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Lung Cancer Screening

Lung cancer causes more deaths than the next 3 deadliest cancers combined.2

With our advanced CT technologies and expertise, we can help you lead your community in the fight against lung cancer.

We're proud to be the first CT manufacturer with an indication for low-dose CT lung cancer screening.3,4 Using qualified GE CT scanners and our new low-dose CT lung cancer screening protocols, you can increase early detection in high-risk patients and help prevent a substantial number of lung cancer related deaths.5

Implementing a low-dose CT lung cancer screening program gives you the ability to change lives in your patient community but also has the potential to dramatically increase the demands of your radiology department and beyond.

Find out how we can help.


Dose

Dose Management is about more than just low-dose devices.

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To deliver quality diagnostic care with the lowest possible radiation dose, GE Healthcare knows smart dose technologies need to be part of an integrated program of evidence-based practices, supported by the collaborative efforts of the entire imaging team. It starts with a strategy, and we can help you get there.

GE Blueprint

Our GE Blueprint Program can provide you with insights and suggestions for integrating your leadership, practices and technologies into an effective, high-performance radiation management program. Measure your practices, fix the issues, and build a plan to help enable end-to-end optimization. Learn more about Blueprint >>

Dose-optimized Protocols

Developing, optimizing and managing protocols can be a time-consuming and expensive task for you. Which is why we've looked to the clinical professionals at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health for protocols optimized for GE CT systems. Included with many new system installations and also available for some current GE users, UW-Madison's protocols include 70 clinical applications for adults and pediatrics. With up to three patient-size-optimized protocols for each adult application and up to five for each pediatric application, this extensive set of protocols number over 180 total. Contact your GE sales representative to find out if the UW-Madison protocols are available for your system. Learn more about the UW-Madison protocol project.

CT Smart Dose Technologies

Modern imaging intelligence.
Better patient care, improved efficiency, expanded applications. Smart Technologies is a suite of intelligent CT tools designed to help you achieve these goals, delivering diagnostic confidence with lower levels of radiation4.

Our Smart Dose Technologies are designed to help you acquire high-quality images using lower doses of radiation, contributing to more accurate diagnoses and lower exposures for patients. Learn more about Smart Dose technologies >>

4. Not all Smart Technologies are available on all products. Ask a GE Healthcare sales representative for details.

NEMA XR 29

Is your CT system MITA Smart Dose Compliant?

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association's Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) continues its dose reduction effort with the approval of MITA Smart Dose, a standard that offers healthcare providers an additional tool to optimize and manage dose in CT scanning.

Several attributes of CT equipment help physicians and technologists optimize and manage dose. The MITA Smart Dose standard, also known as NEMA XR 29-2013, bundles four of these important features to ensure that compliant equipment produces high-quality diagnostic images while supporting patient safety. They are:

  • DICOM Dose Structured Reporting, which enables recording of post-exam dose information in a standardized electronic format. This information can be included in the patient record, promoting the establishment of diagnostic reference levels, as well as facility dose management and quality assurance.
  • Pediatric and adult reference protocols, a set of pre-loaded protocols on a CT system that serve as a baseline for a variety of clinical tasks.
  • CT Dose Check, which incorporates two features - dose notifications and dose alerts - that can alert operators and physicians when dose exceeds established thresholds.
  • Automatic Exposure Control (AEC), which automatically adjusts the amount of radiation used, based on the size, shape and composition of the patient, in order to achieve a specified level of image quality.

On April 1, 2014, the President signed into law the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014. Beginning in 2016, Medicare will pay less for certain diagnostic CT scans performed on CT equipment that does not meet the MITA Smart Dose CT standard.

To request a certificate for your system, please click here.

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Smart Technologies

Modern imaging intelligence.

Better patient care, improved efficiency, expanded applications. Smart Technologies is a suite of intelligent CT tools designed to help you achieve these goals, delivering diagnostic confidence with lower levels of radiation4.

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Smart Dose
Intelligent technology designed to help you acquire high-quality images using lower doses of radiation, contributing to more accurate diagnoses and lower exposures for patients.
Learn more about Smart Dose technologies >>

Smart Flow
Systems designed to help you improve productivity by streamlining user workflow and access to information.
Learn more about Smart Flow technologies >>

Smart Cardiac
Inventive technology that assists you in quickly setting up complex cardiac procedures reliably and repeatedly.
Learn more about Smart Cardiac technologies >>

Smart Spectral
Innovative technology that helps you make spectral imaging routine by assisting you in setting up these advanced procedures.
Learn more about Smart Spectral technologies >>

4. Not all Smart Technologies are available on all products. Ask a GE Healthcare sales representative for details.

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Lung Cancer Screening References

  1. The National Lung Screening Trial Research Team. Reduced Lung-Cancer Mortality with Low-Dose Computed Tomographic Screening. N Engl J Med 2011;365:395-409. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1102873.
  2. National Cancer Institute. Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program (SEER). SEER Stat Fact Sheets: Lung and Bronchus Cancer. https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/lungb.html.
  3. The FDA has cleared the following qualified GE Healthcare CT scanners to receive the new low-dose CT Lung Cancer Screening Option: Revolution™ CT, Revolution GSI, Revolution HD, Revolution EVO, Revolution Discovery™ CT, Discovery CT750 HD, Discovery CT590 RT, Optima™ CT660, Optima CT540, Optima CT580 RT with 16-slice CT, Optima CT580 W, LightSpeed™ Xtra, LightSpeed RT16, LightSpeed Pro32, LightSpeed VCT Select, LightSpeed VCT XT, LightSpeed VCT XTe, LightSpeed VCT, LightSpeed Pro16, LightSpeed 16 and BrightSpeed™ Elite. The following PET/CT and SPECT/CT systems that use the qualified CT systems are also eligible to receive the lung cancer screening option: Discovery IQ, Discovery PET/CT 610, Discovery PET/CT 710, Discovery CT670 with 16-slice CT and Discovery CT670 Pro.
  4. The Low-Dose CT (LDCT) Lung Cancer Screening Option (LCS) for qualified GE Systems is indicated for using low-dose CT for lung cancer screening. The screening must be performed within the established inclusion criteria of programs/protocols that have been approved and published by either a governmental body or professional medical society.
  5. Moyer V. Screening for Lung Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. Ann Intern Med. 2014;160:330-338. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/RecommendationStatementFinal/lung-cancer-screening.

Revolution EVO Disclaimers

  1. Low contrast detectability (LCD), image noise, spatial resolution and artifacts were assessed using reference factory protocols comparing ASiR-V and FBP. The LCD measured in 0.625 mm slices and tested for both head and body modes using the MITA CT IQ Phantom (CCT183, The Phantom Laboratory), using model observer method.
  2. In clinical practice, the use of ASiR–V may reduce CT patient dose depending on the clinical task, patient size, anatomical location and clinical practice. A consultation with a radiologist and a physicist should be made to determine the appropriate dose to obtain diagnostic image quality for the particular clinical task.
  3. ASiR-V is an option on some configurations.
  4. Actual results may vary depending on the circumstances, including but not limited to, exam type, clinical practice, and image reconstruction technique. This information was based on a simulation using the GE Healthcare Optima* CT660 device and is presented for illustrative purposes only.

Education & Training

Knowledge. Power. Confidence.

GE Healthcare Educators and Computed Tomography Clinical Application Specialists are committed to helping you provide better patient care on a daily basis through our high performance education programs. Learn more.

Service & Support

Service. Support. Solutions.

We're here to help you keep your CT system up and running. We know that for every piece of CT equipment in your facility, there are patients with expectations about having their exams done reliably and on schedule. GE's dedicated Field Service team and specialized online Engineers make it their mission to transform essential services into extraordinary outcomes.

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