Aplio i900

- GETTING TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER
  
  Meet Aplio i900! Engineered to help you get the information you need to make confident decisions quickly, Aplio i900 elevates cardiovascular imaging to a new level of imaging precision, diagnostic performance and productivity.
  
  From the smallest to the toughest patients, Aplio’s revolutionary iBeam architecture with dramatically increased processing power provides unprecedented imaging clarity and definition while significantly enhancing penetration.
IMAGING TECHNOLOGY

GETTING TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER
- Maximize Cardiac Ultrasound Imaging Performance
  
  Many of Aplio’s unique imaging technologies provides you with enhanced image quality by reducing clutter, strengthening signal and improving visualization. Designed for functions to work hand in hand with other imaging modes for superb uniformity across all applications.
  
  Tissue enhancement delivers images of stunning smoothness and clarity with excellent endocardial border delineation, especially in difficult patients.
  
  Flex-M allows you to anatomically adjust M-mode traces from live or stored 2D images with the same quality as in conventional M-mode.
  
  The system’s highly sensitive color Doppler depicts small jets or flow down to the pulmonary vein with outstanding spatial and temporal resolution.
  
  Aplio provides you with high frame rate Tissue Doppler images and Pulsed-Wave-TDI traces for a precise timing of cardiac events in both visual and quantitative formats.
  
  Aplio’s wideband transducer and signal processing technology delivers outstanding sensitivity, penetration and spatial resolution for all Doppler modes.
  
  Trans-esophageal examinations are exceptionally easy and effective with Canon Medical’s wide range of conventional and volumetric TEE transducers with single crystal technology.
- Explore Every Cardiac Angle Quickly And Reliably
  Aplio i900 enables you to acquire high-quality 4D volumes at high frame rate. A host of advanced analysis tools allows for in-depth assessment of cardiac anatomy and function.
  - Extraordinary Image Quality, High Volume Rates
    The system’s volume matrix transducers enable you to acquire high-quality 4D volumes at high frame rate. A host of advanced tools allows for in-depth assessment of cardiac anatomy and function.
  - Simple Workflow, Fast Results
    Aplio makes handling of 4D data sets easy. For example, at a simple touch of a button, it shows the mitral valve as seen by the surgeon to facilitate visual assessment of the leaflets for surgical planning.
- Explore Fetal And Pediatric Hearts In Exceptional Detail
  
  To satisfy the sophisticated requirements of pediatric imaging, Aplio i900 offers a wide range of dedicated transducers and software tools for neonatal to adolescent imaging. Canon Medical’s advanced fetal echocardiography tools provide remarkable visualization and quantification for every phase of the pregnancy, including the important first trimester.
  
  Canon Medical’s ultra-wideband transducers work hand in hand with a whole range of powerful image enhancement technologies to provide outstanding definition and detail many of which reduce noise.
  
  The system’s sensitive color Doppler allows you to depict flow around key anatomical structures of the heart and greater vessels with high resolution and sensitivity while maintaining full image quality for superb visualization of defects.
  
  Aplio allows you to determine the Myocardial Performance Index (MPI) and other timings of a fetal heart based on standard Tissue Doppler, making it a practical tool for advanced imaging with high temporal resolution.
  
  Canon Medical’s dedicated range of transducers provide outstanding imaging resolution which may support your ability to perform a thorough evaluation of congenital heart disease, even in the pediatric population.
  
  A range of TEE transducers are available to provide visualization which may enable you to guide interventional procedures such as the deployment of septal occluders.
  
  Small and lightweight in design, the dedicated matrix array transducer for pediatric application provides data which can be very helpful for in-depth evaluation of complex cardiac malformations in 3D/4D.
- Outstanding Penetration, Optimal Signal Quality For Cardiovascular Imaging
  
  Vascular exams can be very challenging. Aplio i900’s dedicated transducers provide optimal imaging resolution and sensitivity for many vascular applications, while automated scan protocols and measurements help you improve efficiency and consistency.
  
  Canon Medical's ultra-wideband transducers deliver outstanding imaging contrast and resolution over an extended range of depths, even in difficult-to-image patients.
  
  TwinView enables you to display B-mode and color Doppler side by side, allowing you to assess morphology and hemodynamics simultaneously.
  
  SMI expands the range of visible blood flow to an impressive level of detail, enabling you for instance to visualize plaque neovascularization right next to vascular flow.
- Better Diagnostics Starts Here
  
  Aplio’s ultra-wideband i-series transducers cover the same bandwidth as two conventional transducers, providing superior sensitivity and resolution for both near and far field. While helping to reduce cost, this revolutionary transducer design can provide better imaging regardless of the patient condition.
BENEFITS OF PRODUCTIVITY

APLIO MAKES YOUR WORKFLOW
- Maximize Cardiac Ultrasound Productivity
  
  Aplio’s intelligent workflow enhances automation and standardization, with a focus on minimizing steps to complete a scan. And now with FleXstyle, the carefully redesigned user interface enables a smooth transition to your preferred way of working.
  You can now adjust the panel height at the push of a button so that you can always work in an optimal position with very little effort.
- Aplio Makes Your Workflow
  
  Aplio provides a host of intelligent workflow support and automation tools, helping you to achieve rapid results with consistent high quality regardless of the patient condition.
- Switch To Auto-Pilot For Cardiac Ultrasound Productivity
  
  Aplio’s context-sensitive user interface is designed to make your imaging task simpler and quicker. While automated settings can deal with routine clinical needs, you always retain control over all imaging parameters when needed.
  
  The mode-sensitive on-screen navigation for the central trackball boosts your workflow and efficiency.
  By visually guiding you through the exam, it allows you to quickly adapt and operate the system.
  
  Realtime QuickScan allows you to achieve greater consistency in your exams by ensuring that superb image quality is the benchmark at all times.
  
  Thanks to Aplio’s embedded raw data functionality you can optimize, review, analyze and report your clinical data anytime with no loss of functionality.
  
  A range of automated measurement and analysis tools help you increase accuracy, consistency and speed of your exams.
- Consistent High-Quality Cardiovascular Results, Outstanding Ergonomics
  
  Vascular exams can be very challenging. Aplio i900’s dedicated transducers enable excellent imaging resolution and sensitivity for many vascular applications, while automated scan protocols and measurements help you improve efficiency and consistency.
  
  Automated quantification and analysis tools like Auto Doppler Trace or auto-IMT measurements help you increase accuracy, consistency and speed of your exams.
- Soar Through Your Cardiac Exams – Take More Time Where You Need It
  
  Canon Medical’s innovative workflow navigation solution provides you with the capability to follow user-defined protocols step-by step. This can help you improve your workflow, enhance the consistency of exams across the department or simply ensure all steps are done when finalizing the exam.
  
  Aplio’s Protocol Assistant navigates you through your workflow, helping ensuring that you perform exams consistently patient after patient. While the clear, easy-to-read menu guides you through an exam, it also provides flexibility to step in and out whenever needed.
  
  Supporting standard and user-defined protocols for both physical and pharmacological stress, Aplio offers a comprehensive package for fast and accurate wall motion assessment.
- Go Wireless To Gain Better Vascular Access
  
  Aplio i-series allows you to remotely operate the system from a wireless tablet. This can be particularly helpful during vascular exams where it can be difficult to scan a patient and reach the panel at the same time, without losing sight of the monitor.
ADVANCED APPLICATIONS

ENJOY THE PERFECT IMAGE
- Accurate Quantification And Reporting, Regional Myocardial Function
  Functional assessment is at the heart of cardiovascular imaging. By providing valuable additional information in easy-to-understand visual, parametric or quantitative formats, Canon Medical’s advanced clinical functions can help you get your diagnostic answer faster and more reliably.
  - Automated Cardiac Function, Regional Myocardial Assessment
    Aplio enables accurate and reproducible cardiac quantification in just a few clicks. The system automatically calculates Ejection Fraction, LV volumes and other important parameters.
  - Wall Motion Tracking
    Aplio’s advanced Wall Motion Tracking technology provides immediate visual and quantitative access to global and regional myocardial wall motion dynamics in 2D and 3D, including layer-specfic strain.
  - Right Ventricular Function
    3D Wall Motion Tracking is also available for the right ventricle with functional display in the RV model as well as segmental waveforms.
  - Quad-Chamber Tracking
    Quad-chamber tracking displays the tracking of multiple cardiac chambers in one view along with waveforms.
  - All Information In A Simple Overview
    However complex and detailed the analysis results are, Aplio displays relevant data in a clear, easy-to understand format.
- Robust Tools For Advanced Cardiac Ultrasound Procedures
  Aplio i900 provides a comprehensive set of tools to assess patient suitability for Transcatheter Heart Valve (THV) deployment or clipping procedures, as well as for procedural planning and monitoring.
  - Mitral Valve Analysis (MVA)
    The MVA tool provides concise anatomic and functional assessment of the mitral valve. The function’s quad display offers a clear overview of different scan planes.
  - Aortic Valve Analysis (AVA)
    The AVA tool is a comprehensive solution for the evaluation of patient suitability for TAVI, as well as for planning and monitoring the intervention.
- Modality Fusion For Advanced Cardiac Insights
  
  Cardiac Fusion is a unique tool to merge coronary CT images showing accurate coronary anatomy and ultrasound 3D Wall Motion Tracking, offering simultaneous display of the cardiac wall outline and function.
  
  This tool offers automatic synchronization to match the position of coronary CT and ultrasound volume images. By superimposing coronary 3D images and the parametric 4D LV model the function offers accurate assessment of the coronary artery disease based on both coronary anatomy and wall motion function.
  
  Cardiac Fusion provides a variety of views and projections for better comparison and insights, including the comparison of two fusion views for pre/post or stress/rest studies. Cardiac Fusion is available on the Vitrea workstation with no loss of functionality thanks to Aplio’s raw data architecture.