The Art of MultiWave TM Ultrasound Imaging

for the Thyroid

One ultrasound wave ensures impeccable image quality

Using SonicSoftware™ the Aixplorer rapidly and flexibly delivers clinical images of a quality never seen before. Technological advances such as SuperCompound™, SuperRes™ and TissueTuner™ ensure superb image resolution and delineation.

One ShearWaveTM measures and displays, in real-time, local tissue elasticity in

kilopascals

With MultiWave technology, Aixplorer relies on the simultaneous use of both ultrasound waves and shear

waves to better characterize and quantify tissue stiffness. Shear wave velocity is directly related to the quantifiable

measurement of tissue elasticity. Aixplorer can generate, capture and quantify the velocity of a shear wave by acquiring data

up to 200 times faster than conventional ultrasound technology. Aixplorer produces in real-time, a quantitative color coded map displaying local tissue elasticity for a large image region. An easy-to-read color scale indicates tissue elasticity.

Aixplorer® with MultiWave™ Technology offers you impeccable thyroid images that are clinically informative

MultiWave Technology multiplies your confidence and brings you two waves to better characterize tissue

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Thyroid ShearWave Elastography image indicating local tissue elasticity: very soft (blue) and very hard (red)

MultiWave™ Technology Enables ShearWave™ Elastography

• Generate a shear wave using SonicTouch TM, no manual compression is required • Capture a shear wave with UltraFast TM Imaging - UltraFast acquisition minimizes artifacts due to respiratory or cardiac

interference giving a dependable consistent image • Quantify shear wave speed resulting in true tissue elasticity values in kilopascals

Pulses are successively focused at different depths in tissue at supersonic speed

Generate: SonicTouch

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Quantify: ShearWave Elastography

Shear wave propagation speed relates directly to the local elasticity of tissue and can be measured in kilopascals

Capture: UltraFast Imaging

Shear wave propagation is captured with plane waves using UltraFast Imaging at acquisition speeds of up to 20,000 Hz

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Aixplorer meets your quantitative needs with a non-invasive procedure that can:

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Trapezoidal Imaging• Extended field of view to

capture the whole thyroid gland.

• Expanded measurement capabilities extending outside the image area yielding an estimated thyroid gland size.

Aixplorer’s Thyroid Package offers you exceptional features to optimize your imaging needs

Dedicated solutions for your thyroid imaging challenges

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Dual ImagingBoth lobes of the thyroid can be imaged separately in B-Mode and merged to display the entire thyroid gland into one image.

Thyroid Right Lobe Thyroid Left Lobe Dual Mode: Full Thyroid Image

Trapezoidal Healthy Thyroid Image

Pioneering Thy-RADS TM Documentation ToolThis unique feature provides a standardized descriptive checklist, similar to the BI-RADS® (American College of Radiology: Breast Imaging – Reporting and Data System) which enables quick identification and documentation for nodule characterization in thyroid pathology. Thy-RADS can be simultaneously applied on up to 8 thyroid nodules at a time. Descriptors can then be included in your final report.

Annotations and Body Marker LibrariesSelect the required annotation(s), body marker(s) and transducer orientation for thyroid anatomy imaging directly from the touch screen.

Aixplorer is at the forefront of ergonomics and

provides the optimal workflow

for your clinical team.

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Thy-RADS Clinical Descriptors

Transducer orientation body marker

Aixplorer® multiplies your confidence in thyroid disease diagnosis

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SuperRes™Improves conspicuity with four levels of adjustment to reduce speckle and enhance delineation.

SuperCompound TM

Offers excellent B-Mode image quality with spatial compounding even while Color Flow or ShearWave Elastography is in use.

SuperRes adaptive filter and SuperCompound on thyroid

Color DopplerIncludes Color Power and Color Flow. Ultra sensitive flow without motion artifacts renders enhanced vascularization without compromising B-Mode image quality. In addition Simultaneous Mode gives you the ability to view both live B-Mode and Pulsed Wave Doppler simultaneously.

Color Doppler: Intranodular vascularity in color power mode

Color Doppler: Circumferential vascularity in color flow mode

Complex nodule displaying excellent tissue differentiation and spatial resolution due to TissueTuner and SuperRes

TissueTuner™Grants optimal resolution with five settings that adjust the system’s parameters to accurately match the speed of sound in various tissue being scanned.

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Q-Box Quantification Tool. Stiffness of nodule (28 kPa) is softer than parenchyma (52.2 Kpa). Cartilage appears as very hard on ShearWave Elastography map

Q-Box™ Quantification Tool – Accurately measures, in real-time, true tissue elasticity in kilopascals. Multiple areas of interest can be compared and quantified simultaneously.

Q-Box Ratio. Thyroid displaying papillary cancer: stiffness of nodule is 201.9 kPa 7x harder than normal parenchyma

Q-Box™ E Ratio Tool – Compares stiffness of two regions as a ratio; nodule to parenchyma. As ShearWave Elastography is truly quantitative, nodules that are difficult to characterize can be followed over time.

ShearWave Elastography enables real-time quantitative tissue characterization

and differentiation between cystic and solid

thyroid nodules.

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Sophisticated Features for Intuitive Use

Standard features • Flat 20 inch LCD Monitor• B-Mode Imaging • Pulse Wave Doppler• Simultaneous Mode (B-Mode and PW Doppler)• Color Doppler• Power Doppler• SuperCompound™• SuperRes™• TissueTuner™• Tissue Harmonic Imaging• Auto TGC/ManualTouch™ TGC• Dual Image Display • Trapezoid Imaging in B-Mode• HD Zoom• Digital Zooming• Touch screen measuring capability• Real-Time ShearWave™ Elastography Mode• Q-Box™ Quantification• Lesion Measurement Tool Box• CineReview – up to 768 images can be stored• Clip Save and Play Back• Three different imaging sector widths available• Image Management capabilities:

thumbnail image review, patient reporting• Cable Management

Connectivity• Export/Import managed by CD/DVD or USB mass

storage• USB external port• SAMBA communication protocol• DICOM

SonicResearchTM Package• Open per channel RF data access

Control panel with fully adjustable height and rotation abilities

Comfortable palm rest

Cable management

Transducer holder

Magnetic stylus holder

Ultra lightweight transducer

Accessible gel holder

Interactive touch screen also used for measurements

Total arm articulation

Fully adjustable wide format 20 inch flat panel monitor

Easy to maneuver handles

Footrest Front wheels equipped with directional lock

Four way swivel wheels with manual brakes

Convenient trackball and TouchRingTM

Stereo audio speakers

Four way swivel wheels with manual brakes

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The SuperLinearTM SL15-4 Broadband Transducer

The SuperLinear SL 15-4 transducer is designed to help you acquire the most accurate data possible for every exam. The lightweight transducer has been ergonomically studied and validated by physicians and sonographers to fit perfectly in your hand in a relaxed position.

• This unique transducer technology provides both outstanding B-Mode image quality and ShearWave Elastography performance.

• The 50mm linear array transducer for the thyroid is equipped with an extended frequency range from 4-15 MHz.

User Friendly Advanced Tools and Clinical Guides• Quick and accurate

measurement package• Automatic report labelling• On-screen digital markers

that remain aligned with your clinical area of interest

The Aixplorer provides you with

both excellent B-Mode resolution and penetration while also offering imaging capabilities critical to your

thyroid diagnosticprocess.

SuperLinear Transducer

Remarkable Post Processing OptionsSonicSoftware is so advanced that it gives you the capability to save all original, real per channel data taken directly from the transducer and before beam-formation. This software advantage is unique to the Aixplorer and provides you with the following novel post-processing options in Frozen and Review format:

Post-Processing TGC enables you to adjust or apply the manual TGC settings while in Frozen or Review Mode with the possibility to modify the Gain. In addition, you can re-save images, delivering flexibility in every imaging mode!

In B-Mode. Gain. TGC. B-Mode Map. Dynamic Range. Persistence. SuperRes. Invert left/right. Digital Zoom. Hide Patient Data in accordance with

HIPAA privacy regulations

Color Modes (CFI/CPI). Invert Color. Blending. Hide Color (On/Off ). Baseline. Color Map. Persistence. Color Priority

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SuperSonic Imagine offers you SonicCare a quality customer support program designed with your needs in mind. SonicCare gives you complete peace of mind for the protection and performance of your Aixplorer MultiWave Ultrasound System.Our team of highly trained clinical and technical specialists offer customized solutions, from installation to training to give you sustained maximum performance, higher productivity and increased efficiency. SuperSonic Imagine also offers a choice of clinical and technical education and online resources to meet your professional needs.

For further information please contact your sales representative.

SonicCare™ Customer Care Program

SonicCare provides long term

protection and ongoing enhanced performance

for your ultrasound investment.

Contact Details

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SuperSonic Imagine, Inc USA11714 North Creek Parkway N, Suite 150Bothell, WA 98011USA +1 (425) 686 6380 +1 (425) 686 6387* contactsUSA@supersonicimagine.com

SuperSonic Imagine Ltd. UK18, Upper Walk Virginia WaterSurrey GU25 4SNUK +44 (0)845 643 4516* contactsUK@supersonicimagine.com

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www.supersonicimagine.com

Patented Technology

SuperSonic Imagine holds the exclusive rights to 25 patents and submissions and

benefits from a close collaboration with the Physics and Industrial Chemistry School of

Paris, Langevin Institute (Laboratoire Ondes et Acoustique) a prestigious school that

sponsored the works of famous physicists: Curie, Langevin, Joliot-Curie,

De Gennes, Charpak and Fink.

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