Ultrasound and miniPACS provider Acuson has begun production shipments of its KinetDx PACS software to echocardiography laboratories in North America. Deliveries to radiology customers began in the fourth quarter of 1999.
KinetDx brings a number of new capabilities that are improvements over the Mountain View, CA-based vendor’s previous Aegis offering. KinetDx can serve as a hospital-wide, dedicated echocardiography and ultrasound image management system, with full, digital dynamic clip and final reporting capabilities, according to Acuson.
Acuson’s dynamic array processor allows up to 18 dynamic clips to be displayed simultaneously on dual monitors. An average adult echo exam of 50 MB opens in approximately three to five seconds, according to the vendor.
KinetDx is based on the Windows NT operating system and TCP/IP; it also offers improved DICOM network connectivity. These enhancements allow customers to integrate patient information from throughout the enterprise, including multimodality PACS and HIS/RIS/CIS, according to the company.
KinetDx also works with any ultrasound system, even if it’s not DICOM-compatible, according to the firm. Acuson has successfully completed initial DICOM network integration with the Agilent Sonos 5500, ATL HDI 5000, and Siemens Elegra ultrasound scanners.
Clinical evaluation of KinetDx was performed at Pennsylvania Cardiology Associates in Philadelphia, Riley Hospital for Children and Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, and C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
March 13, 2000
Copyright © 2000 AuntMinnie.com
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersFebruary 18, 2000
Ultrasound and miniPACS provider Acuson has begun production shipments of its KinetDx PACS software to echocardiography laboratories in North America. Deliveries to radiology customers began in the fourth quarter of 1999.
KinetDx brings a number of new capabilities that are improvements over the Mountain View, CA-based vendor’s previous Aegis offering. KinetDx can serve as a hospital-wide, dedicated echocardiography and ultrasound image management system, with full, digital dynamic clip and final reporting capabilities, according to Acuson.
Acuson’s dynamic array processor allows up to 18 dynamic clips to be displayed simultaneously on dual monitors. An average adult echo exam of 50 MB opens in approximately three to five seconds, according to the vendor.
KinetDx is based on the Windows NT operating system and TCP/IP; it also offers improved DICOM network connectivity. These enhancements allow customers to integrate patient information from throughout the enterprise, including multimodality PACS and HIS/RIS/CIS, according to the company.
KinetDx also works with any ultrasound system, even if it’s not DICOM-compatible, according to the firm. Acuson has successfully completed initial DICOM network integration with the Agilent Sonos 5500, ATL HDI 5000, and Siemens Elegra ultrasound scanners.
Clinical evaluation of KinetDx was performed at Pennsylvania Cardiology Associates in Philadelphia, Riley Hospital for Children and Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, and C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
March 13, 2000
Copyright © 2000 AuntMinnie.com
![Examples of ultrasound findings and techniques. (A) Images in a 39-year-old male patient with a mass in the left thigh. The mass is heterogeneous on the B-mode US image (compared with the patient in D) and showed increased microvascularity (superb microvascular imaging [SMI]) and shear-wave elastography (SWE) values. Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma was diagnosed at biopsy (with pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma in surgical specimen). (B) Images in an 18-year-old male patient with a mass in the left leg. The mass is hypoechoic on the B-mode image, with no other findings suggestive of malignancy. The lesion is in contact with the cortex of the tibia, which is slightly irregular. CT revealed a doubtful anteromedial tibial erosion. The microvascular study demonstrated high vascularization, suggestive of malignancy. Periosteal Ewing sarcoma was diagnosed with both histologic and immunohistochemical confirmation. (C) Images in a 69-year-old female patient with a lump growing on the outside of the left leg. Multiple SWE examinations were performed (please note the high values obtained in the measurements, whereas the color map highlights the stiffness relative to adjacent tissues). SMI showed areas of increased vascularization to target for sampling. Undifferentiated spindle cell sarcoma was diagnosed at biopsy, with residual leiomyosarcoma in the surgical specimen after neoadjuvant therapy. (D) Images in a 56-year-old female patient with a mass in the right thigh. The mass is heterogeneous at both B-mode ultrasound (similar to patient A) and MRI (coronal T2-weighted spectral attenuated inversion recovery [SPAIR]; T1-weighted pre-contrast and postcontrast imaging), which even shows uptake after the administration of paramagnetic contrast material, which is traditionally suggestive of malignancy. Low values at SMI and elastography are suggestive of benignity. Spindle cell lipoma was diagnosed at biopsy, with atypical spindle cell lipomatous tumor in the surgical specimen.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/08/images-radiol250278fig2.APCFLSvX6p.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=crop&h=100&q=70&w=100)
![Examples of ultrasound findings and techniques. (A) Images in a 39-year-old male patient with a mass in the left thigh. The mass is heterogeneous on the B-mode US image (compared with the patient in D) and showed increased microvascularity (superb microvascular imaging [SMI]) and shear-wave elastography (SWE) values. Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma was diagnosed at biopsy (with pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma in surgical specimen). (B) Images in an 18-year-old male patient with a mass in the left leg. The mass is hypoechoic on the B-mode image, with no other findings suggestive of malignancy. The lesion is in contact with the cortex of the tibia, which is slightly irregular. CT revealed a doubtful anteromedial tibial erosion. The microvascular study demonstrated high vascularization, suggestive of malignancy. Periosteal Ewing sarcoma was diagnosed with both histologic and immunohistochemical confirmation. (C) Images in a 69-year-old female patient with a lump growing on the outside of the left leg. Multiple SWE examinations were performed (please note the high values obtained in the measurements, whereas the color map highlights the stiffness relative to adjacent tissues). SMI showed areas of increased vascularization to target for sampling. Undifferentiated spindle cell sarcoma was diagnosed at biopsy, with residual leiomyosarcoma in the surgical specimen after neoadjuvant therapy. (D) Images in a 56-year-old female patient with a mass in the right thigh. The mass is heterogeneous at both B-mode ultrasound (similar to patient A) and MRI (coronal T2-weighted spectral attenuated inversion recovery [SPAIR]; T1-weighted pre-contrast and postcontrast imaging), which even shows uptake after the administration of paramagnetic contrast material, which is traditionally suggestive of malignancy. Low values at SMI and elastography are suggestive of benignity. Spindle cell lipoma was diagnosed at biopsy, with atypical spindle cell lipomatous tumor in the surgical specimen.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/08/images-radiol250278fig2.APCFLSvX6p.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
