Generous 80-cm bores

LightSpeed RT 16's 80-cm gantry openings offers full flexibility and freedom to position patients for demanding clinical radiation oncology studies.
The comprehensive coverage provided by the 65-cm variable field of view improves your visualization of patient anatomy so you can more easily and accurately develop dose plans for precise radiation therapy.
That coverage is matched by power. A 100-kW generator and Performix® X-ray tube give the LightSpeed RT 16 exceptional power to better handle 4D studies and to optimize dose, image quality and throughput even with larger patients and high-artifact anatomy.

The optimal architecture

A large bore CT scanner needs to deliver two things for radiotherapy planning. Excellent image quality so that clinicians have confidence in their ability to precisely delineate target limits. And the flexibility to accommodate any patient treatment position while providing optimal anatomical coverage.
With the LightSpeed RT 16, you get it all. Its innovative architecture combined with the most powerful generator on the market results in a system that optimizes patient handling, anatomical coverage, and image quality. That means no compromises - an enhanced level of detail in your images and near-total ease of handling patients.

No Compromise on Image Quality

Larger bore CT places unprecedented demands on tube technology. The ability to scan routinely at sub-second speeds requires exceptional power, throughput and X -ray beam quality. Backed by a powerful 100kW generator, the Performix® Pro delivers the highest peak mA capability of any X-ray tube on the market - from 440mA up to 800 mA, well above the typical industry performance.
This capability provides the user with ample power to:

• Examine larger patients successfully without making tradeoffs
• Image smaller structures and see greater details
• Achieve higher gantry rotation speeds for routine 0.8 sec to 0.5 second scanning.