GE Medical diagnosis technology to support the Olympic equestrian events

Beijing, August 7, 2008, General Electric (GE) its annual sales of over 170 billion of GE Medical Group today announced that the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, GE Medical Group will be held at the Sha Tin, Hong Kong Olympic equestrian events provide advanced portable ultrasound system LOGIQ e.

The national team of veterinarians can use this innovative portable ultrasound system, in order to participate in Olympic 200 horses for medical care, help veterinary recognition horse tendon and ligament injuries early signs, as well as help identify other will affect the horses health signs, such as infection, bone surface bruises or flow diagrams.

GE LOGIQ e medical group of imaging quality high, only use the battery to operate for nearly an hour, and its volume only notebook size, easy to carry, this allows the system to medical imaging, security and multiple roles, as horses medical imaging scans of the important tools.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Games Veterinary Services Manager and Veterinary Clinic service leaders Dr. Chris Riggs said: "we will make every effort to ensure that during the Olympic Games competition horses health.

This includes building a State-of-the-art facilities are equipped with Special Olympics veterinary clinics. In our various diagnostic facilities, LOGIQ e ultrasound system is a very valuable tool. Its image quality excellent, platforms, easy-to-use, many veterinarians can be easily operated. In addition, because of the Olympic equestrian competition held in multiple sports, this portable instrument particularly for value.

In recent years, the development of ultrasound technology has made this imaging technique as in sports medicine play a unique role in important tools.

Now, more and more clinical doctors gradually more portable and affordable medical solutions replace those used in hospitals only weighs 400 pounds of equipment.

This portable ultrasound system can solve traditional size of diagnostic imaging equipment in large animal Imaging scanning difficult problems, while at the same time to achieve the difficult to scan sites of high quality imaging.

GE Medical Group Asia clinical systems Director Yusaku Isa said: "GE Medical Group of portable ultrasound system since the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games has been applied to sports medicine, at the same time provide for top athletes.

Our ultrasound system for the first time in the Olympic Horse medicine, we feel very happy. We will provide the medical team of veterinarians to provide advanced ultrasound system, used in China to take part in the Olympic Games of all the Olympic horse races. ”

From a historical point of view, each Olympic comments always around the player's score.

Medals of honor represents those able to climb the podium and personal recognition. However, there are some groups that we cannot ignore, such as those involved in the game of horse.

Damage may occur.

For example, this month, as the race in training injuries, is expected to reach Gold Medal of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in the 27-year-old Royal rider, 3 freestyle world champion Zara Phillips was forced to withdraw from the games.