Ultrasound Equipment - Machine
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.
Examples of compact, portable point-of-care ultrasound machines are the GE LOGIQ e (Wauwatosa, WI), Philips CX50POC (Bothell, WA) and SonoSite M-Turbo (Bothell, WA) machines. 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 CX50POC | GE LOGIQ e | SonoSite M-Turbo | ZONARE's z.one |
Philips CX50POC CompactXtreme Ultrasound System (Link to top)
Philips, a leader in cutting-edge ultrasound development, has integrated premium, innovative technologies into the new CX50POC system to address the need for premium-class performance in a compact ultrasound system. Images are displayed with exceptional clarity, giving you the ability to easily and confidently visualize the sonoanatomy, quickly find the nerve, and see the needle throughout the procedure. The CX50POC includes new PureWave crystal transducer technology, SonoCT real-time compound imaging, XRES adaptive image processing for speckle reduction, iSCAN one-button image optimization, and Tissue Specific Imaging, specifically designed for Regional Anesthesia.
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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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