Charles Sternberg, Associate Editor11.29.23
Royal Philips, a leader in health technology, has placed workflow and efficiency at the heart of the next generation of its flagship ultrasound systems EPIQ Elite and Affiniti at #RSNA23.
Globally, ultrasound users are challenged with increased patient volume and staffing shortages – exacerbated by more complex cases. Philips’ systems feature new automated tools and a common user interface coupled with transducer compatibility across Philips ultrasound systems, including the recently introduced Compact Ultrasound 5000 Series.
These latest advances are demonstrating a positive impact on patient and staff satisfaction with customers worldwide by helping to improve workflow and provide greater scanning efficiency.
“Our next generation ultrasound systems EPIQ and Affiniti address the challenges healthcare systems face every day in dealing with more patients with more complex conditions while enhancing operational efficiency and reducing costs,” said Jeff Cohen, General Manager of Ultrasound at Philips. “By providing a consistent platform across our systems, and continually improving workflow, we’re able to give clinicians more time to focus on what they do best: caring for their patients.”
Demonstrations of Philips’ latest EPIQ Elite and Affiniti ultrasound systems, along with live scanning are available in the Philips Booth #6730 at #RSNA23.
References:
1 Compared to Philips legacy MVI.
2 Compared to the predecessor L15-7iO.
3 When comparing VM10 performance to VM 7 performance.
Globally, ultrasound users are challenged with increased patient volume and staffing shortages – exacerbated by more complex cases. Philips’ systems feature new automated tools and a common user interface coupled with transducer compatibility across Philips ultrasound systems, including the recently introduced Compact Ultrasound 5000 Series.
These latest advances are demonstrating a positive impact on patient and staff satisfaction with customers worldwide by helping to improve workflow and provide greater scanning efficiency.
“Our next generation ultrasound systems EPIQ and Affiniti address the challenges healthcare systems face every day in dealing with more patients with more complex conditions while enhancing operational efficiency and reducing costs,” said Jeff Cohen, General Manager of Ultrasound at Philips. “By providing a consistent platform across our systems, and continually improving workflow, we’re able to give clinicians more time to focus on what they do best: caring for their patients.”
Next-Gen Clinical Performance, Advanced Insights and Simplified Workflows
New features and major enhancements incorporated in Philips’ latest ultrasound systems include:- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound: EPIQ Elite’s enhanced super-resolution MVI offers an improvement of more than 200% in spatial resolution for contrast-enhanced Ultrasound1 to help provide valuable information about the pattern of blood flow in lesion characterization.
- Ultra-high frequency transducer: Philips’ new award-winning mL26-8 ultra-high frequency transducer for the EPIQ platform improves spatial resolution by 36% and improves penetration by 64% improvement2 over the previous transducers.
- 3D-like vascular flow advanced imaging: Flow Viewer, Philips’ latest innovation in color flow Doppler imaging, generates a 3D-like image of blood flow in vessels that can enhance decision-making in challenging cases.
- Fast, quality advanced image acquisition: Philips’ next-generation Auto SCAN Assistant enhances user workflow efficiency to acquire high-quality images with a 54% reduction in button pushes during an exam3, automatically optimizing the image on a pixel-by-pixel basis.
- Expanded tele-ultrasound capability: Philips Ultrasound Collaboration Live now allows up to six users to collaborate in real-time during an ultrasound exam, potentially reducing the need for follow-up scans and additional patient travel.
Demonstrations of Philips’ latest EPIQ Elite and Affiniti ultrasound systems, along with live scanning are available in the Philips Booth #6730 at #RSNA23.
References:
1 Compared to Philips legacy MVI.
2 Compared to the predecessor L15-7iO.
3 When comparing VM10 performance to VM 7 performance.