Envision - a history of the GE healthcare business 1893-2008

This comprehensive look at General Electric's first 115 years of contributions to healthcare recounts the founding of Victor Electric Company in 1893 and the subsequent events that propelled its growth into the world's leading supplier of healthcare technologies. Along the way this compelling story recounts the contributions of and challenges facing the tens of thousands of people who helped make GE Healthcare what it is today. Over 1000 individuals, representing every era of this history, are mentioned. Nearly 400 fascinating illustrations help recall both major and little known events, products, places, and personalities. Included are thorough, insider accounts of how GE computed tomography, magnetic resonance, and ultrasound emerged into today's mainstays of advanced diagnostic imaging. Of special interest is a detailed look at how GE's healthcare business achieved unprecedented growth through a series of joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions literally around the globe.