ACUSON Sequoia 3.5 (VB30) Needle Enhancement

SIEMENS Healthineers SIEMENS Healthineers .. ACUSON Sequoia ultrasound system Needle enhancement 3.5 (VB30) 1 Unrestricted © Siemens Healthineers 2025 Speaker Notes: In this presentation, we will discuss all the Needle Enhancement features of the ACUSON Sequoia ultrasound system 3.5 (VB30) release. Notes No. 1 SIEMENS Healthineers Objectives SIEMENS. Healthineers ... Explain Needle Enhancement 2 Unrestricted © Siemens Healthineers 2025 Speaker Notes: Here are the objectives for this presentation. Notes No. 2 SIEMENS Healthineers Needle enhancement SIEMENS. Healthineers ... Transducers • 10L4, 15L4, 18L6, and HLX • Purchasable license 10L4 1514 18L6 HEX ACUSON ACUSON ACUSON ACUSON 3 Unrestricted © Siemens Healthineers 2025 Speaker Notes: Needle Enhancement is available on the 10L4, 15L4, 18L6, and HLX in all exams and, all frequencies. It is only available through a purchasable license. Notes No. 3 SIEMENS Healthineers Needle enhancement SIEMENS. Healthineers ... Touch screen 15L4 Breast Workflow Patient 2D Imaging Al Abdomen L/R Flip Biopsy Off Timer Review Report End Exam Speed of Sound C-1446 Trapezoid 90º 270" Auto TE × q Harmonics Compounding Frequency DR InFocus Line Density Mid 65 dB 2 4 Unrestricted © Siemens Healthineers 2025 Speaker Notes: This is the touch screen you will see when needle enhancement is activated by pressing the needle enhancement icon, indicated by the orange arrow. Some touch screen functions will be dithered out and unavailable during needle enhancement mode. For example, if needle enhancement is active, image orientation and Compounding are dithered out. Previous versions of needle enhancement required the user to be in Biopsy mode, even if not performing a biopsy. Notes No. 4 SIEMENS Healthineers Needle enhancement SIEMENS . Healthineers .. Workflow 15L4 Breast SC 11M3 1816 TIS:0.07 Breast 7VC2 Workflow MI:0.43 42fps 95% Patient 2D 2D Mid 0dB/DR65 Imaging c#1446 LUR Flip Biopsy Compound Off Timer Review Report Full FOV End Exam Speed of Sound Trapezoid 90 270- Auto TEQ Harmonic Compounding * × 1 Frequency DR InFocus Line Density Mid 70 de 5 Unrestricted © Siemens Healthineers 2025 Speaker Notes: When needle enhancement is activated, the orange icon is displayed in the upper left corner of the image. Notes No. 5 SIEMENS Healthineers Needle enhancement SIEMENS . Healthineers .. Off/On Needle Enhancement Off Needle Enhancement On Live 15L4 15L4 Breast Breast TIS:0.05 TIS:0.05 MI:0.58 MI:0.58 50fps 50fps 95% 95% 2D 2D Mid Mid 5dB/DR65 5dB/DR65 c=1446 c=1446 Compound Compound 3cm 3cm 6 Unrestricted © Siemens Healthineers 2025 Speaker Notes: Examples of needle enhancement off and on. The needle enhancement icon is orange during live imaging. Notice how well the needle is displayed on the right image. Notes No. 6 SIEMENS Healthineers Needle enhancement SIEMENS . Healthineers ... Live – frozen Live Image – Icon On Frozen Image – Icon Off 18L6 18L6 15:0.24 MI:0.67 Breast 42fps TIS:0.24 95% MI:0.67 42fps 2D 95% Mid 0dB/DR70 2D Mid c=1446 LD 3 0dB/DR70 Compound c=1446 UA 2 LD 3 MapD/T5 Compound UA 2 MapD/T5 P3 4cm 4cm 7 Unrestricted © Siemens Healthineers 2025 Speaker Notes: The needle enhancement icon will be present during live scanning in the upper left of the image. When the image is frozen, the needle enhancement icon will disappear, but the needle will remain enhanced. Notes No. 7 SIEMENS Healthineers Needle enhancement SIEMENS . Healthineers ... Touch screen – Biopsy mode on 1. Biopsy mode is on 5C1 11M3 18L6 Breast 7VC2 Workflow 2. The needle enhancement icon Patient 2D is unavailable Imaging L/R Flip 1 Biopsy Timer Review UID Flip 3. Compounding and image Report Minimum Needle rotation modes dithered 2 Length End Exam Speed of Sound Trapezoid 4 3 90 4. Trapezoid imaging available 270" Auto TEQ Clarify Harmonics Compounding 3 Frequency DR InFocus Mid 70 dB 8 Unrestricted © Siemens Healthineers 2025 Speaker Notes: This image shows the touch screen when Biopsy mode is active. When using a needle guide, needle enhancement will not be available if the Biopsy mode is active. Notice the needle enhancement icon is dithered and no longer accessible on the touch screen. Notes No. 8 SIEMENS Healthineers Needle enhancement states SIEMENS. Healthineers ... UI Control State Biopsy Needle Enhancement Imaging 1 Off Off Enhancement Off 2 On Off (Dithered) Enhancement Off 3 Off On Enhancement On 9 Unrestricted © Siemens Healthineers 2025 Speaker Notes: In summary, listed here in this chart are all the different states of using Needle Enhancement. Note that it will not be available at any time when the biopsy mode is active. Notes No. 9 SIEMENS Healthineers Thank you for your enthusiasm! SIEMENS. Healthineers ... 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