About the Sequoia®

Medical Imaging Market Leader

Acuson™ ultrasound systems have been the "Gold Standard" for ultrasound equipment in the medical imaging market for many years. The current Acuson™ Sequoia® system is no different. Here is what Acuson has to say...

Performance

Four technology cornerstones are the foundation of the Acuson™ Sequoia® platform's unrivaled clinical performance. They work together to deliver a new level of diagnostic confidence in echocardiography and radiology. They streamline workflow and improve productivity to enable new clinical capabilities that expand the scope of ultrasound imaging. To understand them is to appreciate just how far the practice of ultrasound imaging has advanced through the Acuson™ Sequoia® platform.

Acuson’s™ patented Coherent Imaging Technologies–Coherent Pulse Formation and Coherent Image Formation–represent a revolutionary breakthrough in the way ultrasound signals are transmitted, received and processed. Characterized by a dramatic improvement in dynamic range, spatial resolution and frame rates, coherent images provide an unprecedented amount of new information in every image—for every patient and every application. Coherent Pulse Formation exploits the Acuson™ Sequoia® platform’s sophisticated transmitter to precisely control both the phase and amplitude of the transmitted waveform. Through Precision Pulse Shaping, complex waveforms can be generated to optimize imaging performance in many clinical applications. Coherent Image Formation uses the Acuson™ Sequoia® platform’s highly sensitive receiver and sophisticated imageformer to process both the phase and amplitude information in the received echo. Every image contains far more echo information than one derived from a traditional beamformer. Delivering a new level of productivity and workflow efficiency.

Here are some of the features of the Acuson™ Sequoia® Ultrasound System:

• Phased, linear & curved linear array capable
• Coherent 512 channel beamformer
• Native Tissue Harmonic Imaging (NTHI)
• Space time resolution control
• Color Doppler, Color Angio & B-color
• Spectral steered PW Doppler
• M-mode
• Three active & switchable MP probe parts
• Three Active Transducer Ports Option
• Cine
• DIMAQ digital case manager w/optical drive & ethernet connector

Additional features include: Signature Series, Advanced Imaging, Freestyle, Surface Rendering, GI Auto Doppler, TEQ, Native Tissue Harmonic Imaging (NTHI), Color Doppler Energy (CDE), DICOM compatible, Pulsed Wave and Color Doppler. Calculations packages includes VASCULAR and OBSTETRICAL.