GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K will roll out new ultrasound systems for RSNA conference attendees, including a new introduction in the Logiq product family and the next generation of its Voluson volumetric ultrasound platform.
In October, GE introduced the new Logiq system, Logiq P5, which includes advanced applications and midsize maneuverability for smaller spaces. Features include GE's patented high-definition speckle reduction imaging (HD-SRI), designed to improve visibility of organs and lesions with enhanced, high-definition contrast resolution that suppresses speckle artifact and maintains true tissue architecture.
Logiq P5's TruScan architecture allows the system to store raw data early in the imaging chain and provide postprocessing and analysis. Clinicians can compensate for variations in image acquisition to make their diagnoses and reduce the number of patient rescans.
The company will market the scanner for portable radiology department applications, as well as private practices and specialized clinics.
GE also plans to show its new Logiq i ultrasound system, which features a laptop-sized design for real-time imaging at the point of care. The system brings specialized, console-quality imaging performance and portability to serve the general imaging needs of radiology, according to the company.
In the Voluson product line, GE will give RSNA attendees their first look at Voluson E8, which was introduced in September at the World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology in London.
Designed for ob/gyn applications, Voluson E8 includes new features such as sonography-based volume computer-aided diagnosis (SonoVCAD), an automated imaging tool that allows clinicians to create fetal heart exams more efficiently. SonoVCAD is intended to make volume imaging of the fetal heart less complicated by automatically generating multidimensional images of the right and left outflow tracts once a standardized four-chamber view has been obtained.
Also front and center will be GE's Voluson i, a compact 4D ultrasound system designed specifically for women's health, gynecological, prenatal, and other clinical applications. The new laptop-sized scanner received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance in May, and allows clinicians to make immediate real-time diagnoses at a patient's bedside or wherever the patient is located.
By Wayne Forrest
AuntMinnie.com staff writer
October 27, 2006
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