| Year Launched | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Estimated Market Price | high |
| Monitor | 12.1" LCD |
| Tilt/Rotate Adjustable Monitor | Tiltable |
| Monitor Resolution |
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| Image Size Resolution |
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| Touch Screen | No |
| Trackball or Trackpad | Trackpad |
| CP Back-Lighting | No |
| Weight | 8.5 lbs w/ battery |
| Probe Ports | 1 |
| Battery | Yes |
| Boot-Up Time | < 20 Seconds |
| Sleep Mode | Yes |
| Maximum Depth of Field | 35cm |
| Minimum Depth of Field | 1.5cm |
| Cart | Yes |
| Independent Steer & Lockable Wheels | Yes |
| 2D, M mode | Yes |
| M-color Flow Mode | No |
| Anatomical M-mode | No |
| Trapezoidal Mode | Yes |
| Color, Power Angio, Pulse Wave Doppler | Yes |
| Bi-directional Power | No |
| SCW Doppler | Yes |
| Tissue Doppler(Velocity) Imaging | No |
| Freehand 3D | No |
| Live 3/4D OB/GYN | No |
| HD Live | No |
| STIC | No |
| Live 3D Echo | No |
| Stress Echo | No |
| Strain and Strain Rate | No |
| B Flow | No |
| Panoramic Imaging | No |
| Contrast Imaging-Cardiac | No |
| Contrast Imaging - General Imaging | No |
| Strain-based Elastography | No |
| Shear Wave Elastography | No |
| Tissue Harmonic Imaging | Yes |
| Spatial Compounding(=CrossXbeam) | Yes |
| Speckle Reduction (=SRI) | Yes |
| Auto Image Opt(B mode) | Yes |
| Auto Image Opt(Doppler) | No |
| Write Zoom | Yes |
| Triplex Mode | No |
| Needle Enhancement or Needle Recognition | Yes |
| Auto NT Measurement | No |
| Auto Follicle 2D Measurement | No |
| Auto Follicle 3D Measurement | No |
| Auto IMT | Yes |
| Auto IMT (Real Time) | No |
| Automated B/M/D Measurement | No |
| Automated LH Measurement(Automated Function Imaging(AFI), Cardiac Motion Quantification(CMQ), or Auto EF(Ejection Fraction) | No |
| Live Dual (B/BC) Mode | Yes |
| SmartExam or Scan Assistant | No |
| Fusion | No |
| Raw Data File |
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| Flexible Report | Yes |
| Barcode Reader | Yes (Option) |
| Gel Warmer | No |
| Abdominal | Yes |
| Women's Health Care | Yes |
| OB | Yes |
| Fetal Echo | No |
| Vascular | Yes |
| TCD(Transcranial) | Yes |
| Small Parts | Yes |
| MSK/Anesthesiology | Yes |
| Pediatrics | No |
| Urology | Yes |
| Echocardiography_Adult | Yes |
| Interventional Cardiology | No |
| Echocardiography_Pediatric | Yes |
| Echocardiography_Neonate | No |
| Stress Echocardiography | No |
| Transesophageal Echo_Adult | Yes |
| Transesophageal Echo_Pediatric | No |
| Internal Medicine w/ Shared Service | No |
| Surgury | Yes |
| Interventional Radiology | No |
| Contrast Imaging_General Imaging | No |
| Contrast Imaging_Cardiac | No |
| Bowel Imaging | Yes |
| Strain Elastography | No |
| Shear Wave Elastography | No |
| Convex (1~6Mhz) | Yes |
| Convex (2~9Mhz) | No |
| Single Crystal Convex (1~6Mhz) | No |
| Single Crystal Convex (2~9Mhz) | No |
| Single Crystal Micro Convex | No |
| 2D Arrary 3D Convex | No |
| Micro Convex (5~8Mhz) | Yes |
| Single Crystal Endocavity_Straight Type | No |
| Endocavity_Curved Type | Yes |
| Biplane Micro Convex (3~10MHz) | No |
| 3D Convex | No |
| 3D Convex Light Weight | No |
| 3D Endocavity | No |
| 3D Micro Convex | No |
| 3D Linear | No |
| Linear (>14Mhz) | No |
| Linear (3~12Mhz) | Yes |
| Linear (<9Mhz) | No |
| Single Crystal Linear | No |
| Single Crystal Linear (3~12Mhz) | No |
| Single Crystal Linear (<9Mhz) | No |
| Linear 50mm | No |
| Linear 25mm | Yes |
| Hockey stick (<13Mhz) | Yes |
| Hockey stick (>13Mhz) | No |
| T or L shape Intra Operative | No |
| Laparoscopic | No |
| Phased Array_Adult | Yes |
| Single Crystal Phased Array_Adult | No |
| 2D Arrary 3D Phased Array | No |
| Phased Array_Pediatric | Yes |
| Single Crystal Phased Array_Pediatric | No |
| Phased Array_Neonate | No |
| ICE | No |
| TEE_Adult | Yes |
| TEE_Pediatric | No |
| 2D Array 3D TEE | No |
| Pencil CW (2Mhz) | Yes |
| Pencil CW (5 or 6Mhz) | No |
| DICOM 3.0 | Yes |
| DICOM SR_Cardiac | Yes |
| DICOM SR_Vascular | Yes |
| DICOM SR_OB/GYN | Yes |
| JPEG, WMV, & AVI | Yes |
| USB | Yes |
| HDD/SDD | 8GB |
| DVD/CD RW | No |
| Wireless LAN | Yes |
Sonosite EDGE Ultrasound Machine
The Sonosite EDGE is a fifth generation portable PoC ultrasound machine from the brand that built that segment. The screen is noticeably larger than previous models(12.1″) and a solid aluminium core helps to protect the system with the legendary SonoSite rugged durability. A splash resistant silicone keyboard makes cleaning and disinfection that much easier. The Edge superscedes the older M-Turbo.
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The Mindray M7 is the best selling compact system from Mindray. This system break a bias of Chinese ultrasound systems with great performance, rich feature sets, and available on wide range of applications with numerous transducers. M turbo and Logiq e were chosen due to the brand awareness and a long history; however, with an excellent 2D image quality and color sensitivity including unique 3/4D function in this grade, it became globally a popular compact system.
The Samsung UGEO HM70A is the first fully Samsung designed portable ultrasound machine and is the successor to the MySono U6. It is the only shared service portable ultrasound that offers both cardiac and 4D for OB/GYN and it does both very well. It is positioned at a midrange price point.
The Philips Sparq is a midrange ultrasound machine targeted specifically for point of care, emergency rooms and operating rooms where ease of cleaning and small size are paramount. The control panel is a single sealed, easy-to-clean tempered glass touchscreen surface. To reduce unnecessary interaction with the system, the system controls dynamically change, showing only those keys and automation features that are compatible with the exam being performed. The Sparq is simply a revolutionary solution with an intuitive design built around specific workflow needs.
The SonoSite M-Turbo improves upon the Micromaxx with even sharper imaging, while retaining the rugged portability SonoSite is famous for maintaining. It is the most popular compact PoC portable and offers many applications and procedures such as regional anesthesia, MSK, and EM which have been developed and expanded over what the Micromaxx offered.
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 Xario 200 Platinum is a compact and rich featured system that is positioned as a mid-range system. The Canon Xario 200 Platinum is designed to support a full range of applications and can be used as a general-purpose system or a specialized system, depending on the installed software. The Canon Xario 200 Platinum with Canon’s well-known extensive selection of 28 transducers supports a wide range of clinical applications including fetal, abdominal, intra-operative(abdominal), laparoscopic, pediatric, small organs, neonatal cephalic, adult cephalic, trans-rectal, trans-vaginal, musculo-skeletal (conventional), musculo-skeletal (superficial), cardiac adult, cardiac pediatric, trans-esoph(cardiac) and peripheral vessel.
The Canon Xario 200 Platinum shares its platform with the Canon Xario 100 Platform. Both systems have the basic configuration as standard, but there are number of selectable options that can extend the use of systems for many clinical applications. The standard package of the Canon Xario 200 Platinum are as follows: 19-inch LCD monitor, LCD touch screen, DVD/CD drive, Wide View, Precision Imaging, ApliPureTM plus, and B/W printer mounting brackets (side-access type).
The Canon Xario 200 and 100 Platinum were originally developed from the Canon Xario XG, launched in 2007. With a couple of revisions and technology migration from the Aplio series and also integration of full-digital transmission and reception processing technology, the Canon Xario 200 and 100 Platinum became more stable and reliable. The user selectable options of the Canon Xario 200 are as follows: CW, 4D, Gel warmer, MD-TEE hanger, Wireless LAN, Stress Echo, CHI(Contrast Harmonic Imaging), Panoramic View, Differential THI, Precision Plus, Dynamic FlowTM, Superb Micro Vascular Imaging, Protocol Assistant, Elastography, Elastography-FLR, FLEX-M, Auto NT, Smart 3D, and Luminance.
Apart from those all selectable options, the Canon Aplio Platinum series supports total of 28 transducers including sector, convex, 4D volume, linear, micro convex, TEE, and Pencil transducers. Among those 28 transducers, the Canon Xario Platinum series supports 5 different intra-operative and biopsy enhancement transducers that can improve clinical productivity in interventional Radiology. Also available are motor-driven volume transducers for in-depth 3/4D Obstetrics and Gynecology applications.
The E-CUBE 9 DIAMOND the update version of E-CUBE 9 including Live HQ (GE’s HD live). Based on the migration of upper level platform, technologies, and features, the E-CUBE 9 enhances user value in each phase of daily practice, from patient registration to clinical review, as well diagnostic confirmation.
The Canon Aplio i700 is the entry level system among the Aplio i series. The Aplio i700 is a premium multi-purpose diagnostic ultrasound system that concentrated on continuously highlighting Canon’s clinical reputation and image quality in General Imaging. The Canon Aplio i700 with well-known Canon’s extensive selection of transducers excluding matrix transducers at the Aplio i900 and the Aplio i800 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 i700, apart from the Aplio Platinum series, integrates Canon’s new & fully digital transmission and reception processing technology, iBEAM digital architecture. The Canon Aplio i700 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. Due to the lack of the Intelligent Dynamic Micro Slice option, the Canon Aplio i700 does not support premium Matrix transducers. The Canon Aplio i700 provides the similar transducer line up like the Canon Aplio Platinum series. Nevertheless, its extensive selection of specialty transducers efficiently cover a high standard of demand in sophisticated General Imaging applications. Similar to the Canon Aplio i900 and the Aplio i800, the Aplio i700 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 of the Canon Aplio i800 that differentiate it from 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 Aplio i700 also provides a wide range of Canon’s exclusive, clinically proven technologies as standard 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. Other 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 two missing options between the Aplio i800 and the Aplio i700 are the intelligent Dynamic Micro Slice kit and the Multiplexing kit.
The Sonoscape S2 is a low-cost color Doppler system with a 15″LCD monitor with a long list of advanced features such as spacial compounding, speckle reduction, 3/4D function, and panoramic imaging. Unlike other compact systems, the system supports two active probe ports on the system. It looks like Medison R3, but it has a huge advantage thanks to the internal battery.
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 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.
The Canon Aplio 400 is a high-end system that is based on the same platform as the Aplio 500, the top model in Canon’s flagship Aplio Platinum series before the Aplio I series launched in 2016. The Canon Aplio 400 is designed to support a full range of applications and can be used as a general-purpose system or a specialized system, depending on the installed software. The Canon Aplio 400 Platinum with Canon’s well-known extensive selection of transducers supports a wide range of clinical applications including fetal, abdominal, intra-operative (abdominal), pediatric, small organs, trans-vaginal, trans-rectal, neonatal cephalic, adult cephalic, cardiac (both adult and pediatric), peripheral vascular, transesophageal, and musculo-skeletal (both conventional and superficial).
The Canon Aplio 400 Platinum has removed three of the upgradable options, Smart 3D, Speckle Reduction and Tissue Specific Optimization, from the Canon Aplio 500 Platinum. The standard package of the Canon Aplio 400 are as follows: 19-inch LCD monitor, DVD/CD drive, Precision imaging, Tissue Enhancement, Differential-THI, ApliPure+, Trapezoid Scan, Quick Scan, TDI, QSP, HPRF, Advanced Dynamic FlowTM(ADF), and DICOM Media Storage.
The Canon Aplio Platinum series was the top line products series before Canon launched the new Aplio i series in 2016. The Canon Aplio Platinum series share the same system architecture; therefore, all options could be used on the Aplio 300, 400, and 500. The user selectable key options are as follows: 4D for motor driven volume transducers and TEE transducer, Battery Kit, Smart Fusion, Smart Navigation Sensor, Smart Navigation, Wireless LAN, Stress Echo, 2D Wall Motion Tracking, CHI(Contrast Harmonic Imaging), CHI-Q, Parametric MFI, 4D STIC, Luminance, Fly Thru, Protocol Assistant, Super Micro Vascular Imaging (SMI), MicroPure, Elastography-FLR, Elastography, Shear Wave, Panoramic View, Vascular Index, Auto NT, and 1.5D Transducer support kit.
Apart from all the selectable options, the Canon Aplio Platinum series supports a total of 47 transducers including sector, convex, 4D volume, linear, micro convex, TEE, and Pencil transducers. Among those 47 transducers, the Canon Aplio Platinum series supports about 10 different intra-operative and biopsy enhancement transducers that improve clinical productivity in interventional Radiology.
The SonoSite Titan is the earliest version of the PoC dedicated portable ultrasound machine from Sonosite. Though its form factor is compact, it provides high resolution imaging, rapid responsive time, and supports a broad range of applications including cardiac. The Titan was replaced by the Micromaxx. The Titan replaced the handheld Sonosite 180.
The SonoScape E2 is categorized as an economy portable Color Doppler 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 model, the SonoScape S2. The SonoScape E2 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. The SonoScape E2 is a fully equipped ultrasound from very basic clinical screenings to in-depth and full exam profiles with high-end options such as 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. Unlike the SonoScape E1, the Sonoscape E2 meets higher customer requirements in modes such as continuous Doppler, Tissue Doppler, Simultaneous, and Bi-directional Doppler modes. The Sonoscape E2 shares the same system architecture with the Sonoscape E1, however the SonoScape E2 incorporates more options that enable to better cover clinical applications and workflow.
The Canon Nemio XG is an entry level General Imaging and OB/GYN ultrasound machine that replaces the ealier Nemio 30