dr. Jelle Barentsz published the first PI-RADS (version 1) with the ESUR Prostate MRI Committee.
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| 2010 |
Helium-3
The US Department of Energy began producing tritium by lithium irradiation at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station, using tritium-producing burnable absorber rods (TPBARs) to address the developing shortage of tritium and helium-3.
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| March 2010 | Acquired MedPlexus and offered first electronic medical record product in a software-as-a-service platform. |
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