Medical imaging components provider Analogic will introduce AN2300 Digital Ultrasound Engine at this month's RSNA meeting. AN2300 provides hardware and real-time software to acquire, process, and convert ultrasound echo information into a video display, according to the Peabody, MA-based firm.
The PC-based ultrasound imaging subsystem includes features and image quality to support clinical applications such as cardiology, general radiology, breast, or small parts imaging, according to the company. Analogic believes that AN2300 would allow medical device manufacturers to address the imaging needs of specific applications or niche markets that might not justify the development of a complete imaging platform.
AN2300 employs linear waveform transmit and receive beamformers (using Analogic's second-generation application specific integrated circuit and broadband spline interpolation filter) that are capable of synthesizing up to 256 receive channels, according to Analogic. Advanced imaging modes include: parallel-beam processing, harmonic signal receiving up to 15 MHz; beam steering, spectral Doppler; color flow or power modes; and line-interleaved duplex or triplex combination modes.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
November 12, 2001
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