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Shhhh: The Sound of Better MR Scans
Silent Scan, a revolutionary technology,* is designed to improve
the patient experience by reducing noise generated during
an MR scan. While conventional MR scanners can generate in
excess of 110 decibels, roughly as loud as a rock concert, Silent
Scan is designed to reduce noise to near-ambient levels in the
room. Historically, noise-reduction techniques have focused on
muffling sound; however, Silent Scan essentially eliminates the
noise with new advanced scanning techniques in combination
with GE’s proprietary MR components. Silent Scan is one way
that GE is Humanizing MR by putting patients first while deliv-
ering superb image quality.
*Silent Scan is 510(k) pending at the U.S. FDA and not available for sale.
Lifesaving Innovation on a Molecular Scale
GE solutions are helping researchers and medical professionals understand the
structure of diseases at a molecular level, offering new hope for preventing, diag-
nosing, treating and curing diseases. Our Global Research Center and Clarient, a GE
Healthcare Company, developed MultiOmyx™, a tissue analysis platform to diagnose
and dismantle secrets about cancer. The platform can image information hidden
deep in cancerous cells. Such pioneering solutions help uncover previously invisible
details that may lead to patient-specific therapies.
GE’s Silent Scan
technology is designed
to eliminate excessive
noise, a complaint that
has not been adequately
addressed since MR was
introduced in 1984.
GE SILENT SCAN
73 dB
CONVENTIONAL SCAN
110 dB
CURING
PICTURED: Mark Woltjen, Grant Medical Center
PICTURED: Ovarian cancer cell culture
26 GE 2012 ANNUAL REPORT