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Vscan Extend in Emergency Medicine
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Vscan Extend Device

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4-minute exams performed by experts at the bedside offering a reliable assessment of cardiac anatomy & function.1

Lower costs

61% of patients who would ordinarily have been referred for a full echo exam following physical exam, were sent home instead because of what Vscan exams revealed.2

Accelerate treatment decisions Conduct focused exams

Patient diagnosis and management were altered in nearly 50% of cases where cardiology fellows and cardiologists suspected acute cardiac dysfunction.3

Store, share and collaborate

Vscan Extend offers a flexible wireless workflow, making it easy to send images and data wherever you need them to be stored or shared.

fast and precise

Capture the right image
when time counts

Robustness

Vscan Extend is a handheld, pocket-sized ultrasound system. It is durable, robust and built for diverse clinical environments. It can tolerate a 1 meter drop with only minor scratches and bumps expected.**

Dual Probe

Dual-probe configuration – Two transducers in one probe for easy exam Vscan Extend has a dual probe with both linear and sector transducers in a single probe. Both transducers are always connected and readily available so there’s no need to go find the system and untangle the probes. The dual-headed probe allows for shallow and deep views in a wide variety of exam types and clinical applications, including cardiac, abdomen carotids, thyroid and lungs.

Auto Optimization

Auto Optimize Enables automated Time Gain Compensation (TGC) with a single key stroke during live scanning. Gain will be automatically adjusted for all depths.

Lung M-Mode

The Lung M-mode app provides the M-mode capability specifically to support lung assessment and documentation of signs like seashore.

Tricefy™ Uplink

GE Healthcare has partnered with Trice Imaging to provide an integrated cloud-based solution called TricefyTM. Tricefy allows you to archive and share images from your Vscan Extend handheld, pocket-sized ultrasound.

DICOM

Vscan Extend seamlessly integrates handheld ultrasound imaging with your hospitals' wireless networks and DICOM®-based documentation.

user opinions

Clinical user perspectives

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Dr. NILS PETTER OVELAND on using Vscan Extend on air ambulance missions

Vscan Extend helps physicians save lives in the air

Dr. Yale TUNG CHEN on using Vscan Extend in emergency medical cases

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Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

Articles to help medical professionals understand the current state of research related to various devices, technologies, and applications.

Pujol & Bobbia

Department of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Intensive Care Unit, Nîmes Unive ...

Compression with a pocket-sized ultrasound device to diagnose proximal deep vein thrombosis

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Choi & Kwon

Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-s ...

Effectiveness of education in point-of-care ultrasound-assisted physical examinations in an emergenc ...

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Colclough & Nihoyannopoulos

Imperial College Healthcare Trust, St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, UK, Emergency Department ...

Pocket-Sized Point-of- Care Cardiac Ultrasound Devices – Role in the Emergency Department

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Mancuso & Campos

Disciplina de Cardiologia – Escola Paulista de Medicina – Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifes ...

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Using a Pocket-Size Device in the Emergency Room

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Schleder & Schreyer

Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Diagnostic value of a hand-carried ultrasound device for free intra-abdominal fluid and organ lacera ...

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Kajimoto & Abe

Division of Cardiology and Division of Internal, Medicine, Sensoji Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Rapid Evaluation by Lung-Cardiac-Inferior Vena Cava (LCI) Integrated Ultrasound for Differentiating ...

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Biais & Janvier

Emergency Department, Hôpital Pellegrin, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Fr ...

Evaluation of a New Pocket Echoscopic Device for Focused Cardiac Ultrasonography in an Emergency Set ...

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Coskun & Şahin Kavakli

Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turke ...

Our New Stethoscope in the Emergency Department: Hand-Held Ultrasound

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Empowering you in that critical moment.

Vscan Extend

Big enough for the tough clinical decisions and small enough to take with you wherever you go. With Vscan Extend in your pocket, you don’t have to go looking for the ultrasound. It’s always with you.

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