GE HealthCare moves PET/CT scanner production to United States

GE HealthCare is now manufacturing the all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner at its new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin. This represents the first time the system has ever been manufactured in the United States.

In addition, the company announced, the 100th U.S. install of the Omni Legend system is scheduled to take place near Waukesha at UW Health Eastpark Medical Center in Madison, Wisconsin.

GE HealthCare first launched the Omni Legend PET/CT system in October 2022, highlighting key improvements in sensitivity, efficiency, radiation dose and patient comfort. The system is also powered by advanced artificial intelligence algorithms that assist users with patient positioning, image processing and more. 

“We are committed to enabling the broad adoption of precision care across care areas and practice of more personalized medicine, including theranostics,” Jay Hill, vice president of advanced technology for GE HealthCare, said in a statement. “Individualizing patient care and advanced diagnosis and therapies can help put patients on the right path, sooner—all with the goal of improving patient outcomes. Already, our Waukesha facility supports these efforts as a vital founding partner in the Wisconsin BioHealth Tech Hub for the development, production and delivery of next-generation imaging technology to increase diagnostic applications. Our team is working with the Tech Hub to support our shared goals of integrating of digital tools and individualized datasets from patients with these new technologies to take personalized medicine to a whole new level, and with the help of clinicians throughout the United States and Canada, increase the yield and value of diagnostics.”