For doctors, diagnosticians, and hospitals in need of state-of-the-art medical imaging equipment, the GE LightSpeed is the pinnacle of 16-slice CT scanners. Based on GE’s award-winning LightSpeed CT platform, it can easily acquire 16 sub-millimeter slices in a single rotation with a scan speed of 0.5 seconds. As has always been the case with these products, it implements the Designed for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodology through all elements. The system is available with TTG Imaging Solutions refurbished as a cost-effective solution.
Benefits and Applications
The benefits that the GE Lightspeed 16-Slice CT Scanner offers are impressive. It acquires sub-millimeter slices with no added image noise, and there is no compromise when it comes to image coverage during the acquisition process.
Applications-wise, the system is ideal for the acquisition of small lesions and related images that are necessary for small vessel assessments. This includes the pancreas, liver, renal and coronary arteries, and peripheral vascular arteries.
Subsystem Capabilities
The GE Lightspeed 16-Slice CT Scanner features several remarkable component subsystems. At 6.3 MHU, the Performix X-Ray Tube delivers the necessary power to maintain image quality, and its reliability is and has been unquestioned since it was introduced.
Images can be acquired across all planes—sagittal, axial, and coronal—and the HiLight Matrix II Detector offers over 21,000 individual elements to deliver and maintain consistent image quality.
The system’s stream technology helps streamline workflow, which in turn optimizes speed and flexibility, as well as patient comfort. Additionally, the GE Lightspeed 16-Slice CT Scanner utilizes several algorithms to tackle common issues.
The HyperPlane algorithm addresses issues commonly associated with fast, high-pitch helical scanning by reducing the helical dose and artifacts, which optimizes the slice profile to the greatest possible extent. Meanwhile, the CrossBeam algorithm operates in an analogous fashion when addressing the issues that come with cone beam artifacts.
This system also utilizes a wide array of advanced software such as advanced lung, vessel, and cardiac analysis packages, and it can also handle popular programs like SmartScore Pro and AdvantageSim.
Ancillary Factors
Simply put, the LightSpeed 16 allows you to scan finer, further and faster, and it provides enhanced image quality in three dimensions.
It requires only 302 sq. ft of space, and has several key features to increase and maintain productivity, including in-room start, remote gantry tilt function, gantry controls that are mounted on all four corners, and an integrated IV pole at the foot of the table. The maximum clearance of the gantry is 70 cm, and a typical configuration includes multi-slice capability. The memory system consists of 254 GB of disk space. Cardiac acquisition capabilities include several techniques to accurately measure a range of heartbeats ranging from 40-110 beats per minute, all in clear resolution.
Why Choose TTG Imaging Solutions
On top of everything this equipment offers, you also get the full range of TTG‘s capabilities to stand behind it. We offer site planning, onsite repair, remote diagnostic tools with 24/7 technical and clinical support. Our team of OEM trained and certified engineers can help in all necessary areas, including installation, repair, and service. It’s simply the best package in the industry to back up one of the best medical scanners on the market today.
