GE adds to 16-slice CT lineup

Jun 25, 2003

GE Medical Systems debuted a new contender in the 16-slice CT race at Stanford University's 5th Annual International Symposium on Multi-detector-Row CT in San Francisco. LightSpeed Pro16features routine 0.4-second gantry rotation speed, providing improved cardiovascular, neurologic, pediatric, and lung studies, according to the Waukesha, WI-based vendor.

Equipped with a more powerful tube and generator than GE's LightSpeed 16 system, LightSpeed Pro16 can place more power on the small focal spot, enhancing visualization of small anatomical structures and improving resolution, GE said. LightSpeed Pro16 also offers an improved tube-cooling rate, facilitating longer thin-slice studies, GE said.

Dose-management capabilities include GE's 3-D automatic dose-modulation capability and ECG modulation for cardiac imaging. GE's OptiDose features are also included.

The system also employs GE's Xtream technology, which confers speed and data transfer enhancements. Xtream, launched at the European Congress of Radiology in March, is based on a new scanner platform that derives its performance boost from new data processing chips and other advances.

It can achieve reconstruction speed of six frames per second and an image transfer rate to the firm's Advantage workstation or PACS network of up to 10 frames per second, GE said. Xtream enables images to be viewed in real-time as they are acquired, GE said.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
June 26, 2003
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