MOSCOW--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced the installation of Russia’s first high-definition computed tomography (CT) scanner, GE Healthcare’s flagship Discovery CT750HD, at the Center of Medical Rehabilitation by the Russian Ministry of Health in Moscow led by Professor Konstantin V. Lyadov.

The Centre of Medical Rehabilitation is the first hospital in Russia to join leading hospitals around the globe in installing this powerful groundbreaking high-definition CT technology. The scanner sets a new standard for CT clarity, allowing clinicians to diagnose quickly and confidently using significantly less x-ray radiation than previous CT scanners.

“We are delighted to have the first Discovery CT750 HD in Russia as part of Center of Medical Rehabilitation’s investment in cutting edge technology. This exciting development of high definition CT improves our ability to see fine anatomical detail in what can be difficult to image diseases,” said Professor Valentin E. Sinitsyn, Moscow Medical Academy & Head of Diagnostic Centre in Federal Medical & Rehabilitation Centre.

Vyacheslav Grischenko, General Manager Russia & CIS, GE Healthcare said: “With this outstanding technology, high-definition image quality can be achieved without increasing the x-ray dose to which patients are exposed. For some cardiac patients, for example, this can mean a valuable alternative to the traditional invasive angiogram. It is less invasive and less expensive.”

The new scanner uses a breakthrough garnet gemstone CT detector, the first new CT detector technology in 20 years. The gemstone detector can improve image clarity by up to 33% for routine body imaging and up to 47% for cardiac imaging and helps improve doctors’ ability to see the difference between various types of tissue.

In addition to providing better image clarity, the new scanner is designed to reduce the amount of X-ray dose for patients by up to 50 % for full-body scans, and up to 83% for heart scans.

The Discovery CT750 HD improves image quality while reducing dose up to 50% across the entire body, maintaining GE Healthcare’s position as a leader in low dose technology.

Notes to editors

• GE Healthcare’s proprietary Gemstone^TM detector is the first new CT scintillator in 20 years and is based on a garnet gemstone.
• The Gemstone detector enables spatial resolution improvements of up to 33% for routine body imaging over today’s existing product.
• Gemstone Spectral Imaging enhances tissue characterization through its ability to derive images that separate materials such as calcium, iodine and water.
• The world’s first high definition CT scanner sets new standards for CT clarity and dose reduction and GE has now begun shipping Discovery CT750 HD scanners to customers around the world.
• Superior image quality at the lowest possible dose is a key priority for GE Healthcare. GE Healthcare follows the ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) principle for dose management and offers a variety of dose reduction and optimization features on its CT scanners.

About GE Healthcare

GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance solutions services help our customers to deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In addition, we partner with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global policy change necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable healthcare systems. Our "healthymagination" vision for the future invites the world to join us on our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused on reducing costs, increasing access and improving quality and efficiency around the world. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $17 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 46,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website www.gehealthcare.com.

About healthymagination

Healthymagination is GE’s global business strategy announced in May 2009. It aims to help healthcare providers deliver better healthcare to more people at lower cost. GE committed US$3 billion worldwide, for 100 innovations that lower cost, increase access and improve quality, as well as to $2 billion to finance IT and access rural & underserved areas, and to $1 billion for partnerships, content and services.

GE Healthcare Russia and CIS
Elena Usharova, +7 495 739 69 31
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GE Healthcare
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