Waukesha, Wisc., February 20, 2006 - GE Healthcare today launched a new orthopedic and sports medicine web site that gives patients an "insider's look" into Winter Olympic sports injuries. The new website explains how GE Healthcare's Magnetic Resonance (MR) technology provides precise imaging for diagnosing orthopedic sports injuries by detailing MR images of four different injury types in five featured Olympic winter sports. The clinical images were all generated on GE's Signa(r) 1.5 T system.

The purpose of the site is to better inform individuals and healthcare professionals about injuries that may be related to select Winter Olympic sports and is for informational purposes only. Patients can learn about key knee, shoulder, wrist and ankle injuries and how they are typically diagnosed and treated. Clinicians can also find more details on pathology, imaging and treatment options for each injury type.

This site was designed in collaboration with renowned radiologist David Stoller M.D., and physicians from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM).
"GE Healthcare MR makes a real difference in the diagnosis of sports injuries by providing GE exclusive applications that enable physicians to consistently perform highly targeted studies in orthopedics," said John Chiminski, Vice President and General Manager of the GE Healthcare's Global MR business. "This is just one of the ways GE Healthcare is using the web to bring MR to life through the Olympics, by showcasing the power of our MR technology."

With the extraordinary capability of MR to image soft tissue, muscle and bone - as well as recent advances in the imaging of cartilage - MR has become the predominant diagnostic tool used in orthopaedics and sports medicine imaging.

The site features injuries that occur in Olympic sports including alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey and snowboarding.

As the worldwide partner of the Olympic Games, GE is the exclusive provider of a wide range of innovative products and services that are integral to a successful Games. Beginning with the 2006 Winter Games, GE's Olympic partnership is the company's first global sports sponsorship at the corporate level in recent years.

To view the new MR website, visit:
http://www.gehealthcare.com/promo/olympics06/images/olympics1/main.html

About GE Healthcare

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