iU22 Vision 2008 Upgrade

Pushing the boundaries

Vision 2008, the next major upgrade for the iU22 ultrasound system, brings you expanded volumetric capabilities, new imaging solutions for technically difficult patients, new interventional and contrast tools, as well as new approaches to improve workflow efficiencies. New features include:

• C5-1 PureWave curved array transducer for high performance abdominal, obstetrics, gynecology and interventional applications

• Streamlined user interface and new tools for simple, more efficient acquisition and exploration of volume data

• Enhanced contrast capabilities to improve exam flow and data assessment

• The ability to read ultrasound exams just like CT and MR exams with the new Philips ViewForum workstation solution

• QLAB cardiovascular quantification tools using speckle tracking technology for left ventricular and annular displacement assessment

• Improved needle and device visualization with enhanced processing

Your solution to scanning technically difficult patients

Philips new C5-1 is your one-transducer solution that images all of your patients including those that are technically difficult.

Proven PureWave crystal technology combined with the iU22’s new tissue aberration correction Adjusts for adipose layers and displays clear and precise 2D images of deep structures Coded beamforming and advanced XRES technologies for extraordinary imaging results on today’s most clinically demanding patients Ergonomic design - comfortable to use and excellent intercostal access

Review ultrasound like CT/MR

With Vision 2008 and the iU22 system, you can export volume data for review on any PACS in a “stacked” or “fly through” approach. This matches the workflow structure you now use for CT and MR images.

With Vision 2008, the iU22 can send 3D data sets to PACS that can be retrieved by the Philip’s ViewForum workstation for manipulation. Advanced volume and surface rendering capabilities, multiplanar reformatting, complex quantification, and iSlice precision tomographic displays are supported for volume data set manipulation.

When you have interrogated and selected the best images for your diagnoses from the volume data sets, you have the ability to append those images to your patient records and store all on your PACS. You can view DICOM images from all imaging modalities, such as CT, MR, and Nuclear Imaging, side-by-side on the Philips ViewForum workstation. Viewing ultrasound images is now as easy as your existing CT/MR model, giving you new department efficiencies.

Streamlined volume imaging workflow

Volume imaging is rapidly becoming mainstream in many labs. The iU22’s volume acquisition workflow has been redesigned to accommodate these new imaging requirements. Now it’s one-button access to all your volume imaging tools. The new user interface provides dedicated tabs for sweep acquisition, volume rendering, MPR displays and access to quantification.

3D/4D Header Buttons Converted to Tabs Single Sweep 3D System Review

Enhanced contrast capabilities

Vision 2008 supports expanded loop capture up to 10 minutes. It’s like having a virtual digital VCR at your disposal ensuring that the complete exam is captured. You can trim and export selected segments of contrast exams, which includes all native data.

The S5-1 PureWave sector transducer is now optimized for LVO (left ventricular opacification) for adult cardiology applications providing better visualization of the LV cavity and improved endocardial border detection in the assessment of wall motion.

New needle visualization and guidance capabilities

The new C5-1 transducer supports interventional procedures with enhanced processing functions that allow better visualization of needles and other interventional devices.

• Innovative device tracking is supported for the first time
• Specially optimized Color Power Angio and Tissue Doppler imaging modes
• Device path and location are more clearly depicted
• Increases confidence during complex interventional procedures

Expanded QLAB capabilities

A new addition to cardiac quantification is speckle tracking technology in the new Tissue Motion Quantification (TMQ) plug-in. With this new capability, you can assess global, regional/segmental and annular functions of the heart. You can quickly and easily quantify vital cardiac indices such as area, volume, speed, fractional shortening, strain and strain rate. This capability also includes time motion annular displacement (TMAD) speckle tracking techniques to quantify annular motion. TMAD virtually replaces conventional M-mode mitral annular displacement methods.

Related Links

+ iU22 Ultrasound System

+ PureWave crystal technology