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Infinia Hawkeye 4
Illuminating more. So you can do more.

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Among its many enhancements
are the countless lives it will reach
The Infinia™ Hawkeye™ 4 SPECT/CT from GE Healthcare builds upon its industry-leading performance with a
wealth of innovations, from delivering low dosage and improved acquisition times to enhancing imaging results
through scatter modeling and reduction, motion detection and correction, and accurate attenuation correction.
And yet, perhaps its most striking advancement is offering a decade’s worth of refinements with improved
productivity and a lowered total cost of ownership. With the Infinia Hawkeye 4, hospitals and care providers
can now increase their profitability and competitiveness, help in earlier detection of diseases and elevate
patient care while achieving more than they ever before thought possible. Illuminating the hidden recesses
of the human body as well as your institution’s true potential.
Proven and improved
Pioneered by GE Healthcare over a decade ago, this industry-revolutionizing hybrid SPECT/CT imaging technology
Enhancing the world’s pioneering SPECT/CT system
has undergone continuous enhancements, culminating in the Infinia Hawkeye 4, the latest model of the world’s The reliable design of Infinia Hawkeye 4 embodies the perfect balance of optimum
most widely installed hybrid SPECT/CT technology. Celebrating over 1,300 installations, performing 500,000 workflow efficiency, reduced dose, expansive clinical applications and ongoing
scans annually and recognized by more than 240 published citations, Infinia product innovation. Made possible only through a decade of hybrid imaging experience,
Hawkeye technology has been tested and proven to deliver: the Infinia Hawkeye technology boasts many diagnostic milestones including:

• Superb image quality • 4-slice CT imaging on a single NM/CT slip-ring gantry

• Exceptional clinical diagnostic accuracy • Automated gantry movements and Ignite™ enable one-click
• Highly accurate SPECT/CT registration and applications to accelerate workflow
attenuation correction • Evolution™ resolution recovery, delivering ½ time acquisition
• Outstanding workflow efficiency and productivity and enhanced image quality for bone and cardiac SPECT scans
• Minimal patient dose • InfiniaVC Hawkeye—exclusive camera-based PET/CT imaging
• Reduced total cost of ownership and siting requirements • Volumetrix Suite registration and 3D fusion with existing CT scans

Advanced new features of the Infinia Hawkeye 4 include:

• The ability to perform cardiac and bone SPECT scans at ½ dose

• The ability to acquire whole-body bone scans in ½ the time
or ½ the dose
• Automatic image registration of DICOM-compliant CT study with
single or multiple SPECT or PET exams
• New Volumetrix MI tomographic volume rendering and 3D fusion
of SPECT with MR and PET scans
• Enhanced motion detection and correction
• Modality Performed Procedure Step (MPPS) to expedite reporting
and speed workflow while reducing patient ID errors
Confidence that comes Enhancing results with a SPECT-optimized low-dose CT

from documented and

This dramatic improvement in patient management can be attributed to these
technological achievements:

published change in • Patented SPECT-optimized time-averaged CT imaging for optimal

attenuation correction

patient management • Advanced reconstruction techniques using LightSpeed™ and VCT™ technology
with unique registration tools for accurate lesion localization
• Ultra-low-dose CT scans optimized for attenuation correction and localization
Physicians using Infinia Hawkeye 4 technology have repeatedly
• Advanced artifact reduction techniques including helical view weighting,
achieved greater diagnostic accuracy when compared with
parallel-beam projection rebinning, ring artifact reduction, noise reduction
SPECT scanning alone. For example, diagnoses with Infinia
and edge enhancement filters
Hawkeye 4 have been shown to modify patient interpretation,
• Motion detection and correction software package detects changes
driving change in patient management in prostate, thyroid,
in organ position throughout the study and then calculates the magnitude
neuroendocrine and other types of tumor cases studied.
of this motion and corrects it
Overall, you can be confident that the Infinia Hawkeye 4 • Quality assurance tool to ensure accurate SPECT/CT co-registration
will deliver change in patient management in a major
part of the studies.*

Degenerative disease in the acromia-clavicular joint and

SPECT images acquired no traumatic injuries
24h post IV injection of 6mCi
Courtesy of Clinic Saint Jean, Brussels, Belgium
In-111 Somatostatin: increased uptake
in the retro-peritoneum, anterior to
previous surgical field, with enlarged
lymph node in the corresponding
location of the study.
Infinia Hawkeye 4 registered with
Diagnosis: Metastatic lymph node.
VCT/Neuroendocrine-carcinoma
Courtesy of Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
111In - Pentetreotide, 3.5 MBq/kg MEGP collimator / CT
axial, full rotation, 120 keV 58 mAs, CTDIvol 3.78

Courtesy of HEGP Hospital, Paris, France, Drs C. Hignette and M. Faraggi

*Between 8% and 75% of researched cases, depending on type of study

Do more with more–streamlined
workflow and 1/2 time scans
While institutions face the challenge of getting by with less, the Infinia Hawkeye 4 consistently Full time MPI rest SPECT
delivers more. The tool of choice for heavy-workload clinics, community hospitals and
specialized nuclear medicine departments alike, the Infinia Hawkeye 4 combines reduced scan
time, faster processing and online scan quality assurance to reduce the need for study retakes.
Even patient registration and billing are now streamlined through DICOM worklist and Modality
Performance Procedure Step tools.
½ time Tc-99m SPECT with Evolution for Bone ½ time MPI rest SPECT with Evolution
for Cardiac

Image courtesy of Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Images courtesy of London Health Sciences, London, Ontario

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Increase productivity Powerful display and analysis Timesaving algorithms

• Exclusive slip-ring gantry • New Volumetrix MI toolbox • ½ time SPECT Scans with
for continuous rotation in for registration and fusion of Evolution™ for Bone
either direction multiple 2D and 3D data sets • ½ time MPI SPECT scans with
• Online automatic body • Simultaneous review and Evolution™ for Cardiac
contouring for consistent registration of previous • ½ time spots and whole-body
high-image quality SPECT and follow-up, single and scans with Planar Evolution™
and WB scans multi-isotope studies for Bone
• Continuous SPECT scans • Oblique MR or CT slice input
to eliminate acquisition dead for 3D multi-modality These improve SPECT study
time between views registration and fusion with resolution and signal-to-noise
• One-click applications through SPECT or PET scans ratios while effectively modeling
Ignite™ streamlined workflow • Up to 50 user-definable image scatter and lowering noise
and automated gantry reporting layouts variability.
movements
• Dual detectors with single-head
flexibility and free geometric
maneuverability for imaging,
standing, lying, seated or
in wheelchair
Patient care starts
with lower patient dose
Your ability to achieve greater accuracy and increase productivity should never come at the expense
of the patient. This belief is a hallmark of GE Healthcare’s patient-first approach to technology.
Which is why the Infinia Hawkeye 4 provides you with the ability to significantly lower the dose and
Infinia Hawkeye 4’s ½ time NM scans combined
patient exposure in both SPECT and CT modes while maintaining full resolution and image quality
with Ignite™ streamlined Hybrid SPECT/CT
for nuclear scans localization and attenuation correction. Innovations to improve the overall patient
workflow significantly reduce the time a patient
experience include:
spends on the table. The need for rescans due
to patient movement and discomfort is also
• Optional Evolution™ algorithms enable ½ dose Tc-99m Bone
reduced. And registration to previously acquired
or Cardiac SPECT scans without compromising image quality
diagnostic CT scans can eliminate the need for
• The ultra-low CT patient dose results from Infinia Hawkeye 4’s
repeat scans, saving the patient from unnecessary
operation on as low as 1.0 to 2.5 mA combined with its “half-scan”
dose exposure. It’s an illuminating approach to
240-degree irradiation during each 360-degree rotation
radiation reduction that actually protects a
• Typical effective doses range 0.8 to 1.0 mSv in chest scans, 1.3 to 1.7 mSv
patient’s health.
in abdomen and pelvis scans, and 0.10 - 0.12 mSv in brain scans

2,140 Kcounts 1,284 Kcounts Hawkeye 4 CT axial, full rotation, 120 keV58 mAs,
CTDIvol 3.78
Image courtesy of Dr Declerck, Clinic Saint Jean, Brussels, Belgium Image courtesy of Drs E. Zerbib Clinic Val D’or, France
Xeleris: Your portal
to a world of integration
Your ability to achieve more is exponentially enhanced with the power of the Xeleris workstation, a well-suited
complement to your Infinia Hawkeye 4 system. Xeleris delivers the accurate information you need to manage
patient data quickly and efficiently and offers innovative productivity tools, built-in connectivity, exceptional
processing speed and remarkable versatility.

Over 7,500 Xeleris workstations have been installed

worldwide and, like Infinia Hawkeye 4, Xeleris
capabilities have been continually enhanced.
The latest-generation Xeleris workstations deliver:

• PACS-compatible DICOM features with

IHE profile support, including storage
commit (MPPS), multi-frame secondary
capture (MFSC) and DICOM Viewer
(NM, SPECT/CT, PET/CT on CD/DVD)
• Multi-process architecture for simultaneous
advanced applications for NM and PET
• Dual monitor / wide screen for more effective
side-by-side multi-modality reviews
• Instant access and registration to
previous exams including SPECT,
PET and CT scans
• Scalable enterprise-wide networking
capability to integrate existing and
future devices
• Continued commitment to GE legacy
connectivity and DirectConnect to
non-GE scanners
WAN XFL: Access anywhere at any time
Free yourself from a traditional workstation while maintaining productivity and responsiveness with
the Xeleris Floating License. The innovative portable solution for nuclear medicine, XFL, takes the Xeleris
workstation to exciting, new places. Specifically, wherever you happen to be. Easily installed on your PC,
now you can access data on-site through LAN and off-site through WAN and VPN.
Expand your potential through
advanced applications

Volumetrix MI - a single application for non-cardiac

Evolution toolkit - a resolution recovery and
SPECT or SPECT/CT data display, analysis and
scatter modeling software that provides the tools to
reporting. Includes powerful registration and 3D
improve resolution and reduce noise of 99mTc, 123I,
segmented SPECT datasets for volume-rendering
111In, 67Ga SPECT studies. The result is enhanced
and fusion engine for hybrid SPECT/CT, PET/CT,
visual clarity.
CT/MR, SPECT/MR and PET/MR studies.

Morphing Conventional
Cardiac morphing - the data-processing algorithm
that compensates for the motion of the beating
heart. It enhances visual clarity of MPI scans by
performing non-rigid 3D registration of the entire
cardiac cycle to the end-diastolic phase.
Illuminating Solutions. The Infinia Hawkeye 4, our productive general-purpose system,
delivers a decade’s worth of refinements to practitioners seeking

Exceptional Support. cost-effective, proven ways to impact patient outcomes.

GE Healthcare offers a family of SPECT/CT systems specifically designed for your different needs. Leading
researchers, imaging center diagnosticians, decision-seeking cardio specialists, and heavy-workload nuclear
medicine practitioners at community hospitals can all realize their optimal solutions. For both imaging
equipment needs and the needs of their patients, GE Healthcare has the answer. Offering a breadth and
depth that is strengthened by our leading-edge software and remarkable low dosage.

As the leader in customer support and service quality, GE Healthcare offers web-integrated support to keep
you operational, with built-in error-tracing circuitry and bug-detection software within our systems,
as well as remote service and diagnostic tools supported by top-caliber field engineers.

InSite™ is GE Healthcare’s remote diagnostic and solutions network connecting

your system to our centralized, online engineering and applications support team.

iLinq™ on the operator console provides access to an online engineer or applications

specialist immediately.

iCenter™ gives you access to the latest updates on equipment uptime, contract
information, parts delivery and equipment alerts. The Discovery NM/CT 670, our most
advanced SPECT/CT, is a beacon of
technological progress for researchers
seeking new frontiers.
It’s easy to stay current with the GE Healthcare Continuum, your direct upgrade path to the latest technology,
ensuring your systems remain up-to-date with:

• Scalable GE enterprise-wide networking solutions to support and integrate

new and existing purchases
• Site planning and installation
• Customized financing and service solutions
• Masters Series seminars and TiP education offerings to keep physicians
and technologists current
• Direct upgrade or uptrade paths, so you can take full advantage of the
newest innovations

Whether finding the ideal solution for your institution’s specific need or ensuring your systems are
always operating at the highest levels of performance and technology, GE Healthcare continues
to be an invaluable partner.

The Discovery NM/CT 570, our dedicated

cardiac imaging system, provides cardiac
specialists the most innovative advancements
for diagnosing the oldest diseases.
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About GE Healthcare
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services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise
in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics,
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manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and
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policy change necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable
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Our “healthymagination” vision for the future invites the world to join
us on our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused on
reducing costs, increasing access and improving quality around the world.
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