 |  Cardiac 2D Quantification (2DQ) adds another dimension to quantitative echocardiography, improving the speed and reproducibility of everyday analysis tasks while still providing the opportunity for retrospective analysis of stored image data. It achieves this via enhanced versions of existing Philips "benchmark" technologies such as Acoustic Quantification, Color Kinesis, Live xPlane and Live xPlane Stress Echo. |
The availability of both on-cart and off-cart versions provides you with a flexible workflow solution for all analysis tasks. The key application for 2DQ is fast, reproducible analysis of LV volumes and ejection fractions. The excellent 2D image quality provided by PureWave crystal technology allows semi-automatic detection of blood and tissue interfaces, further enhancing the reliability of quantification. 2DQ is therefore a vital tool in the quest for truly objective assessment of global function. 2DQ provides a "waveform" presentation of data showing changes in volume or area during ventricular or atrial contraction and relaxation. Other advanced parameters for LV systolic and diastolic function, including Fractional Area Change (FAC), Peak Ejection Change and Peak Rapid Filling Rate, may also be displayed.
A new key application of 2DQ is Tissue Motion Annular Displacement (TMAD). TMAD is based on speckle tracking technology for processing the annular elevation motion of the mitral valve and other valves over time. TMAD provides you with a validated, ultrafast, reproducible and image-quality independent method to assess global left ventricular systolic and diastolic function. TMAD computes valve annular displacement curves over time and uses the Color Kinesis (CK) overlay to visualize valve annular plane motion parametrically.
* This plug-in is only available for the HD11 XE system.