U of Wisconsin radiology big on partnerships with industry

Dave Pearson | | Health Imaging | Screening

On the heels of GE and Partners Healthcare announcing their collaboration on artificial intelligence beginning with radiology comes a longish look at the decades-long relationship between GE and the University of Wisconsin.

“Since the 1980s, GE has supported research into imaging technologies at UW-Madison,” the school’s news department reports. “The latest agreement, a 10-year, $34 million contract, began in 2012 to fund radiology and medical physics researchers, who work on campus” with the company’s newest CT, PET and MRI scanners.

The article includes a rundown of projects UW-Madison has going on with GE and other healthcare vendors. Ongoing collaborations involve breast MRI, video digital subtraction angiography, thin-slice/low-dose CT, new PET tracers and MR “calipers.”

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UW, GE Healthcare team up to improve medical imaging, patient outcomes

Dave Pearson
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Dave P. has worked in journalism, marketing and public relations for more than 30 years, frequently concentrating on hospitals, healthcare technology and Catholic communications. He has also specialized in fundraising communications, ghostwriting for CEOs of local, national and global charities, nonprofits and foundations.

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