Point-of-care imaging
Point-of-care imaging
Roughly the size of a smart phone, the new Vscan scanner from GE Healthcare is a pocket-sized visualisation tool developed to provide physicians with imaging capabilities at the point-of-care. The system houses powerful, ultra-smart ultrasound technology that enables physicians to provide more rapid diagnoses by enhancing the physical exam. By leveraging GE’s high-quality black and white image technology and colour-coded blood-flow imaging in a device that weighs less than 500g, the system provides image quality that until recently was only available with a console ultrasound. The device can easily be taken from room to room and can be used in many clinical, hospital or primary care settings. The ability to take a quick look inside the body using Vscan may help clinicians detect disease earlier and could prove invaluable in today’s busy practice environments such as those involving primary care physicians, specialists in cardiology, critical and emergency care and women’s health. Operated via an intuitive user interface that is controlled using the thumb, the new system has applications in the examination of abdominal, cardiac (adult and pediatric), urological, fetal/OB and pediatric cases. It is also suitable for thoracic/pleural motion and fluid detection and for basic patient examination in primary care and in special care areas.
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