GE Healthcare, the healthcare business of General Electric Company (GE), will showcase its comprehensive computed tomography (CT) portfolio at the ongoing Arab Health 2011 in Dubai.

Arab Health, the world’s second largest healthcare exhibition, opened yesterday (January 24) and will end on January 27 at the Dubai International Convention Center.

GE’s showcase will include its exceptional ASiR (adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction) low dose reconstruction technology, available on GE Discovery CT750 HD, Optima CT660 and BrightSpeed Elite.

Aziz Koleilat, general manager, GE Healthcare for the Middle East region, said the new CT technologies are a perfect complement to GE’s approach of promoting an ‘earlier model’ of healthcare, where the emphasis is on early diagnosis which enhances the efficiency of treatment and care.

GE’s ASiR can reduce dose by up to 40-50 per cent while maintaining image quality and may be implemented as a cost-effective upgrade for existing GE CT customers.

“For decades, GE Healthcare has invested in leading, advanced technology for significantly lowering dose in computed tomography (CT) procedures. GE is the first CT provider able to offer ASiR low-dose technology across most of its CT portfolio. More than 12,000 patients per day benefit from ASiR scans, and over 7 million patients already benefited from low dose scans,” he added.

GE is also highlighting the newest low-dose technology in the company’s CT portfolio – a model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) technology called Veo. Veo’s capabilities “change the rules” of CT imaging by applying revolutionary new modeling techniques to deliver lower noise, resolution gain, improved low contrast detectability and artifact suppression.

Highlighting the increased applications of GE technology regionally, GE Healthcare installed its Optima CT660 at Royal Commission Al Jubayl in Al Jubayl Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. This system is a modular, all-round computer tomography (CT) product for use across applications that allows users to lower doses of radiation, helps reduce energy consumption and is cost-effective.

It is especially suitable for use in clinics and general hospitals. Optima CT660 is GE ecomagination-certified and has been validated under the healthymagination initiative. These are two of GE’s global initiatives aimed at transforming healthcare delivery through innovations, partnerships and sustainability.

“GE’s commitment offers tremendous promise for equipping radiologists and technologists with breakthrough technologies to reduce patient dose and improve image quality in their daily practice,” said Livio Orlandi Contucci, general manager CT for Eastern and African Growth Markets at GE Healthcare.

“Through low-dose innovations, educational symposia and collaborating directly with customers and the industry, we strive to help improve the overall care provided to patients,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service