GE Discovery STE
Family: GE Discovery PET/CT · Modality: PET/CT
BGO-crystal PET detector + LightSpeed-class CT — GE's mid-generation PET/CT before the LYSO-based Discovery 600 / 610 / 710 family. Common in community oncology imaging. Replaced in new orders by the Discovery MI (digital-SiPM) platform.
Variant-specific considerations
- BGO crystals (pre-LYSO era) — lower time-of-flight capability vs later GE systems
- Coupled with 8/16-slice LightSpeed-class CT
- Non-TOF reconstruction standard
- Large refurb-market installed base
Parts
BGO detector blocks, PMT arrays, LightSpeed-class CT gantry (see LightSpeed Pro 32 for CT service commonality).
Successor
- Discovery 600 / 710 families (LYSO) — not yet individual cards
- Discovery MI (digital-SiPM, current)