ORLANDO, FL - One has been given the gift of enhanced, crystal-clear sight. The other gets a three-connector docking cart, stress echo and an ergonomic work over. GE Healthcare, the global ultrasound leader, launched two breakthroughs for its popular Vivid e and Vivid 7 Dimension cardiovascular ultrasound systems at the recent meeting of the American Heart Association. Building upon GE's successful introduction of Vivid products in 2000, GE continues to bring to market innovative, high-performance cardiovascular ultrasound systems.

Ultra Definition: True 4D Echo
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Ultra-Definition Imaging brings GE's industry leading imaging performance to the next level. GE continues to focus on real clinical challenges by adding breakthrough Ultra-Definition Imaging for the overall 2D image quality in conjunction with GE's proprietary matrix array transducer technology. This introduction brings Ultra-Definition Imaging enhancements to the true real-time 4D imaging of the Vivid 7 Dimension. New Ultra-Definition Imaging combines image acquisition and processing technology to take imaging to the next level for an optimal image with one-button control. The new Ultra-Definition Clarity Control feature combines multiple 2D settings that reduce noise, keeping edges smooth without destroying fine detail. It enables image personalization for 4D, cardiac and vascular imaging.

Other enhancements premiered at AHA include a new set of 4D visualization tools, enhancing the user's understanding of the real-time 4D anatomy and function the system displays for cardiac imaging. "The understanding of depth in a live 3D-image, visualized on a 2D-screen, is essential - but challenging," said Dr. Heinz Tschernich, Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesiology, University of Vienna (Austria). "With the two new features, 'Depth Color Render and Stereo Vision,' General Electric provides an excellent solution to overcome this limitation. Both new features support an intuitive impression of morphologic anatomic structures in a 3D-image and therefore simplify interpretation and 3D-navigation impressively."

GE Healthcare continues to march forward with its leading LV quantification tools, adding 4D LV volume on-board the Vivid 7 Dimension system. This integration will allow users to complete 4D imaging tasks in one place, without going outside the system. GE is also introducing new capabilities for the Automated Function Imaging (AFI) functionality that can be easily incorporated into the patient exam.

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