Verasonics Updates the Vantage NXT Research Ultrasound System

Verasonics Inc. has released new features for the Vantage NXT Research Ultrasound System to advance ultrasound research and product development. The Vantage NXT update includes the release of the Acquisition SDK Programming Model and a 3 MHz matrix array transducer.

Vantage NXT 2.0 options are now available include the Acquisition SDK Programming Model, a C-based API that allows Vantage NXT Research Ultrasound Systems users to program their system without MATLAB dependencies. The Acquisition SDK uses similar data structures and naming conventions to those of the MATLAB programming model to simplify the porting of existing sequences to the Acquisition SDK environment. The Acquisition SDK is an ideal complement for users developing applications intended for commercialization or for integration of their legacy or third-party software to run on the Vantage NXT Platform.

Vantage NXT 2.0 also is available with a 3 MHz Matrix Array Transducer. The M3dV 3 MHz Matrix Array features a new monolithic design that enhances image reconstruction and improves image quality; it uses 1024 elements in a 32 x 32 grid and is compatible with the Vantage and Vantage NXT 256 channel systems.

“The Acquisition SDK is the next step in meeting the needs of our customers,” Verasonics President/CEO Jon K. Daigle said. “Our highly flexible sequence-based MATLAB programming model has been the gold standard in research ultrasound programming since 2007. This new Acquisition SDK Programming Model provides users with the ability to optimize code more efficiently, develop software using other programming languages and develop custom GUIs in environments outside of MATLAB.”

Verasonics is collaborating with software companies to offer new applications for biomedical and materials science users that provide a wide range of software development tools and capabilities.

Verasonics is a privately held company founded in 2001 with headquarters in Kirkland, Wash. The research ultrasound firm is focused on providing researchers and developers with the most advanced and flexible tools for developing new algorithms and products used in biomedical ultrasound, materials science, earth sciences, and acoustics and ultrasonics physics. Verasonics also licenses its technology to companies for use in their commercial products. Researchers in countries across North and South America, Europe, Asia and Oceania routinely use Verasonics product solutions to advance the art and science of ultrasound through their own research efforts.