GE Voluson 730 -
The World’s First Real Time
4D Ultrasound Imaging System
As clinicians you are
constantly on the lookout for newer technologies that increase your
productivity and more importantly help refine your diagnostic
process. Ultrasound Imaging, which most of us deal with on a daily
basis, has to date been limited to 2 dimensional ultrasound, while
the few images which some of us have seen in 3D have been mostly
surface enhancements.
In keeping with our promise of
"We bring good things to life" we along with Kretz have
developed the Voluson 730, the world’s first and only REAL
TIME 4D Ultrasound System that will lead ultrasound into the
future by providing the user with More Information and Better Image
Quality for Better Patient Care.
Built on a digital platform, the
Voluson 730 System utilizes advanced signal processing technology to
ensure optimal image quality for high-resolution 2D, volumetric 3D
and real-time 4D imaging.
The Voluson 730 is a whole body
system with applications in Radiology, OB/GYN, Vascular, Urology
& Cardiology.
Applications
Any punctures or biopsies,
interventional radiology, brachy-therapy, RF ablation, hook wire
placement, cryogenic therapy and numerous other applications.
Real-time 4D Interventional: Facilitates
biopsies. Visualization in all directions.
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Free hand and guided biopsies.
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Simultaneous multiplanar slice view.
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Volume rendered view of lesion and needle.
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Real-time needle visualization.
"Glass Body" Rendering: Visualize
transparent tissue and color vessel information.
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Useful for angio volumes, tumour blood supply and vessel
distribution.
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Also aids in establishing anatomical frame of reference
4D Volume Contrast
Imaging : Enhanced contrast
resolution.
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Transducer automatically scans multiple adjacent slices.
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Provides real-time display of region of interest.
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Enhances contrast for visualization of diffused lesions.
Vocal : Accurate
volume measurements.
• Calculation of volumetric image
data.
• Quantitative evaluation of
blood supply.
Compound Resolution
Imaging (CRI): Enhanced
contrast resolution. Clear tissue differentiation.
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Beams transmitted perpendicularly and obliquely to acoustic
window.
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3-9 beams correlated to form single image file.
3D Multiplanar Display: Visualization
of horizontal plane. More information for the clinician.
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New anatomical information in horizontal plane
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3 planes: transverse, longitudinal and horizontal.
3D Surface Rendering: Real-time
anatomical surface information.
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Improved depiction of anatomical anomalies.
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Tool for patient communication, visualization.
3D Power Doppler: 3D
visualization of vascularity.
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Lesions and vascular structures visualized.
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3D for new level of analysis.
The new GE Voluson 730 is just one
more example of the breakthroughs evolving annually from the
scientists, engineers and sonographers at GEMS.
What
is 4D / 4D Ultrasound?
"4D"
is shorthand for "four- dimensional"- the
fourth dimension being time. As far as ultrasound is concerned, 4D
Ultrasound is the latest ultrasound technology and is exclusive to GE.
4D Ultrasound takes three-dimensional ultrasound images and adds the
element of time to the process. The result: Live Action images of any
internal anatomy.
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