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Question by tony grigsby
Submitted on 7/24/2003
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I have a 1994 GE prospeed CT scanner. question#1. it uses pioneer DEC-702 optical disk. these are very expensive disk, only store approximately 15 studies. I would like to use something more generic (ie. cheaper).  is there anything compatible? If not, why can"t i install a cd/rw in place of this optical drive. the media is a lot cheaper and even easier to distribute to physicians in place of films. Question #2. Why do these systems have so little internal storage and can it be upgraded or can a external storage device be connected? again these systems only store 900 images which we can easily use up in 4-5 patients in 1 sec. mode with 1mm slices. any help greatly appreciated.


Answer by dicomator
Submitted on 1/14/2004
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GE has no interest in selling cheap media, they need save ones. The DEC-702 is an MOD-Media with 300MB capacity each side. A 1994 CT was designed in the early 90s. There were no bigger media that time. So they desided to distribute this drive (as Siemens did also). Because medicine software and devices are certified, there is no possibility to install another device, without voiding this certification. GE is not interessted in selling a cheap drive but an expensive modality.
You will have two opportunities: 1. Compress your images or reduce matrix. 2. Send your images to a PACS and do the archive work there. This works only if your CT is able to send in DICOM.

 

Answer by concerned tech
Submitted on 5/30/2005
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i started working in a facility that is using 600 mas for all their scan slices. is this normal?

 

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