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The GE Optima* PET/CT 560 is built around your patients. Your confidence. Your efficiency. Your bottom line.

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Powerful and versatile, the Optima PET/CT 560 is an all-around remarkable scanner designed to meet the demands of today’s mainstream clinical imaging environment.

It’s a scanner we built both for you and around you, by combining superb image quality, high productivity, and a patient–friendly experience. All in a system that can continuously deliver ongoing value for you over time, while helping you maintain high standards of patient safety and care.

A full, head-to-toe scan–in one pass.

With the carbon fiber table extender in place, you can do a full, uninterrupted, feet-first full-body scan on your taller

patients–thanks to the Optima PET/CT 560’s 2-meter scan range,

the longest in the industry.

560Your patients first.From its unmatched scanning range and ample field of view, to its remarkable dose-reduction capabilities, the Optima PET/CT 560’s features are designed with your patients in mind.

Enhance patient comfort with a 2-meter scan range.Patients stay on the table for a complete head-to-toe study, without interruption or repositioning.

Stay close to your patients.System controls and displays on both the front and rear of the scanner offer flexibility and convenience in patient contact and imaging control.

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A patient-friendly experience, head-to-toe.

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WideView imaging lets you easily see everything in the large, 70-cm bore, giving you more flexibility in positioning patients comfortably for their scans.

Flexible, full field-of-view imaging.

With GE’s WideView imaging, you can position and image the complete patient in the large, 70-cm bore more comfortably and easily. You get a fully reconstructed, 70-cm field-of-view for both PET and CT to help facilitate accurate radiation treatment planning–especially critical for obese patients and scans where the skin surface is important.

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The Optima PET/CT 560’s carbon fiber table extender enables a full 2-meter scan range–the longest in the industry. You can do a full head-to-toe scan in one pass for greater patient comfort and convenience, and position taller patients on the table with greater ease. Save up to 15 minutes per exam by eliminating patient repositioning–and potentially boost your scanning efficiency and patient throughput.

Less dose. All the image.

3D dose modulation.

The Optima PET/CT 560 uses a 3D modulation algorithm which automatically adjusts the mA as you scan along the x-y-z axes. The modulation maintains CT image quality, yet dose is reduced up to 40 percent.

This 3D dose modulation delivers the lowest dose scenarios when compared to fixed x, y, or z dose methods.

Conventional CT Scanner BeamOne half of the beam never reaches the detector, resulting in wasted dose.

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GE Optima PET/CT 560 Scanner BeamThe entire beam is used to create the image, resulting in no wasted dose and minimizing dose to the patient.

A beam optimized for dose efficiency.

The optimized X-ray beam on the Optima PET/CT 560 narrows before entering the patient, so the entire beam is used to create the image. Unlike conventional CT scanners in which one-half of the beam never reaches the detector, with the Optima there’s no wasted dose and patient dose is minimized.

Color-coded pediatric protocols.

Based on the Broselow-Luten* Pediatric System, GE’s default PET/CT protocols are specifically designed to help reduce CT radiation exposure in FDG oncology pediatric exams to meet ALARA guidelines.

An intuitive, GE-developed interface dedicated to pediatric examinations lets you select from color-coded protocols set in advance to suit a child’s specific weight.

Starting with pre-scan and straight through post-processing, the Optima PET/CT 560 helps make your entire scanning experience streamlined and efficient.

A study in efficiency.

Efficient PET Daily Quality Assurance (DQA).DQA at the start of the scanning day is quick and efficient. A single button push launches the DQA procedure, which takes less than 10 minutes and provides you with a daily report. All of this with no additional radiation exposure to your technologists thanks to our automated source loader.

View full-size clinical images while your patient is being scanned.Fast reconstruction times deliver images to you sooner–allowing decision-making before your patient is even off the table. Powerful, GE-exclusive IBM BladeCenter** technology prospectively reconstructs 3D iterative images from massive PET/CT data sets at incredible speeds.

See images anywhere, anytime.A 3D visualization and analysis solution, the Advantage Workstation* arms you with fast, flexible, clinically effective post-processing capabilities. Utilize applications virtually anywhere–AW Server solutions transform PCs or laptops into versatile, portable image review solutions in any location. Visualize large-volume, thin-slice data with ease, and transfer that data easily with full DICOM compatibility.

Track and report on multiple lesions.An efficient way to visualize, track, and manage multiple lesions and multiple exam data over time, PET VCAR interactive reporting tools let you provide a powerful rendering of your findings to referring physicians. PET VCAR automatically highlights PET-defined regions of interest for objective evidence in diagnosis, staging, treatment planning, and monitoring response to therapy in your PET studies.

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Optimized user interface can help improve exams. With its clean, simple layout, the Optima PET/CT 560’s user-friendly interface can help you conduct quicker exams for your patients.

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Compact and ergonomic for flexibility and comfort. The Discovery* Elite console’s Freedom Workspace* is flexible and ultra-compact for convenience and comfort. Move monitors horizontally to suit your preference, and install operating console hardware in a remote location to reduce noise and heat, and operator stress and fatigue.

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Compact and ergonomic for flexibility and comfort.The Discovery* Elite console’s Freedom Workspace*is flexible and ultra-compact for convenience andcomfort. Move monitors horizontally to suit yourpreference, and install operating console hardwarein a remote location to reduce noise and heat, andoperator stress and fatigue.

Full confidence. In every detail.

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Low doseInjected dose: 5.08mCi (188Mbq)

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Advanced GE VUE Point HD intelligent 3D iterative reconstruction enhances resolution for uncompromised image quality–so you can confidently detect small lesions and increase quantitative accuracy.

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Flexibility. Support. Value. These are some of the Optima PET/CT 560’s biggest strengths– that just keep growing stronger with time.

Boost your patient volumes and revenues.Your Optima PET/CT 560 can be operated as a standalone 8- or 16-slice CT scanner. With its exceptional power, remarkable speed, high-resolution, low-dose imaging, and full diagnostic capabilities, it can help increase your patient imaging volumes and revenues.

Backing you beyond the scan.Keep your scanning schedule on track.Not only are GE Healthcare PET systems rated #1 in system reliability, they are backed by one of the largest and most experienced service forces to help reduce failures and interruptions to patient flow by keeping your system up and scanning. Overall, GE Healthcare has been rated #1 in more service categories than any other manufacturer for five years straight, according to the 2010 IMV1 ServiceTrak*** report.

Getting the most from your future.Meet tomorrow’s demands with our latest innovations.Growing demands on healthcare mean cost pressures are increasing. You need to do more with the equipment you have, now and in the future. The Optima PET/CT 560 gives you that investment protection—with the capability to grow with you and your future needs.

As the size, scope, and makeup of your imaging volumes change, you can easily upgrade your Optima PET/CT 560 to keep pace. A direct upgrade path to the Discovery PET/CT 600 series lets you take full advantage of the newest GE PET/CT innovations to image a wider range of patients. Do more complex procedures. And scale your system to your needs. Easy-to-add innovative applications and technology help you keep your PET/CT system current in an ever-changing and increasingly competitive market.

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Manage your assets with remote digital services.With the Optima PET/CT 560, you can get the training and information you need right where you need it—at the imaging console or your department PC. TiP* Virtual Assist (TVA) On Demand provides efficient troubleshooting support and real-time technologist training.

Our iCenter* Asset Maintenance portal lets you see your scanner’s operational status at a glance including planned maintenance schedules, complete service history, contract information and system health.

GE Healthcare Molecular Imaging Understanding disease. From the beginning.

Get service and support at your fingertips. Our InSite* OnWatch remote service moves from detection to prediction, by constantly analyzing data to potentially eliminate faults before they occur.

With iLinq* instant help, you can quickly connect to one of the biggest and most skilled service forces anywhere for fast answers to questions about your system’s performance, applications, training, or support.

Built on GE’s pioneering legacy in molecular imaging, the Optima PET/CT 560 leverages our 80 years of expertise and advanced CT technology to give you a clearer, more complete understanding of disease from the beginning.

1 IMV is an independent medical imaging research firm that annually surveys imaging professionals on their satisfaction with OEM equipment service.

2 Data cited from the 2010 ServiceTrak Imaging Survey for PET systems.

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About GE Healthcare:

GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement, and performance solutions services helps our customers to deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In addition, we partner with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global policy change necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable healthcare systems.

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