Wednesday, July 20, 2005


Sylviane, busy creating Baby's first clothes... (during our July vacation in Michigan, after GC Session).

First Trimester Screening Report

Whoop, there it is !

Aloka ProSound SSD-5500


  • Naturally, I wanted to know the specs of this machine:
  • The innovative HST (Hemispheric Sound Technology) probe incorporates an array of transducer elements which create sound sources close to an ideal hemispheric shape. The HST probe offers less grating lobe artifacts and less side lobe artifacts, which can lead doctors to more decisive diagnosis.
  • The PixelFocus technology provides focus of ultrasound beam down to the pixel level for incredible high resolution
  • Advanced new Front End Technology - Aloka's unique Impedance Matching system for the front end greatly widens frequency response
  • Wide dynamic range 12-bit A/D converter offers high contrast resolution for displaying minute clinical information.
  • DICOM-compatible DMS (Data Management Subsystem) permits digital image management free from image degradation
  • Quint Frequency Imaging-allows up to five different frequency settings for a single probe
  • Multi-beam processing offers super high frame rates for optimal performance in dynamic studies.
  • Volume Mode*-Photo-realistic 3D imaging
  • KI (Kinetic Imaging)* -Endocardial time-motion history display
  • A-SMA (Automated Segmental Motion Analysis)*- Real-time endocardial segmental motion quantification

Johannie having her 1st ultrasound