Look for GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., to showcase its Volume Imaging Protocol (VIP) platform in the ultrasound section of its booth.
The new VIP imaging capability allows clinicians to acquire, optimize, and analyze volumetric data to improve productivity and patient care. VIP enables sonographers to sweep across a target area of a patient's anatomy and collect raw data. After image acquisition, the radiologist can virtually rescan the patient by manipulating the raw data with new protocols and in a 3D planar view after the patient has left.
The VIP platform is a component of GE's Logiq 9 and Logiq 7 ultrasound systems, in conjunction with the LogiqWorks workstation, which creates volumetric and multidimensional images in real-time, allowing clinicians to visualize and assess anatomy, masses, and lesions. With Logiq 9 and Logiq 7, clinicians can acquire and construct volumetric images and scan an entire organ, such as a kidney, within seconds.
Also at the RSNA show, GE will introduce SonoErgonomics, designed for the Logiq 9 and Logiq 7 scanners. These new ergonomic features are intended to enhance comfort while scanning and to reduce stress for sonographers.
By Wayne Forrest
AuntMinnie.com contributing writer
November 9, 2005
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