Verasonics has released new systems and features for its Vantage NXT Research ultrasound platform.
The upgrades include Vantage NXT 32LE and 64 System configuration models and Acquisition SDK option features, and will be available to all Vantage NXT customers.
Verasonics' Vantage models are available in mid- and high-frequency ranges with the 32- and 64-channel configurations. Verasonics has also released two additional universal transducer adapters (UTAs) for Vantage NXT: the NXT UTA 260-MUX and NXT UTA 408-GE MUX.
The company's Acquisition SDK option, launched in March, now includes programming capability for the NXT UTA 256 Direct and NXT UTA 64 LEMO, as well as an Extended Transmit Option and Vantage NXT high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) configurations.
Acquisition SDK allows Vantage NXT users to program their system without Matlab dependencies, and offers similar data structures and naming conventions to those of the Matlab programming model to simplify the porting of existing sequences to Acquisition SDK, the company said.
![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)
