GE Global Research bags US$ 1.2 mn NIH project for developing technology in prenatal care

GE Global Research, the technology development arm of General Electric Company, has been awarded a two-year, US$ 1.2 million project. This is a grant under the federal stimulus programme from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and will be used to develop a low-cost transducer for portable ultrasound systems. The transducer is the device placed on the abdomen of an expectant mother which transmits and receives signals that generate real-time images of activity inside the womb.