16-SLICE PCI GLOBAL DIP by GE Healthcare

Key Highlights

• The 16-Slice PCI Global DIP by GE Healthcare serves as a critical interface processor, ensuring seamless data transfer between the Helios 16-slice MDAS and the Global Recon Engine (GRE) subsystem.
• This device is designed for reliable performance, with no calibration requirements, thereby simplifying maintenance and operational efficiency.
• Featuring a compact design, the board is a half-length PCI add-in card that fits easily into standard PCI interfaces, enhancing system integration.
• It includes an 850nm fiber-optic transceiver for high-speed data transmission, ensuring robust connectivity with minimal signal loss.
• The board is thoroughly tested both in-circuit and functionally, ensuring high quality and reliability in clinical environments.

Compatible Systems & Use Cases

This product is compatible with various GE Healthcare systems, including:

• LIGHTSPEED 16
• VCT
• Discovery ST (4 slice, 8 slice, and 16 slice)
• Discovery STE (8 slice and 16 slice)

It is typically utilized in advanced imaging scenarios requiring high-speed data processing and integration within CT systems.

Technical Specifications

Parameter	Value
Interface Type	PCI Standard
Flammability Rating	94V-0
Connector Type	Card Edge Connector for 64-bit PCI
Fiber-Optic Transceiver Wavelength	850nm
Testing	Both In-Circuit and Functionally Tested

Clinical and Service Value

The 16-Slice PCI Global DIP enhances procurement decisions by providing a reliable and maintenance-free solution for advanced imaging systems. Its compatibility with multiple GE Healthcare models allows for flexibility in system upgrades and replacements, ensuring that healthcare facilities can maintain high standards of imaging quality without the need for extensive retraining or system overhauls.

In terms of service value, the absence of calibration requirements significantly reduces downtime and associated operational costs. The compact design facilitates easy installation and integration into existing systems, while the robust testing ensures that the board meets stringent performance standards. This combination of reliability and ease of use contributes to streamlined workflows in busy clinical environments, ultimately enhancing patient care through improved imaging capabilities.

Additional notes

The 16-slice pci global DAS interface processor (global dip) acts as the main interface between helios 16-slice mdas and global recon engine (gre) subsystem. It receives scan data in a high-speed serial stream from the slip ring interface and transmits it to the main memory of the data acquisition and recon controller (darc). At the completion of this scan data direct memory access (dma), the gdip-16 card generates a pci interrupt. This board is a half-length peripheral component interconnect (pci) add-in card that plugs into a pci-standard interface located on the darc board. Gdip-16 conforms to the pci bus specification pci sig v2.2. It comes with 850nm fiber-optic transceiver to 62.5/125 glass fiber optic cable for the slip ring interface and data loopback, card edge connector for the 64-bit pci interface and a 9-pin sub-d connector for the x-ray abort and rhard signal chains. The board is a complete surface mount, except for the fiber optic connectors and 9-pin sub-d connector. This board can be used with vct, lightspeed (rt, 16, pro 16 ultra, plus and qxi), discovery st (4 slice, 8 slice and 16 slice) and discovery ste (8 slice and 16 slice) systems. Reliable performance Flamability rating of 94V-0 No calibration requirements Card edge connector for 64-bit PCI interface Compact Size Both in-circuit and functionally tested