GE Logiq E Portable Ultrasound Machine
This is one awesome machine!
posted by Absolutemed at
1:23 PM
0 comments
Ultrasound Machine News
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Ultrasounds-Saving Lives
How do you stop a woman from having an abortion? Four U.S. states found the answer when they passed laws strengthening the mandate requiring women to view ultrasound images of their fetuses when considering an abortion.
An ultrasound machine is a piece of medical equipment that uses probes that go either in the body or on the surface, and in this case is used to get a clear picture of the fetus and its development in the womb.
A specific case study test done on over four hundred women, showed that three quarters of women who were undecided about having abortions, decided not to have abortions after seeing ultrasound images of there fetuses. These statistics were almost reversed in a study done in which almost the same amount of women received counseling instead of ultrasound testing. Three quarters of the women went ahead with the abortions. It was concluded that ultrasound testing is a respectful way of allowing a woman to make decisions regarding her well being.
An ultrasound machine is a piece of medical equipment that uses probes that go either in the body or on the surface, and in this case is used to get a clear picture of the fetus and its development in the womb.
A specific case study test done on over four hundred women, showed that three quarters of women who were undecided about having abortions, decided not to have abortions after seeing ultrasound images of there fetuses. These statistics were almost reversed in a study done in which almost the same amount of women received counseling instead of ultrasound testing. Three quarters of the women went ahead with the abortions. It was concluded that ultrasound testing is a respectful way of allowing a woman to make decisions regarding her well being.
Labels: Medical Equipment, Ultrasound Machine
posted by Absolutemed at
8:02 AM
0 comments
Friday, December 7, 2007
Keep careful watch over heart murmurs in dogs
Grand Forks Herald
Teddy has had a heart murmur for about four months, and Stephanie wants to know what she should do.
A heart murmur is an audible sound due to a leak in one or more of the valves. It's best described as a “woosh” sound, and usually requires a stethoscope to hear. There are different types of murmurs (depending on which valve they come from) and they vary in intensity.
These types of changes within the heart, and in this case with the mitral valve, can lead to congestive heart failure.
Stephanie says dog Teddy, 4, is walked and run on a daily basis and shows no signs of decreased energy. His appetite is unchanged and his attitude is fabulous.
Even though the murmur is not causing Teddy problems, it is cause for concern because we do not know if there are any changes to Teddy's heart. Even the most severe cases of acquired heart murmurs leading to congestive heart failure seldom start out with an obviously debilitated patient. The process usually is one of progression from asymptomatic to symptomatic, the early symptoms of which might include decrease in exercise tolerance, excess sleeping and a cough. It is best to catch this process early.
I recommend Teddy have his heart and heart function evaluated. This requires some noninvasive diagnostic testing that should include chest radiographs, an electrocardiogram (ECG), blood pressure testing and an echocardiogram. The echocardiogram, done with an ultrasound machine, is an especially useful tool when evaluating the heart as it allows visualization of the heart structures, including the valves in real time. With flow studies, we even can see the amount of blood that is leaking through the valve that is causing the murmur.
With results in hand, a plan can be formulated to prevent the progression of changes that can be associated with a heart murmur. The earlier the situation is characterized, the better. It is also possible the murmur may never cause problems, but it's always better to find out.
Jeff Kahler is a veterinarian in Modesto, Calif.
Teddy has had a heart murmur for about four months, and Stephanie wants to know what she should do.
A heart murmur is an audible sound due to a leak in one or more of the valves. It's best described as a “woosh” sound, and usually requires a stethoscope to hear. There are different types of murmurs (depending on which valve they come from) and they vary in intensity.
These types of changes within the heart, and in this case with the mitral valve, can lead to congestive heart failure.
Stephanie says dog Teddy, 4, is walked and run on a daily basis and shows no signs of decreased energy. His appetite is unchanged and his attitude is fabulous.
Even though the murmur is not causing Teddy problems, it is cause for concern because we do not know if there are any changes to Teddy's heart. Even the most severe cases of acquired heart murmurs leading to congestive heart failure seldom start out with an obviously debilitated patient. The process usually is one of progression from asymptomatic to symptomatic, the early symptoms of which might include decrease in exercise tolerance, excess sleeping and a cough. It is best to catch this process early.
I recommend Teddy have his heart and heart function evaluated. This requires some noninvasive diagnostic testing that should include chest radiographs, an electrocardiogram (ECG), blood pressure testing and an echocardiogram. The echocardiogram, done with an ultrasound machine, is an especially useful tool when evaluating the heart as it allows visualization of the heart structures, including the valves in real time. With flow studies, we even can see the amount of blood that is leaking through the valve that is causing the murmur.
With results in hand, a plan can be formulated to prevent the progression of changes that can be associated with a heart murmur. The earlier the situation is characterized, the better. It is also possible the murmur may never cause problems, but it's always better to find out.
Jeff Kahler is a veterinarian in Modesto, Calif.
posted by Absolutemed at
10:32 AM
0 comments
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Specials
 | Contact | ||||||
Contact us
| |||||||
Have equipment to sell? We buy medical equipment such as EKG machines, Patient Monitors, Ultrasound Systems, Pulse Oximeters, Defibrillators, Bone Densitometers, Fetal Monitors, Stress Test EKG, Holter Monitors, and much more. | |||||||
Absolute Medical Inc. | |||||||
posted by Absolutemed at
12:39 PM
0 comments
Friday, November 30, 2007
New 4D ultrasound available
Montana News
For years expectant mothers have been getting ultrasounds to track the development of their unborn child, but now pregnant women can also determine if the baby has their nose, before its ever born.
Doctors say that news 3D/4D high-resolution imaging is the best way for parents to get a peek at what their child will look like.
A 3D ultrasound is performed using the exact same machine as a 2D ultrasound, but adds another visual plane. 4D refers to being able to see the baby in motion, sucking its thumb or moving its mouth.
The ultrasounds are typically non-diagnostic because only the outside of the baby can be seen, but doctors like Steve Nickish says its an excellent way for families to bond with the unborn child.
"It's always pretty dramatic. Especially if they've had the 2D ultrasounds in the past because if you've experienced that, you think...oh yeah I can imagine that that's a baby, I can see the outline and I can picture that in a 2D plane. With a 3D plane it's like your actually looking at a baby."
Most 3D/4D ultrasounds are done when a woman is between 24 and 34 weeks pregnant and if you want the sex of the child to remain a surprise, be sure to have your doctor only look at the baby above the belt since the high-resolution imaging makes it easier to determine the gender.
- Beth Saboe reporting from Z7 in Bozeman
For years expectant mothers have been getting ultrasounds to track the development of their unborn child, but now pregnant women can also determine if the baby has their nose, before its ever born.
Doctors say that news 3D/4D high-resolution imaging is the best way for parents to get a peek at what their child will look like.
A 3D ultrasound is performed using the exact same machine as a 2D ultrasound, but adds another visual plane. 4D refers to being able to see the baby in motion, sucking its thumb or moving its mouth.
The ultrasounds are typically non-diagnostic because only the outside of the baby can be seen, but doctors like Steve Nickish says its an excellent way for families to bond with the unborn child.
"It's always pretty dramatic. Especially if they've had the 2D ultrasounds in the past because if you've experienced that, you think...oh yeah I can imagine that that's a baby, I can see the outline and I can picture that in a 2D plane. With a 3D plane it's like your actually looking at a baby."
Most 3D/4D ultrasounds are done when a woman is between 24 and 34 weeks pregnant and if you want the sex of the child to remain a surprise, be sure to have your doctor only look at the baby above the belt since the high-resolution imaging makes it easier to determine the gender.
- Beth Saboe reporting from Z7 in Bozeman
posted by Absolutemed at
9:20 AM
0 comments
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Toshiba majors on triple-play CT
Medical Physics Web
The latest advances in CT technology are as much about minimizing X-ray dose and speeding up exam times as they are about improvements to image quality. That "triple-play" mantra appears central to the thinking behind the 320-slice AquilionONE CT scanner debuted by Toshiba America Medical Systems (Tustin, CA) at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago, IL, this week.
The works-in-progress CT machine can scan an entire organ – the heart or the brain, for example - in one rotation because it covers up to 16 cm of anatomy using 320 ultra-high-resolution 0.5 mm detector elements.
This capability (dubbed dynamic volume CT) is advantageous on two levels. First, it reduces motion artefacts significantly, eliminating the need to reconstruct slices from multiple points in time. What's more, Toshiba says AquilionONE technology involves considerably less radiation exposure - when compared against conventional CT coronary angiography, for example - owing to the elimination of overlapping CT slices.
All told, 320-slice CT has the potential to revolutionize several areas of diagnostic imaging. Patients with suspected stroke, for example, can wait several hours for diagnosis and treatment with current CT and MR technology. With the help of a contrast injection, 320-slice CT could provide a definitive diagnosis after a single exam, with clinicians able to "see contrast flowing in and out of the brain in 3D".
Equally, patients exhibiting symptoms of heart conditions often have to undergo a time-intensive battery of tests, including an EKG, calcium study, CT angiography, nuclear study and catheterization. The AquilionONE will change all that, claims Toshiba, with "a single comprehensive exam [that] can give physicians all of the information they need to diagnose and treat the patient in less than 20 minutes and with significantly less contrast and radiation dose."
Earlier this week, Toshiba announced that the AquilionONE has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration. Full commercial launch is scheduled for next summer.
In 2006 and early 2007, AquilionONE beta systems were tested at Fujita Health University and the National Cancer Center in Japan, as well as at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD (see US gets ready for 256-slice CT on medicalphysicsweb).
Other RSNA highlights from Toshiba span MRI, ultrasound and X-ray imaging, including:
• Vantage Titan MR: a developmental open-bore 1.5 T MR system that's claimed to be 18% larger than other 1.5 T systems on the market. Specifications include a 71 cm patient aperture; clinical field-of-view of 55x55x50 cm; and guaranteed homogeneity of 2 ppm over a 50x50x50 cm DSV and a 1.4 m magnet length.
• New 4-D transducers for volume ultrasound imaging: the transducers give physicians the ability to review a volumetric image of a patient after they have left the scan room, providing more time for diagnosis and thorough analysis. The three new devices are the Microconvex transducer (which can image the abdomen and be used for guidance in RF ablation); the Endocavity transducer (provides volume data for transvaginal, obstetric procedures and prostate imaging); and the Linear transducer (to image small parts of the anatomy, including the testes, thyroid and breasts).
• Low-contrast X-ray imaging (510k pending): Toshiba claims the low-contrast capability will enable its Infinix-i large-panel X-ray systems to "achieve better images of all soft tissues, including brain tissue, cerebral ventricles and hepatic visualization".
About the author
Joe McEntee is Editor of medicalphysicsweb.
The latest advances in CT technology are as much about minimizing X-ray dose and speeding up exam times as they are about improvements to image quality. That "triple-play" mantra appears central to the thinking behind the 320-slice AquilionONE CT scanner debuted by Toshiba America Medical Systems (Tustin, CA) at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago, IL, this week.
The works-in-progress CT machine can scan an entire organ – the heart or the brain, for example - in one rotation because it covers up to 16 cm of anatomy using 320 ultra-high-resolution 0.5 mm detector elements.
This capability (dubbed dynamic volume CT) is advantageous on two levels. First, it reduces motion artefacts significantly, eliminating the need to reconstruct slices from multiple points in time. What's more, Toshiba says AquilionONE technology involves considerably less radiation exposure - when compared against conventional CT coronary angiography, for example - owing to the elimination of overlapping CT slices.
All told, 320-slice CT has the potential to revolutionize several areas of diagnostic imaging. Patients with suspected stroke, for example, can wait several hours for diagnosis and treatment with current CT and MR technology. With the help of a contrast injection, 320-slice CT could provide a definitive diagnosis after a single exam, with clinicians able to "see contrast flowing in and out of the brain in 3D".
Equally, patients exhibiting symptoms of heart conditions often have to undergo a time-intensive battery of tests, including an EKG, calcium study, CT angiography, nuclear study and catheterization. The AquilionONE will change all that, claims Toshiba, with "a single comprehensive exam [that] can give physicians all of the information they need to diagnose and treat the patient in less than 20 minutes and with significantly less contrast and radiation dose."
Earlier this week, Toshiba announced that the AquilionONE has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration. Full commercial launch is scheduled for next summer.
In 2006 and early 2007, AquilionONE beta systems were tested at Fujita Health University and the National Cancer Center in Japan, as well as at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD (see US gets ready for 256-slice CT on medicalphysicsweb).
Other RSNA highlights from Toshiba span MRI, ultrasound and X-ray imaging, including:
• Vantage Titan MR: a developmental open-bore 1.5 T MR system that's claimed to be 18% larger than other 1.5 T systems on the market. Specifications include a 71 cm patient aperture; clinical field-of-view of 55x55x50 cm; and guaranteed homogeneity of 2 ppm over a 50x50x50 cm DSV and a 1.4 m magnet length.
• New 4-D transducers for volume ultrasound imaging: the transducers give physicians the ability to review a volumetric image of a patient after they have left the scan room, providing more time for diagnosis and thorough analysis. The three new devices are the Microconvex transducer (which can image the abdomen and be used for guidance in RF ablation); the Endocavity transducer (provides volume data for transvaginal, obstetric procedures and prostate imaging); and the Linear transducer (to image small parts of the anatomy, including the testes, thyroid and breasts).
• Low-contrast X-ray imaging (510k pending): Toshiba claims the low-contrast capability will enable its Infinix-i large-panel X-ray systems to "achieve better images of all soft tissues, including brain tissue, cerebral ventricles and hepatic visualization".
About the author
Joe McEntee is Editor of medicalphysicsweb.
posted by Absolutemed at
6:33 AM
0 comments