Malvern, Pa.-based Siemens Healthcare announces the introduction of the Acuson S2000™ ultrasound system – Women’s Imaging. This 3-D/4-D system enhances the quality of care and speed of work flows in high-risk fetal imaging, obstetrics and gynecology, as well as breast imaging.

The latest acoustic technologies deliver a system optimized for 2-D, Doppler and 3-D/4-D imaging for the most demanding requirements in maternal-fetal medicine, OB/GYN and breast applications, including automated breast volume scanning. The system features advanced image quality through 3-D Dynamic TCE™ tissue-contrast-enhancement technology, which sharpens borders and reduces speckle and noise in the entire volume – rather than in reconstructed “slices” only – to improve subtle tissue differentiation for enhanced diagnostic confidence. Anatomic border definition and tissue contrast is additionally improved through Advanced SieClear™ spatial compounding and electronic beam steering, which acquires overlapping images from different view angles.

One of the highlights unique to the Acuson S2000 system – Women’s Imaging includes syngo® Auto OB measurements, a clinical tool that automates routine biometry measurements of the fetus. “Up until now, users needed to perform

biometry measurements manually,” according to Norbert Gaus, CEO of ultrasound at Siemens. However, “syngo Auto OB measurements eliminate this time-consuming manual process, saving up to 75 percent of the keystrokes in routine fetal measurements. [This] frees users from repetitive tasks so that they can focus on their patients.”

The application also addresses the challenges related to user-dependence and variability, as well as consistency and reproducibility in fetal biometry. Measurements are automatically saved into the patient’s report and include the biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference, femur length, crown rump length, and the humerus length.

In addition, this system features advanced applications for fetal echocardiography. More specifically, syngo Vector Velocity Imaging™ technology provides physicians with an advanced tool for the assessment of global and regional myocardial muscle and motion mechanics. Specially designed to analyze the delicate cardiac anatomy of the fetus, the application offers clinically valuable visual and quantitative data output including velocity, strain, strain rate, ejection fraction and volume. The new system also features Fetal Heart STIC (spatio-temporal image correlation) imaging, which captures data over multiple heart cycles and creates a 3-D fetal heart volume, allowing sonographers to view the fetal heart in multiple planes.

Advanced Volumetric Imaging
The Advanced fourSight™ technology package for the Acuson S2000 system – Women’s Imaging enhances diagnostic confidence by offering comprehensive 3-D/4-D data acquisition, data rendering and post-processing including MultiSlice, Thick Slice imaging and inversion mode. Also, 3-Scape™ 3-D imaging offers 3-D/4-D acquisition and multiplanar visualization.

Also, real-time capture and display of grayscale and power Doppler volumes using both high-resolution 2-D and fourSight™ 4-D transducer technology further enhance the solution. The system also includes Amnioscopic Rendering, an advanced surface-rendering tool that provides photorealistic images of the fetus – a valuable tool to enhance maternal-fetal bonding.

Complete Breast Imaging Solution
Furthermore, this system is open to integrate automated breast-volume scanning. This configuration features a mobile, in-suite design, combining the Acuson S2000 system – Women’s Imaging with a transducer specifically designed for automated ultrasound breast-volume imaging. Acquiring full-field sonographic volumes for comprehensive review and diagnosis of the breast, it streamlines workflow and reduces operator dependence and variability.

Additionally, the 3-D technology enables the anatomical coronal plane, which is not available using conventional ultrasound. This view provides a more-understandable representation of the global anatomy and architecture of the breast. Also, semi-automated reporting and comprehensive BI-RADS® reporting capabilities enhance the clinical workflow. To further optimize high-volume patient breast care, the system also supports advanced breast imaging applications, such as fatty tissue and eSie Touch™ elasticity imaging.

Solutions for the Clinical Routine
The Siemens workflow solution for OB/GYN also encompasses the Acuson X300™ ultrasound system, Premium Edition – Women’s Imaging. Compact and portable, it offers applications that were migrated from the S Class into the X Class product series to support obstetrics, gynecological and breast imaging.

What’s more, fourSight volume-imaging technology provides a complete 3-D/4-D solution in addition to delivering streamlined workflow and advanced acquisition, data rendering and post-processing functionality for all examinations, including 2-D and Doppler. The system also supports syngo Auto OB measurements addressing the workflow requirements of fetal biometry measurements. The Acuson X300 PE – Women’s Imaging accommodates the needs of any clinical environment – from private practices to busy hospital settings.

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