GE acquires Image Diagnost International

GE Healthcare has acquired German based Image Diagnost International, a provider of IT systems used in the diagnosis of breast cancer.

Sound with a Sight TECHNOLOGY TRENDS – Ultrasound in Medical Imaging

[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Being one of the most widely used diagnostic tools in modern medicine, ultrasound-based electronic devices are increasingly used to harmlessly reveal the inner structure of human body. The technique, widely known as �ultrasonography� provides high quality visualisation of muscles, tendons, and internal organs, their size, structure and any pathological lesions with real time tomographic images.