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CT Scanner BRIGHTSPEED ELITE 16 - Good



The GE Healthcare BrightSpeed Elite 16 CT scanner integrates ASiR technology for up to 40% radiation dose reduction without compromising image quality. With ergonomic enhancements and protocols tailored for pediatric use, it optimizes imaging procedure efficiency. Optimized beam geometry reduces radiation exposure, while 3D filtering enhances image quality. Ideal for angiography, abdominal, neurological, and thoracic imaging, it delivers exceptional diagnostic accuracy while minimizing risks. An advanced solution for precise and rapid clinical outcomes.

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GE Healthcare BrightSpeed Elite 16 CT Scanner: Advanced Imaging with Enhanced Efficiency and Dose Reduction

GE Healthcare introduces the BrightSpeed Elite 16 CT scanner, reaffirming its dedication to providing exceptional image quality while minimizing radiation exposure. With the integration of Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction (ASiR) technology, this system achieves up to a remarkable 40% reduction in radiation dose across the entire body, without compromising image quality. Unlike traditional noise masking techniques, ASiR employs a unique algorithm that subtracts noise iteratively, ensuring clear and precise imaging even in challenging cases such as obese patients. This groundbreaking approach not only enhances diagnostic accuracy but also opens new possibilities for dose optimization without sacrificing image fidelity.

Moreover, the BrightSpeed Elite offers significant efficiency enhancements. Its redesigned operator console and table design streamline workflow capabilities, empowering healthcare professionals to perform scans with greater speed and accuracy. Additionally, the ASiR technology implemented in the BrightSpeed Elite ensures that image reconstruction remains at the forefront of innovation. By intelligently adjusting the mA along the x-y-z axes through a 3D modulation algorithm, this system maintains optimal image quality while allowing for substantial dose reduction of up to 40%.

In addition to its advanced imaging capabilities, the GE Healthcare BrightSpeed Elite 16 CT scanner features optimized beam technology, revolutionizing dose reduction strategies. By narrowing the beam before entering the patient, this system effectively reduces dose without the need for post-patient collimation. This optimized beam not only minimizes radiation exposure but also enhances image generation by optimizing the beam geometry for maximum clarity and detail.

Furthermore, the inclusion of a Bowtie Beam Shaping Filter further enhances dose optimization and image quality. This filter automatically attenuates off-axis rays, ensuring a more uniform X-ray field at the detectors. By minimizing dose and reducing X-ray scattering effects, the Bowtie Beam Shaping Filter ensures consistent and high-quality imaging outcomes across a range of patient sizes and anatomies.

For pediatric imaging, the BrightSpeed Elite offers color-coded protocols designed specifically for children. These intuitive protocols are pre-tuned based on the child's weight, providing healthcare professionals with a selection of optimized imaging parameters tailored to pediatric patients. This not only streamlines the imaging process but also ensures optimal image quality while minimizing radiation exposure in pediatric populations.

Moreover, the BrightSpeed Elite provides comprehensive dose management features, including a dose report and prospective dose display. These tools offer clear and concise summaries of important dose parameters, such as CTDIvol and DLP, allowing clinicians to accurately assess and manage radiation dose during the scanning process. With the ability to archive DICOM-structured dose reports, healthcare providers can easily track and monitor patient radiation exposure over time.

Utilizing ASiR technology, the BrightSpeed Elite maximizes power and throughput while maintaining exceptional image quality. By achieving equivalent image quality compared to higher mA acquisitions, this system enables clinicians to meet the diverse needs of patients and imaging scenarios. Additionally, the ability to scan at lower mA levels, coupled with ASiR, allows for increased exam throughput by reducing stress on the tube and generator, ultimately optimizing workflow efficiency and patient throughput. Furthermore, ASiR enables effective management of larger patients by combining image quality and speed, ensuring accurate diagnoses while controlling radiation dose exposure.

The GE Healthcare BrightSpeed Elite 16 CT scanner excels in angiography, offering minimally invasive and fast imaging procedures for patients. Its exceptional spatial and low contrast resolution capabilities enable detailed studies of arterial vascular diseases, including calcified plaque and occlusions. With a coverage speed equivalent to a 50-slice CT, the BrightSpeed Elite ensures precise imaging of the arterial phase while maintaining high spatial resolution. Furthermore, the system's advanced features, such as outstanding 3D imaging, automated bone removal, and one-click vessel tracking, streamline data processing and facilitate communication with referring doctors and vascular surgeons.

In abdominal exams, the BrightSpeed Elite demonstrates its power, speed, and resolution, aiding in the diagnosis of abdominal diseases with unparalleled precision. It is particularly effective in detecting small lesions and providing detailed evaluations of tumor extension. Additionally, the system offers valuable information for characterizing lesions through a comparison of arterial, portal, and delayed phases, enabling clinicians to make informed treatment decisions.

For neuro exams, the BrightSpeed Elite incorporates a 3D neuro filter that significantly reduces noise without compromising resolution, leading to more efficient diagnoses. With this filter, the scanner can achieve up to a 20% improvement in image quality at the same dose or maintain the same image quality with up to a 36% reduction in dose, ensuring optimal patient safety while delivering accurate diagnostic results.

In chest exams, the BrightSpeed Elite introduces a new chest kernel that streamlines the reconstruction process, allowing operators to perform only one reconstruction for chest exams and accelerating review times. The system automatically adapts filter sharpness to the lung or mediastinum, depending on the selected window width and level, ensuring optimum image quality across a wide range of studies.

Features

    • Advanced imaging capabilities

    • Integration of ASiR technology for up to 40% reduction in radiation dose

    • Redesigned operator console and table design for enhanced workflow efficiency

    • Optimized beam technology for dose reduction strategies

    • Bowtie Beam Shaping Filter for improved dose optimization and image quality

    • Color-coded pediatric protocols for tailored imaging parameters

    • Comprehensive dose management features

    • Increased power and throughput with ASiR technology

    • Enhanced angiography capabilities

    • Precise abdominal disease diagnosis

    • Efficient neuro imaging with 3D neuro filter

    • Streamlined chest exams with a new chest kernel

Technical Details

    • Gantry dimensions
      • Width: 2040 mm
      • Depth: 1018 mm
      • Height: 1930 mm
      • Weight: 1770 kg

    • Table dimensions
      • Width: 650 mm
      • Depth: 2347 mm
      • Height: 1043 mm
      • Weight: 320 kg

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