New visualization tools reveal more tissue information for improved disease assessment
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| Live xPlane Imaging 
| Live Volume Imaging 
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xMATRIX array technology utilizes thousands of fully-sampled elements for 360-degree focusing and steering. | Live xPlane imaging creates two full-resolution planes simultaneously, allowing you to capture twice as much clinical information in the same amount of time. | Live Volume imaging allows the acquisition and rendering of full volume data at true real-time frame rates with exceptional isovoxel resolution. |
Using breakthrough array technology with elements smaller than a human hair, xMATRIX technology provides volume acquisitions of the beating heart with truly remarkable image quality. Together with PureWave, xMATRIX is the cornerstone technology of the iE33 xMATRIX system, enabling a host of features that stretch the boundaries of ultrasound resolution and clinical utility.
Our xMATRIX transducers
Our xMATRIX transducers are ergonomically designed and harness the power of 150 computer boards. They raise the bar for transducers, delivering Live 3D Echo by combining PureWave crystal technology with 3D xMATRIX transducer design technology. The new X5-1 features 3,000 elements for outstanding image quality, and can switch from 2D to 3D imaging at the touch of a button. It joins the xMATRIX transducer family that includes the X7-2, the only pediatric 3D transducer on the market providing real-time views of cardiac structure in a single beat, and the X7-2t for Live 3D TEE, which delivers comprehensive information to the cardiologist, anesthesiologist, and cardiac surgeon; information that is necessary to make clinical decisions with accuracy and confidence. Revealing information once only available through surgery, Live 3D TEE is useful in pre-surgical planning, and in some cases it is useful in guiding interventional procedures.
Live xPlane Imaging
xMATRIX technology also enables Live xPlane imaging – the ability to acquire two planes simultaneously from the same heartbeat. The system’s multi-directional beam steering lets you select unlimited planes in all directions, so you can get the precise view you want, with no degradation in image quality.
iRotate
iRotate is another xMATRIX innovation that pays off both in image quality and workflow. Rather than manually rotating the transducer and searching for a window that isn’t obscured by ribs, iRotate electronically rotates to obtain the view within the acoustical window between ribs. Used in combination with the X5-1, iRotate allows you to complete an entire stress echo protocol, including acquisition of 4-chamber, 2-chamber and 3-chamber 2D images, from the same window following peak exertion without moving the transducer. This decreases wrist strain while also overcoming foreshortening of enlarged left ventricles in heart failure patients.