CHICAGO, Dec. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the
centennial Radiological Society of North
America (#RSNA14) annual meeting, GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE)
continues its legacy of big iron innovation with solutions aimed
at: lowering dose; enhancing image quality to boost clinical
confidence; and helping clinicians deliver more efficient,
personalized care with diagnostic accuracy.
For more than 100 years, GE Healthcare has pushed the boundaries
of radiological possibilities. Clinicians can now monitor
connections inside the brain with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),
view tiny vessels in the heart with computed tomography (CT) and
monitor cancer therapy with hybrid CT systems. These advancements
in imaging enable clinicians to see the details of microscopic
structures. In turn, these technologies allow doctors to more
confidently diagnose patients.
SIGNA PET/MR: enabling clinicians to reach new heights, now
510(k) cleared
GE Healthcare is proud to showcase the now
510(k) cleared SIGNA* PET/MR, the world's first time-of-flight
(TOF) capable, integrated, simultaneous PET/MR system. This system
represents a new chapter in helping clinicians achieve improved
scan efficiency that may lead to more effective treatment paths for
clinicians to offer their patients, particularly for oncology,
neurology and cardiology treatment.
The SIGNA PET/MR features GE's new, exclusive MRI-compatible
silicon photomultiplier detector (SiPM) technology. This new
digital detector is characterized by its exceptional timing
resolution speed of <400ps, enabling what GE Healthcare calls
TURBO TOF reconstruction. TURBO TOF offers higher SNR imaging while
improving PET attenuation compared to non-TOF reconstruction
systems. The SIGNA PET/MR also offers remarkable sensitivity of 21
cps/kBq enabling the potential for additional dose reduction or,
alternatively, faster PET scans for the same dose. The SIGNA PET/MR
is designed to be fully upgradable from a Discovery* MR750w
3.0T.
Revolution CT & Family: redefine what's possible with
CT
Since launching Revolution* CT at RSNA 2013, the
Revolution family of CT scanners has grown to include Revolution
GSI†, Revolution HD† and Revolution EVO. The
systems are built on core technologies to deliver four key
benefits: improved image quality, better patient experience,
greater economic value and advanced applications. Each Revolution
scanner helps clinicians redefine what's possible with CT.
GE Healthcare's Revolution CT is an ultra-fast CT scanner that
allows clinicians to image the heart in just one heartbeat,
freezing the heart's motion and delivering high image quality. This
system is the convergence of spatial resolution, temporal
resolution, coverage and low dose – all in one device. The scanner
produces uncompromised image quality and clinical capabilities,
enabling clinicians to see more stroke, high heart-rate cardiac,
trauma and pediatric patient exams in a given time. Revolution CT
continues GE's commitment to even lower CT doses, with innovations
such as the new wide-area Gemstone* Clarity detector; a dedicated
70 kVp scan mode for pediatric use; and ASiR-V*, GE Healthcare's
next generation of iterative reconstruction technology.
Using Gemstone Spectral Imaging, Revolution GSI puts
quantitative information in the hands of clinicians to be used for
tissue characterization and advanced functional imaging. Revolution
GSI is powered by Smart Technologies and helps with workflow, dose
and advanced imaging. Revolution HD provides low dose,
high-definition image quality. With features that have set new
benchmarks for image clarity, this system enables diagnostic
confidence for a wide variety of clinical applications.
Revolution EVO is a new CT system that will enable clinicians to
scan more patients with high image quality at low dose. With a
detector inherited directly from the breakthrough Revolution CT
system, Revolution EVO is designed for institutions that are unable
to sacrifice advanced capabilities such as high resolution and
daily productivity. This system incorporates the latest in GE
Healthcare's innovative low-dose CT technology, including the
highest spatial resolution in its class. Revolution EVO is designed
to support the widest variety of patients and applications, from
individuals with complex requirements to large populations that
strain workflow and stamina. Clarity Imaging System delivers the
best spatial resolution in its class – 20 percent higher than
previous systems. The system clearly shows details as small as 0.28
mm.
- ASiR-V combines the speed of ASiR with added capabilities from
Veo* allowing for routine imaging at up to 82 percent less
dose1.
- Revolution EVO gives flexibility to expand into advanced
applications like TAVI planning, high heart rate CCTA and patients
with implants.
Discovery IQ PET/CT with Q.Clear: half the time and half the
dose
The Discovery* IQ PET/CT delivers, for the first time,
no trade-off between image quality and Q.SUV, a quantitative SUV
measurement, providing benefits to physicians across the cancer
care continuum – from diagnosis and staging disease to treatment
planning and assessment. It has the highest National Electrical
Manufacturers Association (NEMA) sensitivity (up to 22 cps/kBq),
the largest axial field-of-view (up to 26 cm) and the highest
clinical Noise-Equivalent-Count-Rate (NECR) in the
industry2. Discovery IQ can image with both half the PET
dose and half the scan time3. Q.Clear technology is a
critical component of Discovery IQ.
"The Discovery IQ represents an important improvement for the
management of our patients," said Professor Frederic Courbon from Institut Universitaire du
Cancer de Toulouse, France. "This
technology makes it possible to perform exams with increased PET
sensitivity allowing us to reduce both the PET injected tracer dose
and acquisition time. Combining this new generation of PET/CT
system with Q.Clear has allowed us to obtain even better image
quality with more accurate quantitative data."
Discovery NM/CT 670 Pro with Q.Metrix
GE Healthcare's
Discovery NM/CT 670 Pro brings advanced CT technology to nuclear
medicine by integrating with GE's Optima* CT540. The system
combines a 50-slice equivalent CT speed for extended fast coverage
of time-critical scans with advanced CT applications, dose
management tools such as OptiDose*, DoseWatch* and
ASiR*, and a streamlined workflow for challenging stand-alone CT
procedures.
Discovery NM/CT 670 Pro also features GE's Q.Suite for SPECT/CT,
enabling quantitative accuracy with applications such as Q.Metrix
that also uses Q.AC for very low dose attenuation correction. These
applications may help clinicians gauge a patient's progress more
accurately and optimize treatment based on the patient's unique
response over time.
Q.AC is an image reconstruction technique designed to help
improve accuracy of SPECT attenuation correction enabling
quantitative SPECT measurements, even at very low CT dose. Q.Metrix
is designed to measure and report SPECT standard uptake values in
the organ or lesion of interest, enabling personalized,
quantitative SPECT SUV results with multi-dimensional organ and
lesion characterization.
*Trademark of General Electric Company
†Revolution GSI and Revolution HD are a commercial
configuration of Revolution Discovery CT.
1In clinical practice, the use of ASiR-V may reduce
CT patient dose depending on the clinical task, patient size,
anatomical location and clinical practice. A consultation with a
radiologist and a physicist should be made to determine the
appropriate dose to obtain diagnostic image quality for the
particular clinical task.
2Comparing Discovery IQ 5-Ring to other PET/CT
scanners reported in ITN online comparison charts (April 2014).
3Comparing Discovery IQ 5-Ring to a Discovery IQ
3-Ring.
GE Healthcare at #RSNA14
Each year in Chicago, the
conference of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) provides a forum for
showcasing the latest innovations in medical imaging. If you are
attending the conference, please visit GE Healthcare at booth
number 4039 in McCormick Place south hall. Throughout the week of
the event, GE Healthcare will distribute news and information using
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About GE Healthcare
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transformational medical technologies and services to meet the
demand for increased access, enhanced quality and more affordable
healthcare around the world. GE (NYSE: GE) works on things that
matter - great people and technologies taking on tough challenges.
From medical imaging, software & IT, patient monitoring and
diagnostics to drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing
technologies and performance improvement solutions, GE Healthcare
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