Toshiba introduces ‘Picture Perfect Ultrasound’ to cardiovascular imaging at ESC 2012
Toshiba introduces ‘Picture Perfect Ultrasound’ to cardiovascular imaging at ESC 2012
ZOETERMEER, THE NETHERLANDS, August 2012 – At the ESC Congress in Munich, Germany, 25-28 August 2012,Toshiba will launch its Cardiovascular Package for the new Aplio series ultrasound systems.
Toshiba Medical Systems Europe (TMSE) introduces “Picture Perfect Ultrasound” to the cardiovascular segment on Aplio 300, 400, and 500. Toshiba continues its innovation pathway for ultrasound with advanced features such as Tissue Enhancement and Wall Motion Tracking.
Wall Motion Tracking: Regional strain analysis in postero-lateral infarction: Apical long axis view shows normal contraction of the anterior wall segments with the red and orange color. The posterior wall segments (green) show a typical low systolic longitudinal strain value of the inner myocardial layer with a delayed peak in early diastole in the postero-lateral infarcted zone.
“Our Cardiovascular Package which we have been developing together with key opinion leaders in Japan, Europe, and the USA, includes features such as Tissue Enhancement for extreme image quality in transthoracic and transesophageal imaging, flexible M-Mode, comprehensive measurement programs, an on-board reporting module, a very user-friendly stress echo imaging tool, and a software for automatic measurement of intima-media-thickness (IMT)”, Wim van Ingen- Schenau, Product Manager for Cardiac Ultrasound at Toshiba Medical Systems Europe explains, “the new Aplios can operate a wide range of high performance transducers, so we can offer for many applications in the areas of echocardiography and vascular imaging very powerful, user friendly, and flexible workflow solutions”. “A highlight of the Cardiovascular Package is the new Wall Motion Tracking application” as Willem Gorissen, Clinical Market Manager for Echocardiography at Toshiba Medical Systems Europe emphasizes, “we have migrated “high-fidelity” raw data based speckle tracking technology from the latest version of the Artida, our flagship product in echocardiography, to the new Aplio series. Our customers immediately benefit from the experience we have gained over time with Wall Motion Tracking on the Artida. We are fully supporting the initiative of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and the European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) to achieve a standardization of speckle tracking measurements, and our engineers are closely following their recommendations and guidelines.
Wall Motion Tracking on the new Aplio is easy-to-operate, contains comprehensive measurement capabilities, including various strain and strain rate parameters, and can be evaluated directly on the ultrasound system or off-line on the post-processing workstation”.
Wall Motion Tracking will also be in the focus of an Echocardiography Symposium sponsored by Toshiba Medical Systems Europe on the first day of the ESC Congress under the title:
“What is the added clinical value of 2D/3D speckle tracking in the daily practice?”
The symposium is chaired by Prof. J. Gorcsan (University Hospital Pittsburgh, USA) and Prof. J.L. Zamorano (Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain) with the following lectures:
"2D wall motion tracking and transmural strain"
by Prof. T. Edvardsen (Oslo University Hospital, Norway)
"3D wall motion tracking normal values: a global multicenter study report"
by Dr. S. Kleijn (Free University Hospital Amsterdam VUMC, Netherlands)
"3D wall motion tracking and clinical value in everyday practice"
by Prof. H-J. Nesser (Elisabethinen Hospital Linz, Austria)
Cardiovascular Ultrasound is playing an increasingly important role in the management of Cardiovascular disease. “It is a non invasive, highly accurate and comprehensive diagnostic modality that gives quickly critical information regarding the structure and function of the heart and the cardiovascular system. Innovations in speckle tracking and increasingly sophisticated image analysis algorithms enable us to assess the heart more effectively & efficiently with ultrasound” said Dr. Christoph Simm, Senior Manager of the Business Unit Ultrasound at Toshiba Medical Systems Europe.
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