GE Medical Systems has upgraded its Logiq 700 Expert ultrasound scanner with technology that provides more clinical information, improving diagnostic accuracy in a wide range of clinical applications, according to the Waukesha, WI-based vendor.
The upgrade is part of GE's Breakthrough 2000 software release, which highlights expansion of the company's proprietary coded technology, Digitally Encoded Ultrasound (DEU), to new applications. The technology enables encoding and decoding of the ultrasound signal to dramatically improve sensitivity and penetration, according to GE. The new codes added to its B-Flow imaging application, for example, allow more transducers to use the technique. B-Flow can now visualize blood flow in deeper structures, opening the door for its use in applications such as obstetrics and small-parts imaging, according to the firm.
Another coded feature, Coded Harmonic Imaging, allows for high-frequency, high-resolution harmonic imaging, according to GE. Breakthrough 2000 also includes productivity enhancements such as Virtual Convex Imaging, a technique that extends the linear and sector transducers' field of view while maintaining fine detail resolution, according to GE. The company says that VCI delivers up to 20% percent more clinical information than a typical linear array transducer.
Another addition is Pulsatile Flow Detection, which performs real-time analysis of flow dynamics. The utility streamlines blood vessel exams by differentiating pulsatile from non-pulsatile flow, thus providing vessel differentiation, according to GE. Several new transducers have also been introduced as part of the Breakthrough 2000 release.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersMay 23, 2000
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