GE HealthCare

One of the Big Three global medical imaging OEMs (alongside Siemens Healthineers and Philips). Known for breadth — GE has meaningful product lines in every imaging modality.

Company history

• 1994 — formed as GE Medical Systems within General Electric.
• 1999 — acquired OEC Medical Systems (mobile C-arms). See GE OEC.
• 2004 — acquired Amersham (nuclear medicine + contrast agents).
• 2006 — renamed GE Healthcare (single word).
• 2022 — rebranded as GE HealthCare (two words) ahead of spin-off.
• January 2023 — spun off from GE as a standalone public company (NASDAQ: GEHC).

Product line by modality

• CT — LightSpeed family (legacy), Revolution CT family (current)
• MRI — Signa family (HDxt, Voyager, Pioneer)
• Ultrasound — Logiq E9 / E10 (radiology), Vivid E9 / E95 (cardiac), Voluson (OB)
• Nuclear Medicine — Discovery NM family
• PET/CT — Discovery PET/CT 690 (current), Discovery MI (digital successor)
• Mammography — Senographe Essential (legacy), Senographe Pristina (current)
• Interventional X-ray — Innova family
• Digital radiography — Optima XR656 (fixed), Optima XR220amx (mobile)
• Mobile C-arm — via GE OEC subsidiary

Market position

Leader in CT, strong in ultrasound (especially cardiac + OB), top-three in every major modality. Strongest historical position: 16-slice and 64-slice CT (LightSpeed VCT install base is among the world's largest). Weakest historical position: MRI 3T (trails Siemens).