This morning, GE launched its two-week healthymagination showcase in New York City featuring an array of technologies with the potential to dramatically transform healthcare. One of the breakthroughs in the spotlight at the event in Midtown is the world’s first high-definition CT scanner — which is revolutionizing the way doctors view CT scans while simultaneously slashing the amount of x-ray doses a patient receives. To achieve the HD innovation, GE’s scientists built upon the natural properties of a garnet gemstone to create, for the first time in 20 years, the first new scintillator material, which is a ceramic that turn x-rays into visible light. The video below shows how the Discovery CT750 HD jumped out of the lab and into the marketplace to provide image clarity that’s never been seen before.
CT scans use a rotating x-ray tube to produce images — and lowering the radiation dose is especially important, since of the 62 million CT scans conducted each year in the US, 4 million are for children. The HDCT marks the next generation of CT imaging that delivers better image clarity at faster detector speeds than ever before — and because it delivers up to a 50 percent lower radiation dose, it meets the healthymagination requirement to measurably improve quality.
* Read more about the gemstone breakthrough on GE Global Research’s blog
* Learn more about the Discovery technology
* See images taken with the Discovery HDCT
* Read “Healthymagination tech showcase kicks off in NYC” on GE Reports
* Read the announcement about Jeff Immelt’s Oct. 21 press event at the showcase
Check back frequently during the next two weeks, as we’ll be taking further looks at the technologies on display and meeting some of the people behind the scenes of healthymagination each day.
Learn more about GE’s healthymagination R&D in these GE Reports stories:
* “GE commits $6 billion in new healthymagination launch”
* “New miniature ultrasound puts power in docs’ hands”
* “Hey, good looking! GE’s medical designs win 5 awards”
* “GE systems boost cancer center case capacity by 900”
* “GE works on better treatments for breast cancer”
* “Vital signs to go wireless with GE’s body sensors”
* “A view with some room: GE’s wider MR scanner”
* “GE’s EMRs: Connecting the docs in 10 communities”
* “$1,000 genome project advances to NIH round two”
* “A look in the lab with GE’s bioscience researchers”
* “Vital signs to go wireless with GE’s body sensors”
* “GE’s software helps Shanghai breathe easier”
