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Product Data Sheet – rev 4.2 
July 4th 2003  
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LightSpeed
  
With Xtream 
CT Scanner System 
GE Medical Systems-America 
Milwaukee, USA  - Fax: 1 414 544 3384 
GE Medical Systems-Asia: 
Tokyo, Japan - Fax: 81 425 85 5490 
Hong Kong - Fax: 852 2559 3588 
GE Medical Systems-Europe 
Orientation: AP, RLAT, PA, LLAT (preset); 
or any angle from 0° - 359° (manually 
selected). 
Exam Rx: 
Noise:
 
The Exam Rx desktop environment provides 
the clinical tools necessary for comfortable, 
efficient control of patient studies.   
On either an AAPM water phantom or GE 
Quality Assurance phantom: 
Axial scan prescription lines indicate scan 
location to nearest 1 mm table position. 
0.32% +/- 0.03% at 29.3 mGy (2.93 Rad) 
These tools include patient scheduling and 
data entry, exam protocol selection, protocol 
viewing and editing, scan data acquisition, 
image reconstruction, image display and 
routine analysis, AutoFilm or manual filming, 
AutoStore and AutoTransfer. 
Scouts longer than 1,000 mm are auto 
minified to fit the display. 
CTDI: 
On CTDI Head and Body Dose Reference 
Phantoms: 
User Interface 
CTDI expressed in mGy/100 mAs: 
The Lightspeed
16
 Operator Console utilizes a   
computer workstation with the following user 
interface features: 
ImageWorks: 
Head  16.8 mGy/100 mAs  center 
ImageWorks is a desktop environment 
designed to take advantage of the 
Lightspeed
16
 CT Scanner System computer 
and image processor. 
•  Two 20-inch monitors 
  17.0 mGy/100 mAs   surface 
   
Body  5.50 mGy/100 mAs  center 
  10.0 mGy/100 mAs  surface 
•  Scan/recon monitor for scan and recon 
control with no image display 
•  Image monitor for image display, 
analysis, processing, and management  
Standard features include archive, network 
and manual film control, as well as some 
advanced image processing such as multi-
planar reformatting (MPR), multi-projection 
volume rendering (MPVR), and MR image 
display. It also has optional add-on packages 
for Volume Viewer*, CT Perfusion2* and 
DentaScan*. 
CTDI
100
 expressed in mGy/100 mAs: 
•  Each monitor provides a 1280 x 1024 
high resolution, flicker-free display 
Head  18.7 mGy/100 mAs   center 
  17.9 mGy/100 mAs  surface 
Body    5.4 mGy/100 mAs  center 
  11.2 mGy/100 mAs  surface 
•  Optional 18” LCD Monitors. 
•  Scan control keyboard assembly with 
intercom speaker, microphone and volume 
controls 
CTDI
vol
 expressed in mGy/100 mAs: 
•  Three button mouse with mouse pad  
The ImageWorks desktop also provides a 
gateway for DICOM 3.0 image transactions, 
either through a local area network, or via 
DICOM-formatted MOD media. 
Head  18.4 mGy/100 mAs 
Body    9.3 mGy/100 mAs 
•  BrightBox (trackball assembly)  
•  Two wide work surfaces 
Scout Scans 
All these devices are free-standing and can be 
easily moved to accommodate a large variety 
of working conditions and individual operator 
preferences. 
Learning Solutions: 
ScoutView™ scans provide excellent 
detail for anatomical localization in 
conjunction with scan prescription. 
The  LightSpeed
16 
 provides an on-screen, on-
line operator manual via a multi-media CD-
ROM player integrated into the front of the 
operator’s console. Learning Solutions is also 
viewable on a stand-alone PC providing 
flexibility and productivity for on-demand 
learning of system operation.  
Split table top allows unrestricted patient 
viewing while still supporting 2 monitors.  Each 
work surface can be adjusted at installation to 
help accommodate a variety of siting 
requirements. 
Scan locations may be prescribed at the 
operator console either graphically (via 
mouse), or explicitly (keyboard entry) from 
a Scout scan.  
Prescription of scans with multiple gantry 
angles are also available on a single 
Scout. 
 
Desktop Overview 
Exam Rx 
The user interface utilizes the paradigm of 
managed work environments for a more 
intuitive clinical workflow. 
Scout Scan Parameters 
 
Aperture: 1.25 mm effective aperture 
Virtually all clinical operations are managed 
through three “virtual desktops” or applications 
managers: Exam Rx, ImageWorks and 
Learning Solutions.  Operators can effortlessly 
move back and forth between these 
environments simply by clicking on an icon. 
Xtream
TM
 technology enhances multi-tasking 
architecture and maintains simultaneously all 
processes so no work is lost or disrupted as 
desktops are switched. 
Patient Scheduling 
Table speed: 100 mm/sec. 
Patient demographics and exam protocols can 
be pre-programmed in advance of patient 
arrival by selecting Schedule Patient from the 
scan/recon monitor.  This productivity 
enhancement allows entry of all or some of a 
patient’s demographic data, as well as pre-
selection of the exam protocol. 
Scan Technique: 
•  kVp: 80, 100, 120, 140 
•  mA: 10 to 440 in 5 mA increments 
•  Power:  0.8 to 53.2 kW 
* Option