Tuesday, March 8, 2005

GE's LightSpeed VCT System

Filed under: Cardiology

GE Healthcare has announced yesterday the first cardiology-specific installation of its next-generation volume computed tomography (CT) scanner, the LightSpeed VCT. GE Healthcare describes the system:

The innovative hallmark of this non-invasive imaging system is the new V-Res™ detector with its ability to deliver wide anatomical coverage and high resolution, simultaneously.

This unprecedented coverage speed allows clinicians to capture whole organs in a second, the heart in 5 beats, or go head to toe in under 10 seconds -- faster than any other CT scanner on the market today.

With breakthroughs in technology, comes the opportunity for new and dynamically enhanced procedures, such as:

-- 5-Beat Cardiac™ - a comprehensive view of the heart and coronary arteries with submillimeter resolution in 5 seconds. The coverage possible helps reduce beat-to-beat variability resulting in more robust, repeatable procedures, greater vessel visualization and shorter breath holds for sick patients.

-- Triple RuleOut™ - the ability to help clinicians rule out (or in) the three most life-threatening critical conditions in chest pain in one single scan - aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism and coronary artery disease.

-- Stroke WorkUp - the ability to dynamically acquire both anatomy and perfusion/blood flow to the brain in a cine scan.

More at product's page at GE Healthcare...

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