Samsung Electronics subsidiary Samsung Medison is launching a new high-end ultrasound scanner called V8, which is designed to be a versatile system capable of a wide range of clinical applications.
Image caption and attribution: Medison's V8 scanner is expected to include NerveTrack software that automatically tracks the nerve's location on the wrist in real-time. Image courtesy of Samsung Medison.The new system can be used in obstetrics, radiology, orthopedics, and cardiology settings and provides enhanced image quality, usability, and convenience, the company said.
In addition, V8 comes equipped with Samsung Medison's S-Shearwave Imaging software specifically for radiology. The software provides information about tissue stiffness as a result of disease using ultrasonic transverse elasticity. V8 also features S-Fusion, which allows synchronous alignment of medical ultrasound images with one or more cross-sectional studies, such as MRI, which are instantly reconstructed in the corresponding plane.
Samsung said the system is also expected to be equipped with artificial intelligence software called NerveTrack, which recently received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The software tracks nerve locations in pain areas in real-time and is designed for use in treating musculoskeletal diseases.
![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)
