SAN JOSE, CA (GTC), Mar 20, 2025 – NVIDIA has collaborated with GE HealthCare to advance innovation in autonomous imaging, focused on developing X-ray technologies and ultrasound applications.
Integrating autonomy into X-ray and ultrasound systems requires medical imaging systems to interpret and function within physical environments. This supports automating tasks like patient placement, capturing images, and checking image quality.
GE HealthCare is using the NVIDIA Isaac for healthcare platform, designed for medical device simulation. The platform includes pre-trained models and anatomy, sensors, and environment simulations. It helps speed up research and development by allowing GE HealthCare to train, test, and validate imaging systems in a virtual space before deployment to real-world settings.
“The healthcare industry is one of the most important applications of AI, as the demand for healthcare services far exceeds the supply,” said Kimberly Powell, vice president of healthcare at NVIDIA. “We are working with an industry leader, GE HealthCare, to deliver Isaac for Healthcare, three computers to give lifesaving medical devices the ability to act autonomously and extend access to healthcare globally.”
Expanding Access to Imaging With Physical AI
Ultrasound and X-ray are among the commonly used systems for diagnostic imaging. However, nearly two-thirds of the global population cannot access them. Adding robotic features to these systems could make medical imaging available to more people.
For nearly 20 years, NVIDIA and GE HealthCare have collaborated on advancements in imaging. Their work includes improving CT and MRI reconstruction, image-guided therapy, and mammography.
“GE HealthCare is committed to developing innovative technologies that redefine and enhance patient care,” said Roland Rott, president and CEO of Imaging at GE HealthCare. “We look forward to taking advantage of physical AI for autonomous imaging systems with NVIDIA technology to improve patient access and address the challenges of growing workloads and staffing shortages in healthcare.”
Isaac for Healthcare Closes Gap Between Simulation and Reality
NVIDIA will also support other customers with Isaac for Healthcare for use cases, including simulation environments. Simulation environments enable robotic systems to learn skills in a virtual environment for real-world situations, such as surgery, that would otherwise be impossible to replicate.
Isaac for Healthcare is a physical AI platform built on NVIDIA’s three computers for robotics: NVIDIA DGX, NVIDIA Omniverse, and NVIDIA Holoscan. It includes AI models fine-tuned for healthcare robotics that can understand, act, and see using enhanced vision and language processing. It also has a simulation framework for developers to simulate medical environments. It provides deployment on NVIDIA Holoscan, an edge AI computing platform, to run robotic decision-making in real-time.
Medical sensor simulations are often restricted in their capabilities. Isaac for Healthcare provides developers with physics-based digital twins of medical settings. The tool allows users to add custom sensors, instruments, and anatomical models. The virtual setups help train robots to handle different situations. They also support faster digital prototyping by bridging the gap between simulations and real-world applications.
Isaac for Healthcare enables simulations at different scales, from small structures and operating rooms to entire hospital systems. Robotic systems can train in simulations to handle various medical situations, assist surgeons, and improve patient care.
Healthcare Robotics Ecosystem Rapidly Expands
Isaac for Healthcare can help speed the development of robotic healthcare solutions by simulating complex medical scenarios, training AI models, and optimizing robotic applications like surgery, endoscopy, and cardiovascular interventions. Early adopters include Moon Surgical, Neptune Medical, and Xcath.
Isaac for Healthcare enables ecosystem partners to integrate simulation tools, sensors, robot systems, and medical probes into a domain-specific simulation environment. Among early ecosystem partners are Ansys, Franka, ImFusion, Kinova, and Kuka.
Issac for Healthcare is available in early access as of the current date.
Source: NVIDIA
About GE HealthCare
GE Healthcare Technologies Inc., based in Chicago, IL, specializes in medical technology and digital healthcare solutions. It became a separate entity in January 2023 after separating from General Electric. With a history of over 100 years, the company focuses on four primary areas: Imaging, which includes systems like MRI, CT, and X-ray; Ultrasound for various medical uses; Patient Care Solutions, which covers monitoring systems, anesthesia, respiratory care, and diagnostic cardiology; and Pharmaceutical Diagnostics, producing contrast agents and radiopharmaceuticals for imaging. Serving healthcare providers worldwide, GE HealthCare aims to enhance hospital operations and clinical results. In 2023, the company reported approximately $19.7 billion in revenue. GE HealthCare employs over 50,000 people and operates in more than 160 countries, supporting hospitals and medical facilities with diagnostics, treatment, and patient care technologies.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corp. is an American tech company headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. Renowned for designing and manufacturing graphics processing units (GPUs), NVIDIA’s innovations have significantly impacted various sectors. The company’s products and services cater to industries such as gaming, where its GPUs enhance visual experiences; artificial intelligence (AI), providing high-performance computing solutions; automotive, contributing to autonomous vehicle technologies; and robotics, offering advanced AI perception and simulation tools. Over its more than three decades in business, NVIDIA has experienced substantial growth. In the fiscal quarter ending January 2025, the company reported record revenue of $39.3 billion and a net income of $22.1 billion. NVIDIA’s headquarters, designed to facilitate a flat organizational structure, emphasizes information flow and harmony between leadership and employees.