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GE Healthcare’s LOGIQ Book XP enables Team GB doctors to better treat their 35 Olympians with the help of ultrasound images of tendons, muscles and bones, common injury areas of elite athletes. Dr. Richard Budgett, Team GB’s doctor is pictured with the ul
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February 27, 2006 At each Olympic games, each country seeks to optimize its available athletic talent pool with the latest training, medical and technological expertise because the difference between a medal and nothing can be miniscule. A perfect example of this is the British Olympic team’s use of the GE Healthcare LOGIQ Book XP, the world's smallest, full-function multi-purpose portable ultrasound unit at the Torino Olympic Winter Games. The portable 5 kilo diagnostic scanner "in a backpack" allows instant diagnosis and more accurate examination, diagnosis and treatment of athlete injuries slope-side, rink-side or in the locker-room.
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