Sonosite EDGE Ultrasound Machine

The E-Cube 7 by Alpinion is positioned as a mid range unit with pricing lower than normal for a mid range system. Alpinion’s strength is in its high image quality, excellent high-spec proprietary probes, and long warranty. Its powerful 3D engines provide solid information on the health of pregnant women and their fetuses as well as gynecologycal diseases. The E-Cube 7 is small and light compared to other mid-range console systems.

The Mindray DC-70 is a mid-range Color Doppler Ultrasound System which is specialized in shared-service application, especially in advanced 3/4D in OB/GYN. The Mindray DC-70 is also designed to cover a wide range of applications including abdominal, pediatric, small organs, neonatal cephalic, adult cephalic, trans-rectal, trans-vaginal, MSK (conventional, superficial), urology, adult cardiac, and peripheral vessel.

 

The Mindray DC-70 integrates their latest 128-channel Imaging Engine which provides support for high performance hardware such as a 19″ LED monitor, an angle adjustable 10.4″ LED touchscreen, 4 active probe ports, 500GB hard disk, gel warmer, and dedicated endocavity transducer holder. The Mindray DC-70 is available for a wide selection of transducers: 8 curved array transducers(including C5-1E high density and performance convex, V11-3WE 213 degree wide angle endocavity, CB10-4E bi-plane urology dedicate option), 4 volume transducers strongly supporting advanced OB/GYN exams (D7-2E economic 3D transducer option, D6-2NE, D6-2E, DE10-3E), 4 broad bandwidth linear array transducers(including high density and performance L14-6NE(192 elements) and L14-6WE(256 elements), 6 dedicated cardiac transducers(including P7-3ETE for TEE, SP5-1E single crystal sector transducer, P4-2E economic solution for adult echo, P7-3E for pediatric, and P10-4E for neonate, and CW5S for vascular). These transducers effectively cover a wide array of clinical requirements, thanks to their low-to-high bandwidth frequency coverage.

 

The Mindray DC-70 provides unique and outstanding workflow options, more than any other competitors’ mid-range products. Smart Track is the function that automatically optimizes both Color/Power and PW, including Color box position & angle and PW sample volume position, angle & size, for more intelligence during real time scanning.
The Smart Track enables to reduce repetitive, time-consuming steps; speed and simplify the vascular exams.

 

The iWork function is an Auto Workflow protocol that lowers repetitive workload and improves scanning efficiency by having pre-installed settings by each clinical environment protocol. With the Raw Data function, a physician can use the stored image and cine for re-preprocessing such as optimization, measurement, and adding comments. In addition, the Mindray DC-70 is also capable of exporting iOS file formats; compatible with IOS devices.

 

The Mindray DC-70 has rich functionality at its price point and product positioning. As a fully-functional ultrasound solution, the Mindray DC-70 provides strong GI features: UWN Contrast imaging for 2nd generation contrast imaging, Natural Touch Elastography for stiffness evaluation, iNeedle for Needle Visualization Enhancement, iScape for panoramic imaging with power mode, IMT for Auto IMT measurement and Smart Bladder for auto liquid volume measurement. The Mindray DC-70 is more powerful in features for advanced OB/GYN care with conventional 4D iLive functions for amazing, realistic view of fetus, iPage for volume data with multiple parallel 2D images; STIC for fetal vascular circulation diagnosis, Smart OB for auto measure of most frequently used items, and dedicated IVF package and Smart NT for auto measure of NT. The Mindray DC-70 enables to support full cardiac packages for adult, pediatric and neonate applications. In addition, Stress Echo, CW mode, complete TDI modes and TDI quantification are available.

 

For a competitively advanced OB/GYN care solution, following OB/GYN options on the Mindray DC-70 are critical. iLive, the same as Samsung’s Realistic Vue and GE’s HDlive, is a virtualized rendering tool to obtain the amazingly realistic view of fetus; and the angle of the light source can be adjusted freely. The iPage function provides multiple slices of 2D images from a 3D volume image, similar to CT or MR Imaging. The Smart OB is an auto measurement tool that provides the 5 most frequently used measurements of OB such as BPD/HC/FL/AC/OFD. At last, Smart NT is another automatic measurement function that measures and displays max NT result by the industry standard method of “in to in.”

The Canon Aplio XG is the high end cardiac ultrasound machine made by Canon and is especially suited for clinical work and research. The Aplio XG improves on earlier models such as the Aplio 80.

The SonoScape E1 is categorized as an economy portable ultrasound system that is designed for abdominal, cardiac, gynecology, musculoskeletal, obstetrical, pediatric, small parts, cephalic, urology, veterinary, and vascular exams. More advanced hardware and software platforms has been developed from the older generation, SonoScape A6; the SonoScape E1 integrated a number of advanced imaging technologies such as the full digital broad band width beam former, wide band dynamic range, and multi-beam parallel processing. Although it is targeting a B/W low-cost market, it supports PW Doppler, Auto IMT, Spatial Compounding, Auto Image Optimization, Stand-by Mode, Enhanced Needle Visualization, Panoramic imaging with 2 standard probe ports and 15.6″ LED monitor. The SonoScape E1 and E2 share a similar system architecture, however, the SonoScape E2 incorporates more options enable to better cover clinical applications and workflow.

The Canon Aplio i900 is a premium multi-purpose diagnostic ultrasound system that has advanced 3D/4D cardiac options on top of a great reputation in Radiology. The Canon Aplio i900 coupled with Canon’s well-known extensive selection of transducers supports a wide range of clinical applications including obstetrics, abdominal, gynecology, pediatric, small organs, neonatal cephalic, adult cephalic, trans-rectal, trans-vaginal, MSK (conventional, superficial), urology, adult cardiac, pediatric cardiac, and peripheral vessel.

 

The Canon Aplio i900, apart from Aplio Platinum series, integrates Canon’s new & fully digital transmission and reception processing technology, iBEAM digital architecture. The Canon Aplio i900 provides a number of high performance hardware such as a 23” wide LCD monitor, a fully customizable 12.1” LCD touchscreen, a remotely operable wireless tablet console, 4 active probe ports, 5 premium Matrix transducers such as wideband volume TEE(i6SVX2), wideband sector(i6SX1), wideband linear(i18LX5, i24LX8), and wideband convex(i8CX1). Also, its extensive selection of specialty transducers efficiently covers a high standard of demand in sophisticated Radiology applications as well. The Canon Aplio i900 is compact and light-weight, and easily maneuverable with over 36cm console height adjustment, lateral slide and a fully articulating monitor arm.

 

Remarkable new features with the release of Canon Aplio i900 are that this system now supports matrix volume sector and TEE transducers to properly perform real-time volume based echocardiographic visualization and Automated Mitral Valve Assessments that demonstrates the mitral valves as seen by the surgeon to facilitate visual assessment of the leaflets for better surgical planning.

 

The Canon i900 comes standard with a wide range of Canon’s exclusive, clinically proven technologies such as Precision Imaging(Speckle Reduction), ApliPure+ (Spatial Compounding), Advanced Dynamic FlowTM(ADF), Smart 3D, BEAM, Superb Micro-vascular Imaging (SMI), Intelligent Dynamic Micro Slice, Multiplexing, and Volume Matrix. Additional options include 2D Wall Motion Tracking, Mitral Valve Analysis, Contrast Imaging, 4D, Luminance (Same as HDlive in GE), Fly Thru, Elastography, Shear wave, Smart Fusion, MicroPure, and Panoramic View.

The Canon Aplio i800 is a premium multi-purpose diagnostic ultrasound system that concentrates on continuously highlighting Canon’s clinical reputation and image quality in radiology. The Canon Aplio i800 with Canon’s well-known extensive selection of transducers supports a wide range of clinical applications including obstetrics, abdominal, gynecology, pediatric, small organs, neonatal cephalic, adult cephalic, trans-rectal, trans-vaginal, MSK (conventional, superficial), urology, adult cardiac, pediatric cardiac, and peripheral vessel.

 

The Canon Aplio i800, apart from the Aplio Platinum series, integrates Canon’s new & fully digital transmission and reception processing technology, iBEAM digital architecture. The Canon Aplio i800 provides a number of high performance hardware such as a 23” wide LCD monitor, a fully customizable 12.1” LCD touchscreen, remotely operable wireless tablet console, 4 active probe ports, 3 premium Matrix transducers such as wideband linear(i18LX5, i24LX8), and wideband convex(i8CX1). By adding the Volume Matrix option that is a standard option on the Aplio i900, the Canon Aplio i800 can generate volume cardiac images with a wideband volume TEE (i6SVX2) and a wideband sector (i6SX1). Its extensive assortment of specialty transducers efficiently cover a high standard of demand in sophisticated radiology applications as well. Similar to the Canon Aplio i900, the Aplio i800 is compact and light-weight, and easily maneuverable with over 36cm of console height adjustment, lateral slide and a fully articulating monitor arm.

 

Remarkable new features of the Canon Aplio i800 that differentiates itself with the Canon Aplio i700 are an intelligent Dynamic Micro Slice function for operating matrix transducers such as i8CX1, i18LX5, and i24LX8 and a Multiplexing function that is used to perform Quad View for CHI, Quad View for SWE, Shadow Glass, and Smart sensor 3D. The Multiplexing function is standard on the Aplio i800, but it is an option for the Aplio i700.

 

The Canon i800 also provides a wide range of Canon’s exclusive, clinically proven technologies as standard options such as Precision Imaging(Speckle Reduction), ApliPure+ (Spatial Compounding), Advanced Dynamic FlowTM(ADF), Smart 3D, BEAM, Superb micro-vascular Imaging(SMI), Intelligent Dynamic Micro Slice, Multiplexing, and Volume Matrix. Additional options include 2D Wall Motion Tracking, Mitral Valve Analysis, Contrast Imaging, 4D, Luminance (HDlive), Fly Thru, Elastography, Shear wave, Smart Fusion, MicroPure, and Panoramic View. The only different option between the Aplio i900 and the Aplio i800 is the Volume Matrix option.

The Canon Viamo is a high-end portable ultrasound machine for shared service application. It has the same imaging hardware and transducers as the high-end Aplio series. This gives the Viamo excellent image quality. Its fully programmable touch screen provides customizable access to imaging, quantification, and workflow functions.

The Mindray M9 is the top-of-the-line portable ultrasound machine from Mindray and builds on the previous M7 and M5 portables. It is based on Mindary’s new generation platform and single crystal probes which allows for better penetration and higher resolution. The M9 is targeted at the portable high-end cardiac market with full cardiac features, transducers (including TEE), and full measurement packages. It can be used about 90 minutes with the built-in battery and with a trolley mounted battery pack it lasts over 3.5 hours.

The Alpinion E-CUBE 15 is positioned on top of alpinion product line as a flagship machine. As a well-balanced shared service system, it can support a board range of transducers to be used in many applications and its high linear performance with Needle Vision and Panoramic image greatly helps to increase quality of dianosis and work efficiency in MSK and regional anesthesia.

The Canon Artida is a premium dedicated cardiac ultrasound machine with amazing cardiovascular image quality, ultrafast and straightforward 4D volume navigation. Advanced 3D wall motion tracking technology provides greater diagnostic safety and efficiency. The Artida’s unique 3D speckle tracking technology is the first to follow tissue movement in the 3D space in order to quantitatively assess all components of myocardial wall motion.

The Mindray DC-40 is a value-range Color-Doppler Ultrasound System which specializes in shared-service applications, especially in Primary OBG Care. The Mindray DC-40 is also designed to cover a wide range of applications including abdominal, pediatric, small organs, neonatal cephalic, adult cephalic, trans-rectal, trans-vaginal, MSK (conventional, superficial), urology, adult cardiac, and peripheral vessel.

 

The Mindray DC-40 integrates their latest 64-channel Imaging Engine, which provides support for high-performance hardware such as a 17″ LED monitor (Available up to 19″), an angle-adjustable 10.4″ LED touchscreen, 4 active probe ports, 1TB hard disk, a gel warmer, endocavity transducer holder, 5 cost-effective transducers (3C5A, 7L4A, L7-3, V11-3, P4-2), 1 high density and high frequency linear array transducer (L14-6NE), and 1 functional volume transducer. These transducers effectively cover a wide array of clinical requirements, thanks to their low-to-high bandwidth frequency coverage.

 

The Mindray DC-40 is an entry level ultrasound, so decreasing the ultrasound learning curve is key. iScanHelper is a tutorial software for a novice user to get used to ultrasound scanning. iScanHelper includes anatomical illustrations, standard ultrasound images, scanning reference pictures and tips on scanning skillfully. The Raw Data function, a physician can use the stored image and cine for re-preprocessing such as optimization, measurement, and adding comments.

 

The Mindray DC-40 has rich functionality at its price point and product positioning. As a fully- functional ultrasound solution, the Mindray DC-40 provides strong GI features: Natural Touch Elastography for stiffness evaluation, iScape for panoramic imaging with power mode, IMT for Auto IMT measurement, and Smart Bladder for auto liquid volume measurement. The Mindray DC-40 is more powerful in features for primary OBG care with conventional 4D, iLive function for an amazing, realistic view of the fetus, iPage for volume data with multiple parallel 2D images, Smart OB for auto measurement of the most frequently used items, dedicated IVF package and Smart NT for auto measure of NT. The Mindray DC-40 is also a practical adult cardiac solution with CW mode, complete TDI modes and TDI quantification.

 

For a competitive primary OBG care solution, following the OB/GYN options on the Mindray DC-40 are critical. iLive, the same as Samsung’s Realistic Vue and GE’s HDlive, is a virtualized rendering tool to obtain an amazingly realistic view of the fetus; and the angle of the light source can be adjusted freely. The iPage function provides multiple slices of 2D images from a 3D volume image, similar to CT or MR Imaging. The Smart OB is an auto measurement tool that provides the 5 most frequently used measurements of OB such as BPD/HC/FL/AC/OFD. Lastly, Smart NT is another automatic measurement function that measures and displays max NT result by the industry standard method of “in to in.”

The SonoScape A6 is a low-cost black-and-white system.Two active probe ports are available and internal battery allos to scan for up to 3 hours on a full charge.