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Vscan. Let’s take a look!. reduce increase improve cost access quality. Evolving need to drive diagnostic tools to point of care. GE Healthcare vision: Early disease management. Technology trend: Ultrasound Miniaturization. GE healthy magination.
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Vscan Let’s take a look!
reduce increase improve cost access quality Evolving needto drive diagnostic tools to point of care GE Healthcare vision: Early disease management Technology trend: Ultrasound Miniaturization GE healthymagination Inside body visualization for less cost Less experienced user Less demanding customer Into outpatients clinics Into in-office care
Potentially redefining the physical exam Vscan helps to improve patient management during the physical exam by providing immediate, non-invasive, visual information inside the body. An adjunct to physician’s stethoscope.
Small … smart … high techtechnology enablers Learning from 4D echo: in-probe beamformer Ultrasound miniaturizationto single chip backend
A quick look.Higher confidence.A deeper connection. • Left ventricle visualization • Assess left ventricular cardiac function to spot patients at risk for heart failure. Valve assessment Rapidly evaluate cardiac murmurs to assess valve thickening and blood flow leakage.
A quick look.Higher confidence.A deeper connection. Abdominal aorta evaluation Enables detection or follow-up on risk factors associated with abdominal aorta aneurysms. Pericardium visualization Assess pericardial effusion immediately.
A quick look.Higher confidence.A deeper connection. Gall bladder visualization Visualization of the gall bladder to evaluate the presence of gall stones. Liver imaging Visual inspection of liver size as an adjunct to the physical exam’s palpation and percussion.
A quick look.Higher confidence.A deeper connection. • Fetal position • Help detect the fetal heartbeat, assess bleeding in pregnancy, and determine the baby’s position during prenatal examinations in the latter part of pregnancy and before delivery. Kidney imaging Visual inspection of the kidney to help identify the presence of extra fluid.
