NAME OF PRODUCT GE Discovery RT (CT simulator)
BRAND / MANUFACTURER GE Healthcare
MODEL / TYPE Discovery RT
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CHINA
FACTORY OF ORIGIN GE Hangwei Medical System
PRODUCT'S REGISTRATION (AKL/AKD) AKL 21501616305
FDA Clearance Yes
CE Mark (MDD) Yes
WHERE MARKETED World wide
REFERENCE OF TECHNICAL
TYPE Multifunction wide bore CT scanner for Radiotherapy
Slice /rotation 32 slice
Number of rows 24 rows
Number of detector elements 21,888 individual elements
GANTRY FEATURES
Gantry tilt mechanical 30o tilt
Gantry aperture, cm 80 cm
Scan localizer Laser alignment
Rotation Time for full 360o 0.5 sec/rotation
Breath Hold Guidance - Audio Instruction / Voice Yes
Breath Hold Guidance - Visual Indicator Integrated breathing lights and countdown timer
Breath Hold Guidance - Counting Down Timer Integrated breathing lights and countdown timer
X-RAY TUBE
Heat storage, MHU 8 MHU
Heat dissipation rate, kHU/min 2100 KHU/min
Tube cooling Air cooled
Tube focal spots, mm Dual focal spots
Max scan time 120 second
X-RAY GENERATOR
Generator kW output 100 kW
kVp range 80, 100, 120, 140 kVp
mA range 10 to 800 mA
DETECTOR
Field of view 80 cm
Total detector width, z-axis, mm 20 mm
Minimum slice width, mm 0.625 mm
Metal artifact reduction software for small implant Smart MAR
Metal artifact reduction software for large implant Smart MAR
PATIENT TABLE
Vertical movement 43-99.1 cm
Horizontal range 173 cm
Scannable range, cm 170 cm
Horizontal speed 125mm/s
Max load capacity, kg (accuracy, mm) 227 kg
Footswitch function Up, Down, Inward, Outward
Radiation Therapy Planning flat surface table top for CT Simulation applications Provided
IMAGE QUALITY
High-contrast spatial resolution 18.1 lp/cm
Low Contrast Resolution 5mm @0.30%
CT Number -31743 to 31743
Helical Artifact Index reduction IQ Enhance
Streaking artifacts reduction AAR
LOW DOSE FEATURES
Lowest mA selection (low dose CT) 10 mA
Highest mA selection (high performance CT) 800 mA
Dose-modulation technique 3D Dose Modulation, SmartmA, SmartTrack, Dose Check
Pediatric-specific dose control Color Coding for Kids
Sliding collimation (overbeaming reduction) SmartTrack, SmartBeam
Dose check Standard
IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION
Computer CPU Dual Intel XEON
Monitor displlay 2 x 19" LCD monitor
Disk 1,200 GB
Image capacity (512x512) 250,000 uncompressed 512x512 images
RAM 32 GB
Reconstruction matrices Reconstruction matrix: 512
Display Matrix Display matrix: 1024
Reconstruction speed 28 frame per scond
IMAGE PROCESSING
Standard or optional Standard
Low Dose Iterative Rexonstruction ASiR
Recommended postprocessing workstation GE AW advanced workstation provided
Remote access to raw image data Yes
Remote access to clinical applications Yes
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS AND POST PROCESSING WORKSTATION
Basic viewing software AW VolumeViewer
Software for the analysis of 3D angiography data providing a number of display, measurement and batch filming/archive
VesselIQXpress
features to study user-selected vessels which include stenosis analysis
Software for post stent planning procedures and directional vessel tortuosity visualization. VesselIQXpress
CT Endoscopy / navigator Navigator
Software for automatic segmentation of bony structures and calcified plaques optimized VesselIQXpress
Oncology software for multi-modality image and dataset reviews to follow lesion size overtime, apply study criteria and
OncoQuant
provide tabulated results
Supports standard: RECIST 1.0, 1.1, 2, and WHO criteria OncoQuant
Software for comparison of 3D anatomical images from CT, MRI, PET, SPECT OncoQuant
Automatic multi-modality image registration at loading for two or more exams Integrated Registration
VIRTUAL SIMULATION to prepare geometric and anatomical data for proposed external radiation therapy before or after
AdvantageSimMD
dosimetry planning
Respiratory/pulmonary motion acquisition deviceless Deviceless 4D
Retrospective gating application for respiration-induced motion of the anatomy Advantage 4D
SYSTEM INTEGRATION
DICOM Storage Service Class Provided
Service Class User (SCU) for image send Provided
Service Class Provider (SCP) for image receive Provided
Service Class User (SCU) for storage commitment Provided
DICOM Query/Retrieve Service Class Provided
DICOM Storage Commitment Class Push Provided
DICOM Modality Worklist Provided
DICOM Modality Performed Procedure Step Provided
DICOM Print Provided
DICOM Structured Dose Report Provided
DICOM RT Provided
ROOM SIZE & ITEMS
Gantry dimensions, H x W x D, cm 2439 x 1006 x 1992
Gantry weight, kg 1816 kg
POWER REQUIREMENTS 150 kVA
Minimum W x L,m2 According to BAPETEN regulation
SHIELDING REQUIREMENTS According to BAPETEN regulation
Deviceless respiratory motion acquisition Yes
Radiation Therapy flat table top, with Indexing for CT Simulation applications Yes
POSITIONING Marking LASER with correlated axial, sagittal, and coronal Yes
UPS for PC Yes