Reviews and News on Ultrasound Machines

One of the hottest selling ultrasound machines on the market is the new SonoSite MicroMaxx, which lives up to its impressive name. By packing a lot of power into a compact, portable system, the SonoSite Micromaxx delivers the quality and features of a much larger, console-style ultrasound system in a small device that can be carried almost anywhere.

In addition to being highly portable, the MicroMaxx offers incredible image quality. And despite its small size, it produces images quickly. It can go from the off position to being ready to start scanning in about fifteen seconds, which can be extremely helpful with a critical-care patient. This state-of-the-art ultrasound system can be used in a number of different applications as well, including the ER, anesthesia, radiology and off-site locations.

In addition, medical professionals who tested this machine found it highly durable. Drop-testing has also shown that this machine to be rugged, even in extreme conditions, making it the ideal solution for rescue operations and natural disasters.

Available in color Doppler and 2-D modes, the SonoSite Micromaxx ultrasound machine allows for dual, M-Mode and Duplex imaging and works with three sweep speeds. Broadband, multi-frequency imaging allows for quick transmission to a medical facility, and images can be processed using compression, contrast enhancement, persistence and dynamic range/gain, using 1-8 focal zones.

While its portability makes it the ideal ultrasound equipment for a mobile rescue unit, it also moves quickly with a medical facility, from surgery and radiology to cardiology and anesthesia departments. Many healthcare facilities are opting for mobile systems like the Micromaxx, as it is sometimes easier to move the machine where it is needed than to move the patient to the machine.

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Ultrasound technology has advanced dramatically since it was first introduced. Now, sonographers and radiologists can view more than just a static image on a piece of film. Thanks to new 4-D volumetric scanning, they can now see organs, fetal movements and blood flow in real time on a flat screen monitor.

These advancements in ultrasound equipment have allowed cardiologists to view the flow of blood and spot a blockage before it becomes a heart attack. Ultrasound probes can also be used after delicate organ transplant surgeries for follow-up care, instead of using more invasive techniques. And as advancements continue in ultrasound technology, it is now used frequently to diagnose problems with specific organs. Sonographers can take a multiple-clip dynamic image that can later be examined by a radiologist to view cross-sections of a 3-D image.

The major differences between the ultrasound equipment of the 80’s and 90’s, and what we are seeing today, is due to the addition of color Doppler and digital imaging. This technology offers doctors the ability to view movement and transitions that occur within an organ, artery or fetus.

Even the size and scope of hospital ultrasound equipment has changed over the past twenty years. Today’s machines can be moved from one part of a hospital to another, and offer far more sophisticated imaging techniques than the ultrasound machines of the past.

An even smaller, mobile unit will soon be available, thanks to a new “analog front-end” chip. Expect to see a full range of handheld ultrasound devices that can be used in mobile lifesaving units or on-site at disaster areas. As the demand for this equipment grows, and compact probes are adapted for diagnostic and post-operative treatment, physicians expect them to be used in even more medical and surgical applications.

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