Seeing inside the human body is a tricky proposition. Short of surgery, nebulous grainy ultrasounds offer one of the only ways to get a live picture of your interior.
But now, thanks to Sequoia, a new technology created by Acuson, these images are coming into focus.
Most ultrasounds send sound waves through the body, which are broken up into amplitude and phase data. The image is then created using the amplitude and some phase data. Sequoia technology fully processes all signals as well. The result? A much sharper image.
These higher resolution pictures can be lifesavers. "I was able to see a breast mass that I couldn't using traditional ultrasound," says Dr. Don Emerson of Regional Medical Center in Memphis. "It saved me having to perform a biopsy. Once you start to see things clearer, you'll never want to go back."
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