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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Vivid e

Filed under: Anesthesiology , Cardiology , Emergency Medicine , Medicine , Ob/Gyn

GE Healthcare has released Vivid e, a laptop-size ultrasound system designed for in-office diagnostics. A part of the popular Vivid line of compact ultrasounds from GE, Vivid e has an impressive array of features:

The Vivid e, the newest member of GE's Compact Series of ultrasound systems, is designed to provide a dedicated cardiovascular ultrasound solution for the Physician Office in a practical, easy to use design. The Vivid e is being showcased at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association (AHA) in Chicago...

And as a truly portable cardiovascular ultrasound system, you can effortlessly take the small, 4.6 kg (10.1 lb) Vivid e system into more places. Putting GE's technological leadership into more hands.

  • Comprehensive, diagnostic exams with the confidence building image quality expected from the GE Ultrasound Vivid product line

  • Easy-to-use, automatic image optimization - in 2D, color and Doppler imaging - instantly updates thousands of parameters with one keystroke for optimal scanning

  • Anatomical M-Mode assists with off-axis orientation to make scanning easier

    • More from the product page...

    Press release...

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    I have trialed the entire GE laptop new series. The ob gyn one primarily used is the voluson series and the top of the line voluson i. the vivid is tha same form factor and basis with some diofferent electronics. It makes sense to go this way. My full size D ultrasound is primarily a big CRT with a huge platorm containing a windows 2000 box to run the thing. No reason all the computer can't be replaced with a laptop as ge did. I compared the full size and laptop side by side on the same patients and the results wer nearly idntical. Only problem is dropping an $80,000 laptop sucks big time!


    Posted by: steven f palter, MD
    on November 14, 2006 11:21 AM GMT

    Vivid "e" is a great portable, but Vivid "i"is simply the best portable on the market. Image quality, speed and tech content make it almost scary, considering the size. It's sort of a "Vivid 7 in a pocket". Great product!


    Posted by: GiO
    on November 15, 2006 02:17 AM GMT

    Yes yes-- the vivid i is the one I tried head to head with thte huge voluson 730 and image quality on 2d 3d and 4d was comparable. State of the art is now in a laptop form factor. Fragility and durability is a huge concern however.


    Posted by: steven palter, MD
    on November 15, 2006 10:37 AM GMT

    I too have recently viewed what is available on the market in regard to portable/lab top systems. It is impressive how these small units measure up to the big systems. If you have sticker shock about the price, look at the MyLab 30cv from Biosound Esaote. Recently I had both the vivid i and mylab in the office and the Biosound unit is equally as good as the ge, but 1/2 the price and faster at saving the data to cd. Very impressive little machine.


    Posted by: Dr. Stevens, M.D.
    on December 8, 2006 03:11 PM GMT