MUNICH, Germany -- General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) Today GE Healthcare introduced its new Vivid 7 Dimension cardiovascular ultrasound system, which is the world’s first system to give clinicians the first fully integrated real-time 4D and multi-dimensional imaging capabilities. The Vivid 7 Dimension, a latest member of the Vivid 7 family, provides clinicians with new tools for detecting and diagnosing heart conditions such as heart failure in patients.

Vivid 7 Dimension brings new echocardiography acquisition, reconstruction and analysis techniques that allow physicians to view images in multiple planes simultaneously. As a result, physicians can more precisely detect and diagnose pathology that they may not have been able to see before while improving clinical productivity. With its increased capabilities, Vivid 7 Dimension can help physicians better manage their cardiovascular patients and enhance their diagnostic confidence.

“Vivid 7 Dimension demonstrates our leadership in the industry and underscores our commitment to continuous innovation in Ultrasound,” said Omar Ishrak, President and CEO Ultrasound, GE Healthcare. “The impact of multi-dimensional imaging on diagnostic confidence, productivity and ultimately better patient care demonstrates the strength of the Vivid platform today and for the future.”

Vivid 7 Dimension’s increased capabilities, including exclusive quantitative tools and parametric imaging, are enabled by Vivid’s raw data, software-driven platform. Altogether, the system delivers unmatched levels of functionality and productivity.

According to James Thomas, MD, Director of Cardiovascular Imaging at Cleveland Clinic, "Multi-dimensional imaging could prove to be an excellent productivity tool for the echo lab. The ability to obtain grayscale, color, Doppler and 4D images from one transducer could shorten exam time, as well as increase the diagnostic information obtained from each patient."

Facilitating efficient communications of findings, physicians benefit from user-friendly formats and functionality, while increasing productivity in all modes of the standard adult echo exam. Vivid 7 Dimension system delivers cutting edge performance by reaching new levels of image quality, contrast functionality and new clinical tools including:

• Multi-dimensional imaging – acquisition technology that acquires bi-plane and tri-plane images with color and Doppler to significantly reduce exam times and simultaneously view more myocardial segments for both echo exams and stress echo exams.


• 4D Imaging – real-time display of 3D images of the heart to provide more information on cardiac function and better communicate of the heart’s structure and function.
• 4D Tissue Synchronization Imaging (TSI) – a dynamic 4D parametric imaging model of dyssynchrony from a single heart beat to better understand and communicate a patients heart condition. Additional reporting format of a “bull’s eye report” to communicate dyssynchrony in a format more easily understood by the EP physician.


• Bloodflow Imaging (BFI) – vascular imaging mode that gives clinicians a better understanding and delineation of flow in vessels.

About GE Healthcare:

GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies that will shape a new age of patient care. GE Healthcare’s expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, disease research, drug discovery and biopharmaceuticals is dedicated to detecting disease earlier and tailoring treatment for individual patients. GE Healthcare offers a broad range of services to improve productivity in healthcare and enable healthcare providers to better diagnose, treat and manage patients with conditions such as cancer, Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular diseases.

GE Healthcare is a $14 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) that is headquartered in the United Kingdom. Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 42,500 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at www.gehealthcare.com.

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