Choosing a C-arm Machine
GE's OEC brand of C-arms are the most popular brand of C-arms on the market today. GE claims that 7 out of 10 surgeons have new or refurbished OEC C-arms and their resale value is multiple times higher than its competitors. The OEC brand of C-arm has long been known as the top brand of C-arm in the industry. In 2006, the value of the OEC systems increased dramatically as the manufacturing of the OEC C-arms was halted. The price and value of the available refurbished General Electric OEC C-arms skyrocketed and has become more reasonably priced since. The refurbished OEC C-arms are now readily available at an affordable price through Probo Medical.
See the full list of GE C-arm machines reviewed by the experts at Probo Medical here.
GE Best Known Mobile C-arm Machine
Ease of Use: Standard
Price Range: $45,000+
- High Resolution 1k x 1k full-frame video camera with motorized rotation
- special pain management and injection software called PM Care
- SmartView pivot joint
- SmartMetal and SmartWindow
- Pulse fluoro, High Level Fluoro and Digital Cine modes
- 15kW rotating anode X-ray tube
- Top-rated uptime
- View the GE OED 9800 here
Factory Refurbished C-arm Machine
Ease of Use: Standard
Price Range: $50,000+
- With all the same great features as the GE OEC 9800, this model is in like-new condition, direct from the manufacturer’s warehouse
- AutoTrack Automatic Brightness Stabilization (ABS)
- Image I.Q. with Smart Metal, Smart Window, and Tungsten Collimator
- Video camera with full frame capture
- Simplified keyboard (many functions controlled by touchscreen operation)
- View the GE OEC 9800 Factory refurbished here
Best Premium C-arm Machine
Ease of Use: High-End
Price Range: $75,000+
- Intuitive user interface and left-to-right layout
- High Definition flat-panel monitors
- Preset imaging profiles
- SmartView pivot joint for better imaging angles
- SmartMetal distortion control
- Dynamic Range Management (DRM)
- Motion Tolerant Subtraction (MTS)
- 1k x 1k high-resolution imaging
- DICOM 3.0 internal interface
- On-board DVD/CD read/write capability
- Unique X-ray tube and cooling system
- View the GE OEC 9900 here