Documents for ob/gyn and perinatology departments

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St. Paul’s Hospital

Gaining penetration, resolution and diagnostic confidence with C5-1 transducer

St. Paul’s Hospital, located in Vancouver B.C., upgraded its lab to use C5-1 transducers to help reduce the number of failed ultrasound exams from technically difficult patients.

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Reduce ultrasound exam time 30-50%

University of Colorado

Saving time while increasing revenue

Julia Drose

University of Colorado results for a variety of exams shows increased productivity in ultrasound exams with efficient protocol driven ultrasound exams.

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Image structures in 3 planes

3D imaging

The three-vessel view and multislice imaging

Leeber Cohen, M.D.

The use of 3D imaging can be used for screening, and correctly diagnosing, congenital heart defects. The two types of acquisition are rapid acquisition and spatio-temporal image correlation

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Fetal lung assessment

The value of volume imaging in fetal lung assessment

Patrizia Vergani

Predicting the risk of pulmonary hypoplasia due to PPROM may have a great impact on perinatal care. Recent studies comparing 2D biometric parameters with 3D lung measurements seem to be promising

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fetal neurosonography

An introduction to fetal neurosonography using three-dimensional ultrasound

Taddei F, Fratelli N, Prefumo F, Franceshetti L, Signorelli M and Frusca T

3D ultrasound has shown to be a potentially useful tool both in basic and detailed examination of the fetal brain. The aim of this paper is to describe possible applications of this technique

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Spatio-Temporal Imaging Correlation (STIC)

Spatio-Temporal Imaging Correlation (STIC) in fetal echocardioraphy

Taddei F, Franceschetti L, Signorelli M, Prefumo F, Fratelli N, Frusca T and Groli C

In STIC technology, an automated device incorporated into the ultrasound probe performs a slow sweep acquiring a single 3D volume. This volume is composed of a great number of 2D frames

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xMATRIX array transducer in fetal echocardiography

xMATRIX array transducer in fetal echocardiography

Taddei F, Franceshetti L, Signorelli M, Prefumo F, Fratelli N, Frusca T and Groli C

The introduction of xMATRIX array transducers in fetal ultrasound has made possible a new modality of volume acquisition and elaboration where a pyramidal volumetric ultrasound beam can be built up

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