GE Healthcare has launched a new ultrasound system at ECR 2018 in Vienna that incorporates similar artificial intelligence (AI) technology used in 3D video gaming and driverless cars to reconstruct data more quickly.
The AI technology is part of Logiq E10's cSound Architecture platform, which acquires and reconstructs data in a similar way to an MRI or CT system, allowing for 48 times the data throughput and 10 times the processing power of previous systems, according to GE. Logiq E10 also eliminates the need for focal zones, since the entire image is always in focus throughout the exam.
The device features GE's Photo Assistant app, which allows users to photograph relevant anatomy and include the photos with the clinical images sent to the radiologist, and a tool called remote clinical application, which allows radiologists to manipulate the ultrasound's settings with a remote control on their tablet or smart phone. It is connected to the cloud via Trice Imaging's Tricefy, which adds cloud-based image sharing, remote viewing, and archiving and electronic health record integration, the company said.
In other GE news, the company highlighted results presented at the meeting from a project conducted by Radiomed, a private radiology practice with nine locations across West and Central Germany, which combined digital tools with MRI technology to reduce exam wait times. In February 2016, project lead Dr. Christopher Ahlers partnered with GE to analyze data from Radiomed's seven MRI systems in an attempt to improve workflow and protocols. The project resulted in a 30% increase in the practice's productivity, boosting MRI scans from 120 per week to 170 per week, and a significant decrease in patient wait times, which dropped from six to eight weeks to one to two weeks.
Ahlers plans to pilot a similar program for CT later this year, according to the firm.
![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)
