LightSpeed Training Required



Note: Course prices do not reflect the cost of the prerequisites. For detailed information click on the prerequisite course titles.


LightSpeed Series (4/8/16 slice)   (Class/Lab)
R0018CT   76 Hours   $11,325.00

Prerequisite Course Material:

Executive Summary:
The LightSpeed Series course is a 10-day inresidence class with labs. It will equip the Service Engineer with system and subsystem theory and hands-on lab activities to address technical service issues for the original 4/8/16-slice family of scanners (includes LightSpeed 4/8/16 and HiSpeed QXI).

Course Competencies:

  • Identify required tools and documentation for system service.
  • Work safely in the LightSpeed 4/8/16 environment
  • Identify FRU part numbers, and replace common FRUs
  • Identify the installation steps and resources required for system installation
  • Perform system quality assurance checks and performance verification
  • Troubleshoot image quality issues Perform tube change, alignments, calibrations, and image quality checks
  • Isolate system faults to the FRU level using system diagnostics
  • Perform planned maintenance procedures
  • Load software (LFC) during install or troubleshooting


Course Date:
September 19 - 30, 2011



LightSpeed Pro (HP60, Pro16, RT, BrightSpeed)   (Class/Lab)
R0026CT   80 Hours   $16,945.00

Prerequisite Course Material:

Executive Summary:
The LightSpeed Pro course is a two-week inresidence class with labs. This course is intended for Service Engineers who don't have prior LightSpeed training. It will equip the Service Engineer with system and subsystem theory and hands-on lab activities to address technical service issues for the newer 4/8/16-slice family of scanners (includes LightSpeed 4/8/16 HP60, Lightspeed 16 Pro, Lightspeed RT16/Discovery 590RT/Optima 580W/Optima CT590RT, BrightSpeed 4/8/16).

Course Competencies:

  • Identify required tools and documentation for system service
  • Work safely in the LightSpeed Pro environment
  • Identify FRU part numbers, and replace common FRUs
  • Identify the installation steps and resources required for system installation
  • Perform system quality assurance checks and performance verification
  • Troubleshoot image quality issues
  • Perform tube change, alignments, calibrations, and image quality checks
  • Isolate system faults to the FRU level using system diagnostics
  • Perform planned maintenance procedures
  • Load software (LFC) during install or troubleshooting


  • Course Dates:
    October 17 - 28, 2011
    November 29 - December 9, 2011
    January 23 - February 3, 2012
    February 20 - March 2, 2012
    March 19 - 30, 2012



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    CT LightSpeed 7X and Optima 660nbsp;  (Class/Lab)
    R0044CT   6 dayss   $16185.00

    Prerequisite Course Material:

    Executive Summary:
    The CT LightSpeed 7x & Optima 660 course is a differences class and is intended for Engineers who have completed LightSpeed Pro Training. It will equip the Engineer with system and subsystem theory and hands-on lab activities to address technical service issues for the 32/64-slice family of scanners (includes LightSpeed VCT, LightSpeed VCT XT, LightSpeed VCT Select, and Optima 660).

    Upon successfully completing this course, the student should be able to:

    • Identify required tools and documentation for system service.
    • Work safely in the LightSpeed 7x and Optima 660 environment.
    • Identify FRU part numbers, and replace common FRUs.
    • Identify the installation steps and resources required for system installation.
    • Perform system quality assurance checks and performance verification.
    • Troubleshoot image quality issues.
    • Perform tube change, alignments, calibrations, and image quality checks.
    • Isolate system faults to the FRU level using system diagnostics.
    • Perform planned maintenance procedures.
    • Load software (LFC) during install or troubleshooting.


    Course Dates:
    TBD



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    Prerequisite Courses

    CT Basic Physics/Instrumentation   (Web)
    R0010CT   13 hours   $3300.00

    Executive Summary:
    The CT eFundamentals course is designed primarily for service engineers who have little or no familiarity with CT systems. Completion of this course is required for all CT system-level courses.

    Course Competencies:
    The course teaches general processes, concepts, and equipment used in CT scanning. The course is comprised of six modules, or mini courses: Principles, Components and Functions, Image Processing and Display, Basic Applications, Quality Assurance, and Safety.

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    Troubleshooting Basics   (Web)
    R0901CM   3 hours   $545.00

    Executive Summary:
    This course is for individuals involved in servicing medical equipment. By taking this course, you will learn a proven process for troubleshooting medical equipment. You will also learn how to use various tools in a troubleshooting situation and how to interpret error messages. This course will not address how to troubleshoot specific products; you will learn this information in product training.

    Course Competencies:



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    Networking and DICOM Basic   (Web)
    R0907CM   5 hours   $2,590.00

    Executive Summary:< br> This course is for individuals involved in servicing medical equipment. By taking this course, you will have a general Networking/DICOM foundation. The product-specific aspects of networking will be covered in the in-resident training classes.

    Course Competencies:

    • Theory of networking
    • Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model
    • UTP & TCP/IP protocols
    • DICOM standard and conformance statements
    • Troubleshooting network problems



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    LightSpeed Basic   (Web)
    R0032CT   25 Hours   $5,990.00

    Executive Summary:
    This course is intended to prepare Service Engineers on basic LightSpeed safety, theory, preventive maintenance, and routine service tasks before attending the LightSpeed Series (4/8/16) Class/Lab.

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    Lightspeed Pro   (Web)
    R0031CT   9 Hours   $5,990.00

    Executive Summary:
    This course is intended to prepare Service Engineers on basic LightSpeed theory and subsystem basics before attending the LightSpeed Pro (HP60, Pro16, RT, Brightspeed) Class/Lab.

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    Global Operators Console 3, 4 & 5   (Web)
    R0034CT   3 Hours   $1,625.00

    Executive Summary:
    The The Xtreme console is also referred to as the Global Operators Console (GOC). This is the current operator console for all CT LightSpeed and PET Discovery ST systems. This course is for service engineers who service any of the GOC3, GOC4 or GOC5 operator consoles.

    Course Competencies:
    This course covers the following topics:



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