Ultrasound vendor Aloka has received Food and Drug Administration clearance to begin marketing SSD-3500, a digital scanner targeted at ob/gyn and perinatology applications. The system is a lower-cost version of the company’s high-end SSD-4000 ultrasound scanner.
Wallingford, CT-based Aloka said that while SSD-3500 doesn’t have quite the imaging horsepower as the systems above it in the product line, the scanner is capable of 3-D imaging with DICOM compatibility. The system has tissue harmonic echo, high frame rate via multibeam processing, high-resolution zoom, and full digital pixel focus.
SSD-3500 also has a 12-bit analog-to-digital converter integrated with its digital beamformer for clearer images. Software includes the Integrated Data Management System (iDMS) for image storage and patient data management.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersApril 16, 2003
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