Healthcare Sector / Imaging & IT Division
Power package for hospital and office
Improved workflow with the ultrasound laptop P50 from Siemens
Duesseldorf, 2007-Nov-14
At the Medica 39th World Forum for Medicine in Düsseldorf, Germany, Siemens Medical Solutions presents a new laptop-based ultrasound system, the Acuson P50, with integrated echocardiography software. The system is especially designed for mobile applications in cardiology as well as vascular applications and use in the operating room and anesthesiology departments. In addition to these functions, the P50 can be used as a standard Internet-enabled PC that also runs common office applications. With an array of transducers, the system lets physicians bring ultrasound anywhere it is needed.
The system provides superb image resolution in B mode and in color Doppler mode. It also includes an integrated stress echo function. It can run several cardiology application packages including syngo Velocity Vector Imaging (VVI) and syngo Arterial Health Package (AHP)* which can used to determine a patient’s vascular age. Together with syngo Auto Left Heart, these applications turn the P50 into an ideal solution which considerably simplifies and accelerates the workflow in echocardiography and vascular diagnosis.
The Acuson P50 is a Microsoft Windows-based PC equipped with such additional functions as Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office PowerPoint and many other special image viewing programs. The system’s flexible architecture provides for excellent ultrasound images and gives users a number of tools for image post-processing, for generating protocols or for accessing the Internet for additional research. During the examination, the physician is able to view other images, look at technical papers or clarify abnormalities before he making a diagnosis. This gives physicians more flexibility during the diagnostic process.
The Acuson P50 weighs slightly more than 5 kilograms and is easily transported in a laptop bag. When not connected to the Internet, it has up to two hours of battery life, making it fully equipped for emergency situations. The P50 is built off of an Apple MacBook laptop with 2 GB RAM, a 160 GB hard disk and a 2.0GHz Intel Dual-Core Pentium M processor.
System delivery will begin in December 2007.
Images are located under: http://www.siemens.com/med-picture/AcusonP50
* Not commercially available in the United States.
Mrs. Bianca Braun
Postfach 3260
91050 Erlangen
Tel: +49-9131 84-3278
Fax: +49-9131 84-3047
bianca.braun@siemens.com
Siemens Medical Solutions is one of the world’s largest suppliers to the healthcare industry. The company is a renowned medical solutions provider with core competence and innovative strength in diagnostic and therapeutic technologies as well as in knowledge engineering, including information technology and system integration. With its laboratory diagnostics acquisitions, Siemens Medical Solutions will be the first fully integrated diagnostics company, bringing together imaging and lab diagnostics, therapy, and healthcare information technology solutions, supplemented by consulting and support services. The company is a single-source provider of solutions across the entire continuum of care -- from prevention and early detection, to diagnosis, therapy and care. Siemens Medical Solutions employs more than 48,000 people worldwide and operates in 130 countries. According to U.S. GAAP, in the fiscal year 2007 (until Sept. 30th) Siemens Medical Solutions reported sales of 9,85 billion €, orders of 10,27 billion €, and group profit of 1,32 billion € (preliminary figures, unaudited).
Further information can be found by visiting http://www.siemens.com/medical.
Reference Number: Med US 200711.017 e
Contact
Mrs. Bianca Braun
Postfach 3260
91050 Erlangen
Tel: +49-9131 84-3278
Fax: +49-9131 84-3047
bianca.braun@siemens.com