Ultrasound developer Ultrasonix of Burnaby, British Columbia, last week introduced its Ultrasonix 500 at the RSNA conference in Chicago. The product uses a 256-channel send-receive broadband, all digital beamformer with real-time software-controlled signal processing running on a Microsoft Windows platform.
The system has optimized parameters for imaging applications and has broadband transducers available in convex, linear, phased, and endocavital arrays. The unit, shipping now, supports a full range of clinical applications such as abdominal, small parts, musculoskeletal, pediatric, vascular, and cardiology (available Q1 2003), according to the firm.
Also available for the system are premium imaging features that include real-time spatial compound, tissue harmonics, pulsed inversion, 3-D, panoramic, and trapezoidal imaging modes. Embedded workflow and connectivity tools are DICOM, customizable patient reports, storage of up to 200,000 images, CD-RW for study export (supporting DICOM, JPEG, and AVI formats), a chat utility, remote diagnostics, and software upgrades available via the Internet or CD.
The Ultrasonix 500 is targeted at medium-sized hospitals and imaging centers for the radiology and cardiology markets, according to its vice president of sales and marketing, Donald Moore. The system has a list price of $25,000-$65,000, depending on user-selected options.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersDecember 10, 2002
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