GE Healthcare – Discovery VCT (PET/CT) System
Discovery VCT GE Healthcare has announced the first installation of its new Discovery VCT, world’s first true 64–slice combination Positron Emission Tomography and volume Computed Tomography (PET/CT) system. GE had originally designed the LightSpeed VCT, the world’s first volume CT system, to easily integrate with its PET technology.
The Discovery VCT combines the Discovery Dimension platform, the high-speed, high-resolution capabilities of GE’s volumetric CT with the high sensitivity breakthrough motion imaging capabilities of its Discovery PET system. By combining these scanning technologies, the Discovery VCT provides the tools to enable physicians to more accurately diagnose and identify heart disease and other conditions, including cancer and neurological disorders.
Discovery VCT
The Discovery VCT also enables access to essential functional and anatomical patient data, including perfusion map at rest and peak cardiac stress, CT angiography and cardiac calcium score, all in one setting. The information made available through the Discovery VCT helps to quickly and accurately diagnose cardiac patients, helping to eliminate unnecessary invasive diagnostic procedures while guiding more appropriate treatment decisions.
GE has installed the new system in the molecular imaging research institution Turku PET Center in Finland. PET and VCT imaging allows linking the anatomical findings of coronary arteries with the information of myocardial perfusion, function and metabolism. That may improve the accuracy of the assessment of coronary artery disease and also myocardial viability.
