Re: True Notebook Ultrasound System
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Wed Dec 18 10:54:35 2002
Cheryl
saw them both at the ISUOG meeting in NY - unfortunately the GE image
was far superior - pity eh? still - a portent of things to come -
personally - am waiting for the machine that tells You when the kid
actually is arriving not when the baby's due LOL.
art
At Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Vance Cheryl A MSgt 382 TRS/XYAG wrote:
>
>Art:
>
> I agree...ultrasound is going in previously unimaginable directions.
>Even beyond GE's "notebook" portable ultrasound unit is the Terason2000
>(http://www.terason.com). It is a true laptop ultrasound system (meaning it
>an ultrasound system that actually runs directly off from a
>laptop/notebook....any computer). So while you are traveling remotely, not
>only do you have an ultrasound system, but you also have your personal
>computer right there with you...no additional computer required for your
>personal computing needs. And the cost is unbeatable...approximately
>$26,000 for basic unit including laptop and one probe...each additional
>probe $10,000 (that was last year's pricing...they have made many updates
>since then, so I assume the cost has changed a little). The only drawback
>is adjusting the gain via mouse clicks rather than the conventional slidebar
>tabs sonographers are so accustomed to.
>Ultrasound Rocks!
>
>Cheryl Vance, MA, RT, RDMS
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: evsono@pipeline.com [mailto:evsono@pipeline.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 6:42 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND
>Subject: Re: US vs the World re. Women's reproductive health services
>
>Ann
>
>imho the biggest development in ultrasound for the world by GE was not
>their acquisition of the voluson patent - it was the notebook ultrasound
>- truly portable ultrasound ala the man with his notebook traveling to
>the bush to scan will bring the lab to the people. now to work on that
>price...
>
>peace on earth.
>
>art
>
>At Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Ann Polin wrote:
>>
>>Terry and Colleagues - This is such an important statement. It is a shame
>>that the significance of it is not appreciated by the many who are in a
>>position to do something about it. And, the Subject line above could more
>>aptly be written, "US vs the World re: Health Services". I have seen
>>first-hand "health services" in the developing countries of our world.
>While
>>patients in the U.S. might mull over heavy issues like "should I have a CT
>>or an MRI?" there are patients in many other countries who can't even
>afford
>>basic lab tests - Countless times during my ultrasound scanning days in
>>Ghana I ordered and paid for a pregnancy test for patients who didn't have
>>any money. In many of the facilities in these countries, health care
>>consists of nothing more than a doctor and a stethoscope trying to
>diagnosis
>>and treat patients in a grey concrete room, without benefit of lab tests,
>>x-rays, ultrasound, CT scans, MRI scans, fancy surgery suites, and the
>>expanse of technological advances and medical expertise that most of us
>take
>>for granted in the U.S. Until there is more public awareness, enlightened
>>administrative policy, and increased humanitarian funding much of the world
>>(except, of course, for the U.S.A.) will be left in the dark when in comes
>>to health care.
>>
>>--
>>Ann Polin, BS, RDMS
>>Program Chair
>>Diagnostic Ultrasound, R130D
>>Bellevue Community College
>>3000 Landerholm Circle SE
>>Bellevue, WA 98007-6484
>>USA
>>Telephone: +1 (425) 564-4181
>>Fax: +1 (425) 564-4193
>>Email: apolin@bcc.ctc.edu
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Terry J. DuBoseTo: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND
>>Sent: 12/16/2002 9:48 AM
>>Subject: Fwd: US vs the World re. Women's reproductive health services
>>
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>--
>art fougner, md
>ich bin ein New Yorker
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