Hitachi Medical Systems America

Nov 8, 2005

Hitachi of Twinsburg, OH, will highlight the HI Vision 8500 and HI Vision 6500 ultrasound systems.

HI Vision 8500 includes a SonoElastography option, a Hitachi scanning mode designed to measure the stiffness of tissue and overlay that information onto the standard B-mode image in the form of a traditional color map. The 8500 system is equipped with multiangle compound imaging, adaptive noise reduction, four modes of tissue harmonics, and the ability to adjust the imaging parameters of a frozen image. The 8500 also has 1024 channels and a DVD+RW storage drive.

Hitachi is marketing HI Vision 8500 for clinical applications such as elastography, musculoskeletal, abdominal, interventional, ob/gyn, small parts, and vascular imaging, and biopsies.

On the HI Vision 6500 model, Hitachi will showcase its new Version 6 upgrade, with new features such as SonoIQ one-touch image optimization and increased imaging depth. Version 6 also supports a group of new options, including automatic intima media thickness measurement and Hitachi's new real-time 3D imaging technique. Primary clinical applications for the 6500 include musculoskeletal, abdominal, interventional, ob/gyn, small parts, and vascular imaging, as well as biopsies.

Both the HI Vision 8500 and 6500 systems are FDA-cleared, and Hitachi is marketing them to outpatient imaging centers and radiology departments of all sizes. The Version 6 upgrade on the 6500 is pending FDA clearance.

By Wayne Forrest
AuntMinnie.com contributing writer
November 9, 2005