The Art of MultiWave TM
Ultrasound Imaging
for the Thyroid
Aixplorer® with MultiWave™ Technology offers you
impeccable thyroid images that are clinically informative
MultiWave Technology multiplies your confidence and
brings you two waves to better characterize tissue
One ultrasound wave ensures
impeccable image quality
Using SonicSoftware™ the Aixplorer rapidly and
flexibly delivers clinical images of a quality never
seen before. Technological advances such as
SuperCompound™, SuperRes™ and TissueTuner™
ensure superb image resolution and delineation.
One ShearWaveTM measures and displays,
in real-time, local tissue elasticity in
kilopascals
With MultiWave technology, Aixplorer relies on the
simultaneous use of both ultrasound waves and shear
waves to better characterize and quantify tissue stiffness.
Shear wave velocity is directly related to the quantifiable
measurement of tissue elasticity. Aixplorer can generate,
capture and quantify the velocity of a shear wave by acquiring data
up to 200 times faster than conventional ultrasound technology.
Aixplorer produces in real-time, a quantitative color coded map
displaying local tissue elasticity for a large image region.
An easy-to-read color scale indicates tissue elasticity.
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Thyroid ShearWave Elastography image indicating local tissue
elasticity: very soft (blue) and very hard (red)
MultiWave™ Technology Enables ShearWave™ Elastography
Aixplorer meets your quantitative needs with a non-invasive procedure that can:
• Generate a shear wave using SonicTouch TM, no manual compression is required
• Capture a shear wave with UltraFast TM Imaging - UltraFast acquisition minimizes artifacts due to respiratory or cardiac
interference giving a dependable consistent image
• Quantify shear wave speed resulting in true tissue elasticity values in kilopascals
Capture: UltraFast Imaging
Generate: SonicTouch
Quantify: ShearWave Elastography
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UltraFast Imaging at acquisition speeds of up to 20,000 Hz
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Dedicated solutions for your
thyroid imaging challenges
Aixplorer’s Thyroid Package offers you exceptional
features to optimize your imaging needs
Trapezoidal Imaging
• Extended field of view to
capture the whole thyroid
gland.
• Expanded measurement
capabilities extending
outside the image area
yielding an estimated
thyroid gland size.
Trapezoidal Healthy Thyroid Image
Dual Imaging
Both lobes of the
thyroid can be imaged
separately in B-Mode
and merged to display
the entire thyroid
gland into one image.
Thyroid Right Lobe
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Thyroid Left Lobe
Dual Mode: Full Thyroid Image
Annotations and Body Marker Libraries
Pioneering Thy-RADS TM Documentation Tool
Select the required annotation(s), body marker(s) and
transducer orientation for thyroid anatomy imaging directly
from the touch screen.
This unique feature provides a standardized descriptive checklist, similar to the BI-RADS®
(American College of Radiology: Breast Imaging – Reporting and Data System) which
enables quick identification and documentation for nodule characterization in thyroid
pathology. Thy-RADS can be simultaneously applied on up to 8 thyroid nodules at a time.
Descriptors can then be included in your final report.
Transducer orientation body marker
Aixplorer is at
the forefront of
ergonomics and
provides the
optimal workflow
for your clinical
team.
Thy-RADS Clinical Descriptors
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Impeccable Images
Aixplorer® multiplies your confidence
in thyroid disease diagnosis
SuperRes™
Color Doppler
Improves conspicuity with
four levels of adjustment
to reduce speckle and
enhance delineation.
Includes Color Power
and Color Flow.
Ultra sensitive flow
without motion artifacts
renders enhanced
vascularization
without compromising
B-Mode image
quality. In addition
Simultaneous Mode
gives you the ability to
view both live B-Mode
and Pulsed Wave
Doppler simultaneously.
SuperCompound TM
Offers excellent B-Mode
image quality with spatial
compounding even while
Color Flow or ShearWave
Elastography is in use.
SuperRes adaptive filter and
SuperCompound on thyroid
Color Doppler: Circumferential vascularity
in color flow mode
Complex nodule displaying excellent tissue differentiation
and spatial resolution due to TissueTuner and SuperRes
Color Doppler: Intranodular vascularity
in color power mode
TissueTuner™
Grants optimal resolution
with five settings that
adjust the system’s
parameters to accurately
match the speed of sound
in various tissue being
scanned.
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ShearWave TM Elastography
Q-Box™
Quantification
Tool – Accurately
measures, in real-time,
true tissue elasticity in
kilopascals. Multiple
areas of interest
can be compared
and quantified
simultaneously.
Q-Box™ E Ratio
Tool – Compares
stiffness of two regions
as a ratio; nodule
to parenchyma.
As ShearWave Elastography is truly
quantitative, nodules
that are difficult to
characterize can be
followed over time.
Q-Box
Quantification
Tool. Stiffness of
nodule (28 kPa)
is softer than
parenchyma
(52.2 Kpa).
Cartilage appears
as very hard
on ShearWave
Elastography map
Q-Box Ratio.
Thyroid
displaying
papillary cancer:
stiffness of
nodule is 201.9
kPa 7x harder
than normal
parenchyma
ShearWave
Elastography enables
real-time quantitative
tissue characterization
and differentiation
between cystic and solid
thyroid nodules.
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Sophisticated Features
for Intuitive Use
Fully adjustable
wide format
20 inch flat
panel monitor
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Flat 20 inch LCD Monitor
B-Mode Imaging
Pulse Wave Doppler
Simultaneous Mode (B-Mode and PW Doppler)
Color Doppler
Power Doppler
SuperCompound™
SuperRes™
TissueTuner™
Tissue Harmonic Imaging
Auto TGC/ManualTouch™ TGC
Dual Image Display
Trapezoid Imaging in B-Mode
HD Zoom
Digital Zooming
Touch screen measuring capability
Real-Time ShearWave™ Elastography Mode
Q-Box™ Quantification
Lesion Measurement Tool Box
CineReview – up to 768 images can be stored
Clip Save and Play Back
Three different imaging sector widths available
Image Management capabilities:
thumbnail image review, patient reporting
• Cable Management
Connectivity
• Export/Import managed by CD/DVD or USB mass
storage
• USB external port
• SAMBA communication protocol
• DICOM
Convenient
trackball and
TouchRingTM
Stereo
audio
speakers
Total arm
articulation
Interactive touch
screen also used for
measurements
Accessible
gel holder
Control panel with
fully adjustable
height and
rotation abilities
Ultra
lightweight
transducer
Comfortable
palm rest
Magnetic
stylus
holder
Transducer holder
Cable
management
Easy to
maneuver
handles
Four way
swivel
wheels
with
manual
brakes
SonicResearchTM Package
• Open per channel RF data access
Footrest
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Frontwheelsequipped
with directional lock
The Aixplorer
provides you with
both excellent B-Mode
resolution and penetration
while also offering imaging
capabilities critical to your
thyroid diagnostic
process.
User Friendly
Advanced Tools
and Clinical
Guides
• Quick and accurate
measurement package
• Automatic report labelling
• On-screen digital markers
that remain aligned with your
clinical area of interest
The SuperLinearTM SL15-4 Broadband Transducer
The SuperLinear SL 15-4 transducer is designed to help you acquire the most accurate data
possible for every exam. The lightweight transducer has been ergonomically studied and validated
by physicians and sonographers to fit perfectly in your hand in a relaxed position.
• This unique transducer technology provides both outstanding B-Mode image quality and
ShearWave Elastography performance.
• The 50mm linear array transducer for the thyroid is equipped with an extended frequency range
from 4-15 MHz.
Four way
swivel
wheels
with
manual
brakes
SuperLinear Transducer
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Remarkable Post Processing Options
SonicSoftware is so advanced that it gives you the capability to save all
original, real per channel data taken directly from the transducer and before
beam-formation. This software advantage is unique to the Aixplorer and
provides you with the following novel post-processing options in Frozen and
Review format:
Post-Processing TGC enables you to adjust or apply the manual TGC settings
while in Frozen or Review Mode with the possibility to modify the Gain. In
addition, you can re-save images, delivering flexibility in every imaging mode!
In B-Mode
. Gain
. TGC
. B-Mode Map
. Dynamic Range
. Persistence
. SuperRes
. Invert left/right
. Digital Zoom
. Hide Patient Data in accordance with
HIPAA privacy regulations
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Color Modes (CFI/CPI)
. Invert Color
. Blending
. Hide Color (On/Off )
. Baseline
. Color Map
. Persistence
. Color Priority
SonicCare™
Customer Care Program
SuperSonic Imagine offers you SonicCare a quality customer support program designed
with your needs in mind. SonicCare gives you complete peace of mind for the protection
and performance of your Aixplorer MultiWave Ultrasound System.
Our team of highly trained clinical and technical specialists offer customized solutions, from
installation to training to give you sustained maximum performance, higher productivity
and increased efficiency. SuperSonic Imagine also offers a choice of clinical and technical
education and online resources to meet your professional needs.
For further information please contact your sales representative.
SonicCare
provides long term
protection and ongoing
enhanced performance
for your ultrasound
investment.
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Patented
Technology
SuperSonic Imagine holds the exclusive
rights to 25 patents and submissions and
benefits from a close collaboration with the
Physics and Industrial Chemistry School of
Paris, Langevin Institute (Laboratoire Ondes
et Acoustique) a prestigious school that
sponsored the works of famous physicists:
Curie, Langevin, Joliot-Curie,
De Gennes, Charpak
and Fink.
Contact Details
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