GE Healthcare's Vscan used in Winter Games

VANCOUVER — GE Healthcare said its latest ultrasound innovation, Vscan, was utilized in support of athletes, trainers and visitors at the recent 2010 Olympic Winter Games here.

Roughly the size of a smartphone, Vscan houses powerful, ultra-smart ultrasound technology that provides clinicians with an immediate, non-invasive method to help secure visual information about what is happening inside the body. 

It is portable and can easily be taken from room to room to be used in many clinical, hospital or primary care settings.

Vscan offers the image quality that until recently was only available with a console ultrasound. It leverages GE’s high-quality black and white image technology and color-coded blood flow imaging in a device that fits into a pocket and weighs less than one pound at three inches wide and 5.3 inches long.

Its other features include an online portal which provides Vscan users with training tools for the product and basic clinical applications with sections on imaging technique, anatomy and troubleshooting; intuitive user interface that can be controlled using the thumb; battery charger station and battery life of one hour scanning; voice annotation; USB docking station; link to a PC for organization and export of data; and gateway software with service tools and remote diagnostics.

Vscan is a prescription device for ultrasound imaging, measurement and analysis in the clinical applications of abdominal, cardiac (adult and pediatric), urological, fetal/OB, pediatric, and thoracic/pleural motion and fluid detection, as well as for patient examination in primary care and special care areas.