NEWS BRIEF

X-ray today
GE HealthCare has been at the forefront of medical technology innovation with a series of “firsts” that date back more than a century, starting with the invention of its X-ray tube, followed by several others including the first handheld ultrasound, first 3D obstetric ultrasound, and on-device AI algorithms for pneumothorax triage. X-ray and ultrasound continue to be the most widely used diagnostic imaging systems with 4.2 billion medical imaging examinations performed annually at a global scale. However, rising demand, driven by an aging population, has led to significant radiology staff shortages, challenging healthcare systems, increasing the burden on healthcare providers, and delaying critical diagnoses.2

*NEW* Definium™ Pace Select ET
An advanced floor-mounted digital X-ray system, Definium™ Pace Select ET3 , is designed to deliver high-image quality and optimize efficiency in highly demanding environments while enhancing access and affordability. Definium Pace Select ET solves for many of these challenges by automating manual, repetitive steps and helping to reduce physical strain. The system leverages AI to ensure accurate patient positioning and consistent image quality across various clinical conditions while streamlining the technologist workflow to maximize the patient experience and throughput.

Building on the trusted Definium platform from GE HealthCare, the Definium Pace Select ET system brings advanced automation and workflow features to a flexible, floor-mounted system with elevating table, in-room exam control, and common user interface to assist technologists.

The Definium Pace Select ET system brings the same high image quality typically seen in more expensive overhead tube suspension (OTS) systems to the affordability focused floor-mounted market. Designed and developed with extensive customer feedback, the system brings:
  1. Advanced automation to reduce workflow steps and physically demanding movements for technologists, potentially minimizing work-related injuries.
  2. Image variability reduction through the AI-enabled Helix™ Advanced Image Processing to provide consistent high-quality images.
  3. Prevention of errors before they occur through automated positioning, protocol selection, patient size (body habitus), and collimation via the Intelligent Workflow Suite, and a quality check prior to radiation exposure.
*NEW* Definium™ Tempo Select
Definium Tempo Select3, a new OTS system, was built to reduce technologist burden, operate efficiently and improve diagnostic confidence with premium image quality. Along with the new Definium Pace Select ET floor mount system, Definium Tempo Select was designed to meet the growing demand for high-quality imaging solutions that are both affordable and easy to use.

Definium Tempo Select delivers premium features and exceptional image quality at an affordable price point. With guided positioning, protocol selection, and quality checks, it provides assistance to ease the burden on technologists and to focus on what matters most — the patient.
User-centered features include:
  1. Highly-automated motion synchronization reduces workflow steps and physically demanding movements for technologists
  2. Image variability handling through AI-powered HelixTM advanced image processing, which provides consistent, high-quality images
  3. Error prevention before exposure — including incorrect positioning, patient size (body habitus), and collimation — with Intelligent Workflow Suite and built-in quality checks

*NEW* Helix™ Advanced Image Processing 3.0
Helix 3.04 redefines X-ray image quality with AI-powered processing that adapts to patient size, anatomy, and technique, and delivers consistent clarity across every spectrum. Helix 3.0 ensures consistent clarity by intelligently balancing contrast, brightness, and detail – even in the presence of metal or challenging exposures.

It delivers optimized clarity, reduced noise, and reliable consistency – empowering radiologists with high-confidence and streamlined image review, every time.

Media contact
Katie Scrivano
Senior Communications Manager
X-ray
Katherine.scrivano@gehealthcare.com
M: +1 262-215-5281

1Mahesh, Mahadevappa, Ansari, Armin J., and Fred A. Mettler, Jr. “Patient Exposure from Radiologic and Nuclear Medicine Procedures in the United States and Worldwide: 2009–2018.” Radiology v. 307, no.1 (2022). Accessed March 5, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.221263
2 The American Society of Radiologic Technologists in 2022 and 2023 estimate that radiographer and sonographer vacancy rates in 2023 almost tripled from the rates in 2021, with 2023 vacancy rates reported at 18.1% for radiography and 16.7% for sonography. Source: American Society of Radiologic Technologists. Radiation Therapy Staffing and Workplace Survey 2022. Accessed March 5, 2025. https://www.asrt.org/docs/default-source/research/staffing-surveys/radiation-therapy-staffing-and-workplace-survey-2022.pdf; American Society of Radiologic Technologists. Radiologic Sciences Workplace and Staffing Survey 2023. Accessed March 5, 2025. https://www.asrt.org/docs/default-source/research/staffing-surveys/radiologic-sciences-workplace-and-staffing-survey-2023.pdf
3510(k) cleared. CE marked.
4Not commercially available in all markets. Not all features are available in all markets and with all products.

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