GE Healthcare has installed its 600th LightSpeed VCT system worldwide.
The CT scanner was received by Akita University in the Tohoku region in Japan, according to the Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.-based firm.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
February 7, 2006
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