GE LightSpeed VCT
Family: GE LightSpeed · Modality: CT
GE's 64-slice workhorse CT — "VCT" for Volume CT. The dominant 64-slice scanner in US community hospitals for a decade alongside Siemens SOMATOM Definition 64 and Philips Brilliance 64. Capable of cardiac CTA with SnapShot Pulse gated protocol. Refurb favorite; extensive third-party service coverage.
Variant-specific considerations
- 64-slice, 0.625 mm detector
- 0.35 s gantry rotation (fast for its era)
- Performix 40/80 tubes across the production run
- ASiR iterative reconstruction on later units
- Discovery VCT is the cardiac-packaged variant
Parts
Performix 40 / Performix Pro tube, high-frequency generator, detector modules, slip-ring, tilting table.