| The LightSpeed
VCT Series groundbreaking technology opens the door to new
procedures while improving the imaging of existing ones. Improved
resolution, reduced acquisitions per study*, shorter patient-breath-holds
along with the platform's power to routinely support faster
coverage with submillimeter resolution, allow more robust
and repeatable studies. This is critical in emerging procedures
such as Coronary Angiographic studies.
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The LightSpeed VCT is GE’s revolutionary
64-Slice Volume Computed Tomography (VCT) scanner. This breakthrough
technology is used in Cardiology Associates’ office for predicting
the development of heart and vascular disease as well as diagnosing
disease, with unprecedented accuracy, in the coronary or peripheral
vessels and determining treatment for disease that is found.
The LightSpeed VCT is the world’s first volume CT system.
It is able to non-invasively capture images of the human heart in
fewer than five heartbeats – something no other CT system
can offer - helping to ensure the most accurate representation ever
viewed of the heart and the heart’s arteries.
In a single rotation, the LightSpeed VCT system
creates 64 images of the heart, each credit card-thin, totaling
40 millimeters of anatomical coverage. These images are combined
to form a three-dimensional view of the patient’s anatomy
for the physician to analyze.
The images created during CT Angiography can
clearly reveal the presence of blockages, as well as how susceptible
a plaque is to causing a possible heart attack or stroke. Read
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The images and the score created during Cardiac
Calcium Scoring show a direct correlation to likelihood of a future
cardiac event, such as heart attack or stroke. Read
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