GE Healthcare

Optima XR646

Optimized for the way

you work.
Optima XR646
Optimized for the way
you work.
Effectively address and overcome daily imaging
challenges with the GE Optima* XR646—a digital
radiography system featuring the FlashPad* wireless
detector. With the Optima XR646, technologists
can feel good about the easy, efficient exams
they conduct knowing their patients are comfortable,
their radiologists are confident, and their facilities
are competitive.

Extend your
Position See the
performance.
yourself excellence
Clinically.
for an easier in every study.
Efficiently.
experience.
Financially.

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Position yourself for
an easier experience.
Set up exams quickly and confidently. Position patients and devices fast and flexibly.
Edit images and transfer exams easily and effortlessly. Keep patients comfortable
and cared for. At every step of every exam, the Optima XR646 is designed to simplify,
shorten, and bring more satisfaction to every technologist’s workday.

Simplify exams in a Flash. Full speed ahead.

• Do more with your X-ray system thanks to the • Preview images in less than 3 seconds to instantly
powerful functionality of FlashPad, GE’s durable, evaluate image quality and help avoid retakes.
reliable, next-generation wireless digital detector.
• See full images in 10 seconds to work more
• Position the wireless FlashPad detector with efficiently, reduce bottlenecks, and minimize
maximum ease, flexibility, and freedom, thanks patient wait times.
to its convenient square shape and two handles
• Switch back and forth between the workstation’s
for a secure grip.
keyboard and touch screen interface as you choose
• Easily cover large anatomies and accommodate during exams.
many anatomical combinations with the large,
• Print multiple images on one sheet to give each
40.4 cm x 40.4 cm (15.9 in x 15.9 in) FlashPad
patient his or her entire exam on a single page.
detector.
• Minimize the risk of detector glass breakage
and the need for replacement with the protection Flex your efficiency.
of GE’s patented cushioning system and carbon • Move the table in 8 different directions for greater
graphite materials. flexibility during exams.
• Position a knee, ankle, or foot easily and quickly • Image an ankle or foot quickly and easily with
with the mobile detector holder accessory. the patient standing rather than lying on the table
• Ensuring exact source-to-image distance is thanks to the 1.8 m (5.9 ft) vertical travel range
critical whatever the position. Auto-tracking of the overhead tube suspension, which puts the
automatically aligns the tube and detector to OTS as low as just 2.9 cm (1.14 in) from the floor.
ensure source-to-image distance is correct • Combining a large, 93 x 240 cm (37 in x 94 inch)
while positioning adjustments are made. table top, with the long, 85 cm (33.5 in) horizontal
This may reduce the chance of retakes and detector travel range in the table housing enables
speeds up your workflow. full radiographic coverage with minimal patient
movement.

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 Everything at your fingertips. Make the advanced routine.
• Display an entire group of preset field-of-view • Position patients conveniently and comfortably
selections—in either portrait or landscape views, when imaging larger anatomy with GE’s Auto
with all images centered on the detector on the Image Paste advanced application. This feature
intuitive, straightforward touchscreen user interface automatically stitches together multiple images
located on the overhead tube suspension. acquired in one fast, highly automated exam
into a single, seamless composite image.
Image Paste is 510(k) pending at FDA. Not available for sale in the U.S.
A wide range of patient sizes and ages.
• Obtain images of great value in daily practice with
• Image large patients with greater comfort and GE’s Dual-Energy Subtraction advanced application.
convenience on the spacious, 240 cm x 93 cm It improves the visibility of details in some regions
(94.5 in x 36.6 in) tabletop. of the chest, which may be beneficial for imaging
• Make it easy for children and elderly, wheelchair, silicosis or pneumoconiosis and rib fractures.
or impaired patients to get on and off the table
with low vertical positioning just 50 cm (19.7 in)
Expert support always on hand.
off the floor.
• With Appslinq1, get live application support
• Accommodate patients weighing up to 320 kg
from a clinical expert over the phone and through
(705 lbs) with the table’s high weight capacity,
your equipment console. Our remote experts can
and conveniently move the elevating table up and
help solve procedural issues in real time—as you
down while moving the table top for fine positioning.
encounter them. No more distance: these clinical
experts see exactly what you see on your screen
Emergency ready. and can even “take your hand” to personally
show you how to navigate the imaging system
• Easily move the overhead tube suspension away faster and more efficiently. It’s as good as
from the table to a stretcher on the long, 12 m having an expert sitting alongside you
(39 ft) OTS rails in the ICU or in a trauma situation. when you are trying to deal with a problem
such as an unexpected error message.

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Extend your
performance.
Clinically. Efficiently.
Financially.
The Optima XR646 is designed to help you improve, enhance, or increase your
imaging operation. Like your productivity and uptime. Your clinical breadth and
capacity. Your reputation and competitiveness. Your staff satisfaction and time
with patients. And your patient satisfaction and referrals.

Grow your reputation and boost Accelerate your flow.

your business. • Boost technologists’ efficiency through live
• Invest in the proven legacy and exceptional access to expert application support via AppsLinq*.
imaging and low-dose performance with GE’s Users of the AppsLinq program report a great
no-compromise FlashPad digital detector— level of satisfaction: they were able to acquire
the first wireless detector available in a system more diagnostic data while reducing examination
in this price segment. time. This higher level of productivity and clinical
excellence helps increase the number of daily
• Use GE’s proven, proprietary advanced applications
appointments and serve a greater number
to gain easy, instant access to greater confidence of patients. With AppsLinq, you also get training
in areas of clinical uncertainty, in ways that help you lessons on your own terms to accelerate
work fast and productively. the acquisition of new skills for your staff.
• Help attract referrals and extend the breadth
of your clinical capabilities with the Auto Image
Paste and Dual-Energy Subtraction advanced
Turn data into dose efficiency.
applications. IMV2 2013 reports growing plans • DEI (Detector Exposure Index) represents the ratio of
to acquire those capabilities over the next 3 years. the received exposure at the detector surface and
Image Paste is 510(k) pending at FDA. Not available for sale in the U.S. the predefined expected exposure. DEI gives you the
ability to monitor variance in image quality and dose
and determine “dose creep” for fixed techniques.
Diversify your detector. But it also provides the ability to determine average
• Share the GE FlashPad wireless detector dose by anatomy, view and patient size. Dose data
among all of your compatible GE X-ray products can also be used to establish consistency in
(including mobile systems) for added productivity. protocols and standardize image quality room to
room and site to site.

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 Always connected to GE Digital Expert
Service.

 end an E-message to a technical expert

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any time (24/7) directly from the console.

24/7 Access to all corrective and

preventive maintenance information.

Up your uptime. Maintain, plan, perform.

• 
Minimize downtime by instantly connecting • iCenter1 is an asset maintenance and management
your system with a GE digital services expert fully internet application—available to you 24/7.
qualified to resolve any issues—often remotely— This software provides data and analytics on
on the spot via GE’s InSite remote service. asset status, maintenance history, utilization,
location and planning. The goal of iCenter is to
• 
Send an E-message to a technical expert any
help improve decision—making and support
time (24/7) directly from the console. Jobs are
improved hospital operations.
automatically opened in our system with efficient
registration by using the right system ID. No need
to reach the call center ; your message is received Trust our track record.
directly by a technical expert.
• 
Capitalize on GE’s 125 years in imaging—
• Ensure any necessary onsite repairs are completed with decades of experience in X-ray alone—
quickly by having a GE service engineer arrive by doing business with a proven company
with intimate knowledge of the problem delivering proven technology, in a relationship
and well equipped to solve it. you can count on to last.

Extend your options.

• 
Maximize the flexibility of your system in the ICU
or trauma department with the 12-meter-long
overhead tube suspension rails that can help
simplify patient access in emergency situations.

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See the excellence
in every study.
The Optima XR646’s striking image quality is designed to support accurate
diagnoses, confident decisions, patient satisfaction, and frequent referrals.

Make your first decision the right one. Put more detail into your decisions.
• Obtain detailed images in every exam with GE’s • 68% DQE at 0 LP/mm delivers highly detailed images
proven, no-compromise FlashPad wireless digital to support your diagnostic accuracy and clinical
detector. confidence.
• Boost your clinical confidence thanks to FlashPad’s • Eliminate blind zones when imaging thanks to
ability to acquire multiple images in less than FlashPad’s single-panel, non-tiled construction.
a second—enabling it to deliver advanced
• The high-end Cesium Iodide (Csl) scintillator
applications such as Auto Image Paste and
optimizes light channeling to produce high-quality
Dual-Energy Subtraction.
images at a low X-ray exposure to the patient.
Image Paste is 510(k) pending at FDA. Not available for sale in the U.S.
• Reap the substantial image quality and low-dose
• From tube to detector, the entire image chain is
benefits of GE’s proprietary image chain—
designed by GE for greater imaging efficiency,
with all components manufactured, integrated,
with continual investment in new technology
and optimized solely by GE for seamless,
to make it even more efficient.
exceptional performance.

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 Dual-Energy Subtraction Auto Image Paste
See bone and soft tissue better. Get seamless long-bone or full spine images
• Separate soft tissue and bone structures by
in one fast, low-dose exam.
making one acquisition with two exposures at • Automatically acquire multiple overlapping images
different energy levels in less than 200 milliseconds. of larger anatomy such as the entire spine at the
Three images are generated providing three wall stand.
separate views of the chest: a standard
• Get complete coverage of the anatomical region
radiographic image, an image with the bones
“subtracted,” and an image of just the bones to of interest through the automated movement
highlight foreign objects or calcified structures. of the overhead tube suspension and the wallstand
detector.
• Excellent visibility of details in some regions
• Images are automatically combined into one high–
of the chest.
quality, seamless, composite picture to support easy
• Designed to help make soft-tissue lesions diagnosis.
conspicuous and easy to detect and diagnose.
• Enhance image quality and facilitate measurements
• Designed to help detect soft-tissues separately in orthopedic applications, thanks to excellent
to help find lesions easily. resolution and a large dynamic range.
Image Paste is 510(k) pending at FDA. Not available for sale in the U.S.
• Helps make bone lesions and calcifications visible.

• Obtain complementary images of great value in daily

practice with just a small increase in radiation dose,
especially beneficial for less-experienced radiologists.

Dual-Energy3 Auto Image Paste4

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1
Option may not be available in all countries, check with your local representative.
2
IMV is a recognized leader in market research and online publishing for the medical imaging and clinical diagnostic instruments markets.
3
Clinical images taken on a GE Healthcare Discovery XR656, which has the same imaging chain as the Optima XR646
4
Clinical images taken on a GE Healthcare Definium 6000, which has the same imaging chain as the Optima XR646

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