GE Medical Systems has completed the installation of its 1,000th LightSpeed CT scanner. The system was received by the Zentralkrankenhaus Links der Weser in Bremen, Germany. The Waukesha, WI-based firm expects to install 500 more LightSpeed units this year. The product was introduced in 1998.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
June 29, 2001
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