Lung Cancer is always a priority as the number one cancer killer. GE's Lung VCAR offers the ability to systematically visualize, isolate and quantitatively analyze lung nodules over time. Traditional manual measurements are tedious, prone to error and lead to subjective analysis, the company cautions. Lung VCAR utilizes innovative technologies that offer an objective analysis for superior patient management.

Also at RSNA 2005, GE Healthcare will introduce a new 16-slice Wide Bore CT system with capabilities to scan for radiation oncology, bariatric patients and interventional procedures. This new system will be the only one CT on the market that can lift and scan a 650-pound person. The new Wide Bore system will have the most powerful tube available, and provide clinicians with the accuracy of table movement for the largest patients.


GE Healthcare will also introduce the next generation Smart View advanced application for multi-slice CT systems. This CT Fluoro technology will provide clinicians with one of the fastest real time acquisitions available today, with 12 frames per second. This Smart View application will have the shortest latency time on the market. As a result, this new technology provides better control of needle placement during interventional procedures.

And don't forget the Innova CT. GE's Innova 4100 and Innova 3100 cardiovascular interventional imaging systems could help change the direction of medical imaging for surgical patients, according to Laura King, global vice president of interventional cardiology and surgery at GE Healthcare.

"We've now combined the best of both worlds," said King. "GE has taken three-dimensional medical imaging to the next level by bringing 3-D interventional images normally acquired during CT scans into the X-ray interventional lab. The new Innova CT technology will make 3-D anatomical imaging much more available for patient use during an image guided interventional procedure."

Traditionally, interventional radiologists and surgeons have competed for access to a hospital's diagnostic CT system to help guide their instruments in real time during an image guided medical treatment. Few hospitals today have a fully dedicated CT suite for CT-image guided procedures, in either radiology or surgery. GE's Innova CT now provides CT-like tissue visualization on the Innova flat panel interventional X-ray systems as well as two-dimensional fluoroscopy during a single session of care, without moving the patient from one table to another. (More details about BE offerings will be unveiled at the meeting.)

Watch DOTmed for further previews and updates on what to expect in Chicago. For meeting information, go to: http://rsna2005.rsna.org/rsna2005/V2005/index.cvn.


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