GE HealthCare has teamed up with NVIDIA to advance autonomous imaging technologies, focusing on AI-enabled X-ray and ultrasound systems.
The partnership aims to leverage NVIDIA’s Isaac for Healthcare platform to pioneer innovations in autonomous medical imaging, enhancing efficiency and patient care.
It will leverage NVIDIA’s Cosmos platform for synthetic data generation and simulation.
The approach will allow GE HealthCare to train and test autonomous X-ray and ultrasound devices in virtual environments before real-world deployment.
It aims to automate repetitive tasks in patient exams, allowing healthcare professionals to concentrate on complex cases and direct patient interaction.
GE HealthCare imaging president and CEO Roland Rott said: “GE HealthCare has a deep history of firsts in medical imaging, and we continue to build upon our legacy of innovation as a healthcare solutions provider.
“We are excited about our expanded relationship with NVIDIA and the potential of autonomous X-ray and ultrasound as we are focused on unlocking smarter, more automated solutions that enhance efficiency, standardize imaging, and help ease the burden of increased volumes and double-digit staff shortages on healthcare professionals.”
The collaboration will initially focus on developing autonomous X-ray systems using NVIDIA’s Isaac for Healthcare and Jetson platforms.
By simulating various scenarios, GE HealthCare seeks to automate tasks typically performed by technologists, improving workflow efficiency and patient access to care.
Machine-to-patient interactions will also be explored to guide patients through the scanning process autonomously.
In the ultrasound domain, the collaboration addresses the challenges faced by sonographers and radiology technologists due to high patient volumes and physical strain.
The development of autonomous ultrasound systems aims to streamline workflows and reduce physical demands.
AI advancements in image understanding and robotic navigation are expected to alleviate the workload on healthcare professionals.
The partnership builds on an existing relationship between GE HealthCare and NVIDIA.
Previously, GE HealthCarev implemented NVIDIA technology to develop its SonoSAMTrack research foundation model, which was trained on 200,000 image-mask pairs.
Their expanded collaboration aims to transform medical imaging, to enhance patient care through innovative AI solutions.
NVIDIA healthcare vice president Kimberly Powell said: “Artificial intelligence and physical AI offer an incredible opportunity to expand global access to GE HealthCare’s advanced imaging systems.
“Working together to train and test autonomous solutions, we will accelerate the future of medical imaging capabilities, starting with the two most widely used modalities: X-ray and ultrasound.”
