GE, Philips fuse ultrasound data with CT and MR

December 1, 2008 DiagnosticImaging.com. GE, Philips fuse ultrasound data with CT and MR By Greg Freiherr Interventional guidance is getting a boost at RSNA 2008 through a novel ultrasound system developed by GE Healthcare and a partnership between Philips Ultrasound and interventional workstation developer Traxtal. GE's latest flagship ultrasound scanner, Logiq E9, fuses previously acquired CT and MR data sets with real-time ultrasound data. Data fusion is just one aspect of the premium-tier scanner, which this week made its first appearance on the RSNA 2008 exhibit floor. This capability, however, is unlike any other, according to Terri Bresenham, vice president of GE's diagnostic ultrasound and IT clinical systems. Available on the E9 console, Volume Navigation continuously updates the volumetric model of a patient with real-time ultrasound data to offer moment-to-moment guidance for interventionalists. A GPS-like function visually tracks the surgical instrument in real-time in context provided by CT or MR. The transducer is registered in 3D space using a magnetic field that serves as a virtual stereotactic frame.

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