Carestream held launch events in Manchester and London recently to introduce the new CARESTREAM Touch Ultrasound Systems.
The Midland Hotel, Manchester and HMS Belfast, moored on the Thames in London, were the locations for a reception and a demonstration of the new ultrasound systems.
Both evenings were very well supported by key imaging professionals and the first products in the new Carestream ultrasound family received very positive reviews.
Professor David Cosgrove, senior research investigator at Imperial College School of Medicine and previously Professor of Clinical Ultrasound, said: “In our evaluation at Charing Cross Hospital, users quickly adapted to the unique-touch control panel. Perhaps surprisingly, the lack of control knobs or an actual trackball were not felt to be a problem. And, of course, its wipe-clean nature was much appreciated. The very-fast boot up and quiet running were also great practical benefits as was the easy plug and unplug of the neat probes. Imaging and Doppler were very good. All round, it is a spectacular system and, no doubt, a harbinger of the future.”
Both Prime Touch and Touch Prime XE have a sealed all-touch control panel that combines the speed and flexibility of a touch screen with the tactile feel of a traditional keyboard.
Etched markings for the main keys allow the user to easily find them without looking away from the monitor.
Carestream Touch Prime XE, the company's flagship ultrasound product uses Carestream's ground-breaking Touch Prime Syntek architecture to provide enhanced resolution and increase the number of images to better show moving structures while optimising image output with less noise and fewer artefacts.
Carestream Touch Prime XE has the capacity to achieve frame rates of over 100Hz whilst maintaining image quality and functionality, as DICOM, wireless connectivity, barcode and card readers and elastography can all be selected within the system.