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Home » GE Healthcare acquires Prismatic Sensors and its advanced photon-counting CT sensors

GE Healthcare acquires Prismatic Sensors and its advanced photon-counting CT sensors

November 20, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

Prismatic Sensors photon-counting CT PCCT GE Healthcare
Prismatic Sensors boasts advanced photon-counting detectors for CT. [Image courtesy of Prismatic Sensors]
GE Healthcare  (NYSE:GE) said today that it has acquired Prismatic Sensors, a Swedish startup with deep silicon detector technology for photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT).

The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. GE Healthcare expects to close the deal in January 2021; its held a minority position in the company since 2017.

Photon-counting CT technology, according to GE Healthcare, could expand the clinical capabilities of traditional CT — providing diagnostic benefits in clinical areas including oncology, cardiology and neurology. PCCT can enable the visualization of minute organ structure details, improved tissue characterization and more accurate material density measurement (or quantification). Plus, the radiation dose is lower.

Created in 2012 out of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Prismatic Sensors has patented a novel way to position the silicon sensors “edge-on” so the detector is deep enough to absorb very high energy photons and fast enough to count hundreds of millions of CT photons per second.

“We believe this technology has the potential to be a substantial step forward for CT imaging to establish a new standard of care and eventually improve clinical outcomes for millions of patients worldwide,” GE Healthcare CEO Kieran Murphy said in a news release. “From the first X-ray machines to the first photon-counting CT prototype, GE Healthcare is committed to pioneering next-generation technologies to achieve precision health and improve lives. We are excited about this cutting-edge approach with Deep Silicon and its clinical potential.”

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diagnostics, Featured, Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well Tagged With: CT scans, GE Healthcare, Prismatic Sensors

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About Chris Newmarker

Chris Newmarker is the executive editor of WTWH Media life science's news websites and publications including MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing and more. A professional journalist of 18 years, he is a veteran of UBM (now Informa) and The Associated Press whose career has taken him from Ohio to Virginia, New Jersey and, most recently, Minnesota. He’s covered a wide variety of subjects, but his focus over the past decade has been business and technology. He holds bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science from Ohio State University. Connect with him on LinkedIn or email at [email protected].

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