Equipment
Many cart based or hand held portable ultrasound machines are now available. Readers are encouraged to compare image quality, purchase price and service support before making a purchase.
Images shown on this website were captured using the GE LOGIQ e (Wauwatosa, WI), Philips HD 11XE (Bothell, WA) and SonoSite MicroMaxx (Bothell, WA) machines. Both the GE LOGIQ e and SonoSite MicroMaxx machines are compact, portable point-of-care ultrasound machines while the Philips HD 11 XE machine is a cart-based system.
Most ultrasound machines have the following components in common:
- A pulser (transmitter) which generates pulsed echo in brief bursts
- A transducer which converts electrical energy to acoustic pulses and vice versa
- A receiver which detects, compresses and amplifies signals returning to the transducer
- A display which displays the signal in the brightness B-mode, the motion M-mode and the amplitude A-mode
- A memory which stores still and video images
All 4 machines have the following features:
- Compound imaging
- Color flow Doppler
- Image recording capability (still images and video)
- Contrast adjustment (gain control)
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Philips HD 11 XE (Link to top)
In this full-featured performer, Philips has combined broadband beamforming, automated image optimization tools, and clinically proven technologies. The HD11 XE system offers SonoCT compounding i.e., beam-steered spatial compounding in both transmit and receive modes. It acquires multiple lines of sight simultaneously, without any special transducer maneuvers, compounds them in real time and displays exceptionally clear images.
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GE LOGIQ e (Link to top)
GE Healthcare's new LOGIQ e is a compact machine with programmable presets and auto-optimization functions. It has an advanced image acquisition technology feature called CrossXBeam™. This spatial compounding technology can capture multiple images from different angles and then combine them into a singular image in real time. This results in enhancement of anatomical margins, reduction of angular dependence and enhancement of contrast through reduction of speckle and noise.
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SonoSite M-Turbo (Link to top)
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ZONARE's z.one (Link to top)
The ZONARE's z.one convertible system is a True Premium portable ultrasound system available in a z.one ULTRA or an economical Mini both with a small footprint.
ZONARE's patented Zone Sonography™ technology offers the following standard features:
- SAFE ZONE (simultaneous dual screen during live imaging) with Colour Doppler.
- Auto-Opt with ZST option instantly equalizes tissue gain and brightness in real time with the touch of a button.
- ZST - Optimized Sound Speed Compensation automatically adjusts the sound speed based on body habitus and optimizes image quality by improving lateral and contrast resolution.
- Tissue Harmonics available on all transducers.
- Compound Harmonics on all transducers.
- Virtual Array Imaging on all Linear transducers for a larger field of view and adds other application to the linear transducers for difficult deep blocks, Sciatic, Femoral and Epidural imaging. Also enhances visualization of the needle.
- Also the z.one Ultra offers a 3hr on-board battery and Full imaging 19" display.
- Custom user and standard presets for Nerve and Vascular Access. Also available in one-step soft keys.
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