“Generation NeXt” Ultrasounds

At EUROECHO 10, a recently held cardiology congress in Prague, Siemens AG demonstrated its new line of echo machines called “Generation NeXt.” Acuson X300 and Acuson Antares are components of a new line being promoted.
Here’s how Siemens describes its “Generation NeXt”:

The ultra-sound systems Acuson X300 and Acuson Antares, both shown for the first time at a cardiology congress, provide outstanding performance through advanced offline and online applications such as the syngo Arterial Health Package and syngo Mitral Valve Assessment…
With an operator-friendly console that helps to reduce arm and hand movement, and its small, lightweight transducers, the X300 takes the pain and pressure out of routine scanning. A flat panel display, height adjustable control panel and its light weight design enables a comfort-able scanning position for the user, even in tight exam spaces such as the patient’s bedside. The system’s TGO (tissue grayscale optimization) technology delivers consis-tent image quality, while advanced Hanafy lens transducers enable improved image uniformity when scanning technically difficult-to-image patients.
With the introduction of shared service capabilities to the Acuson Antares ultrasound system, the benefits of a revolutionary design as well as the outstanding image quality and versatility will now also be available to the cardiologist. The Antares system, premium edition, 5.0 release is equipped with a high-resolution 19-inch flat panel display mounted on an articulating arm for optimal viewing position. Other ergonomic design features include the natural and extended reach zone concept that places controls and peripheral devices so they are easily accessible allowing for more comfortable patient exams, and improved examination and departmental workflow…
The syngo Arterial Health Package allows the evaluation of cardiac risk factors and quantification of cardiovascular age with auto-mated intima-media thickness measurements while the syngo Mitral Valve Assessment application provides for a rapid 3D/4D evaluation of mitral valve morphology and pa-thology for diagnosis and planning of surgical procedures. Both of these applications will also be available “online” on the Acuson Sequoia ultrasound system’s 12.0 release.

Press release…
ACUSON X300 system product page…
ACUSON Antares product page…