GE Healthcare has introduced its LightSpeed VFX series of multislice CT scanners. The family, which comprises four-, eight-, and 16-slice scanners, features the Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.-based vendor's Volara digital DAS technology and Xtream FX workflow platform.
Volara and Xtream FX were migrated from GE's 64-slice LightSpeed VCT scanner.
In other GE CT developments, the vendor said that it's in the midst of installing its 100th LightSpeed VCT scanner. The system is being installed in Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.
GE, in partnership with the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) of Albuquerque, NM, has also announced its 2005 Management Scholarships. Traci Kalar of Austin, TX, and Kristien Bonagura of Charlestown, MA, were each presented with a $5,000 scholarship for outstanding scholastic and professional achievement.
In addition, GE has donated radiographic contrast media worth more than $380,000 to Project C.U.R.E., a humanitarian relief organization that collects and distributes medical supplies for developing countries.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
June 16, 2005
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