ACUSON Redwood Virtual Touch™ Technologies

Welcome to the ACUSON Redwood™ Ultrasound System Virtual Touch Elastography course.  People are living longer, which may present a risk of chronic disease and health management; consequently, the demand for early detection, diagnosis and timely treatment of chronic disease has become an ever-growing burden. Accessibility to an affordable, more portable ultrasound system offering a complete set of reliable elastography solutions with strong clinical validation is critical in managing disease conditions and rising healthcare costs around the world. Biopsies are invasive and can be painful, presenting a risk of hemorrhage or infection, whereas elastography is completely noninvasive. Manual compression elastography has been widely used for breast and thyroid lesions, and is still relevant today, as a highly sensitive indicator of relative tissue stiffness in focal lesions.  The introduction of Acoustic Radiation Force Imaging, or ARFI, and shear wave technologies allowed quantification and correlation with the progression of tissue stiffness. The Virtual Touch™ technologies elastography applications available on the ACUSON Redwood system offer fast, easy workflow with guided tools to optimize technique and quality indicators for measurement accuracy and reproducibility. This eLearning course provides you with relevant information to enhance and improve your knowledge of Virtual Touch technologies available on the ACUSON Redwood system.   Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to: Explain Virtual Touch technologies Demonstrate strain imaging controls and techniques Demonstrate 2D shear wave elastography controls and techniques in small parts applications Demonstrate point shear wave elastography controls and techniques in liver applications Congratulations. You have completed the ACUSON Redwood Ultrasound System Virtual Touch Elastography eLearning course. Listed below are the key topics that have been presented.  Virtual Touch technologies Strain imaging controls and techniques ​Demonstrate 2D shear wave elastography controls and techniques in small parts applications ​Demonstrate point shear wave elastography controls and techniques in liver applications Select the tutorial below to learn about Virtual Touch technologies on the ACUSON Redwood ultrasound system. Virtual Touch™ Technologies. Learn more about Virtual Touch technologies. Instructions:Flash File:HTML5 File:/content/generator/Course_90022579/7.vt_technology/index.htmlPDF File: Please note that the learning material is for training purposes only! For the proper use of the software or hardware, please always use the Operator Manual or Instructions for Use (hereinafter collectively “Operator Manual”) issued by Siemens Healthineers. This material is to be used as training material only and shall by no means substitute the Operator Manual. Any material used in this training will not be updated on a regular basis and does not necessarily reflect the latest version of the software and hardware available at the time of the training. The Operator Manual shall be used as your main reference, in particular for relevant safety information like warnings and cautions. Note: Some functions shown in this material are optional and might not be part of your system. The information in this material contains general technical descriptions of specifications and options as well as standard and optional features that do not always have to be present in individual cases. Certain products, product related claims or functionalities described in the material (hereinafter collectively “Functionality”) may not (yet) be commercially available in your country. Due to regulatory requirements, the future availability of said Functionalities in any specific country is not guaranteed. Please contact your local Siemens Healthineers sales representative for the most current information. The reproduction, transmission or distribution of this training or its contents is not permitted without express written authority. Offenders will be liable for damages. All names and data of patients, parameters and configuration dependent designations are fictional and examples only. ACUSON Redwood and Virtual Touch Technologies are trademarks of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. All rights, including rights created by patent grant or registration of a utility model or design, are reserved. Copyright © Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., 2020 Selecting the ► continues this course and confirms you have read and understand this disclaimer.   Select the tutorial below to learn about strain imaging on the ACUSON Redwood ultrasound system. Strain Imaging Learn more about strain imaging. Instructions:Flash File:HTML5 File:/content/generator/Course_90022579/7.strain_1024x627/index.htmlPDF File: Select the tutorial below to learn about 2D shear wave elastography in small parts applications on the ACUSON Redwood ultrasound system. 2D Shearwave Small Parts Learn more about 2D shear wave elastography for small parts. Instructions:Flash File:HTML5 File:/content/generator/Course_90022579/5.small_parts_1024x627/index.htmlPDF File: Select the tutorial below to learn about point shear wave elastography in liver applications on the ACUSON Redwood ultrasound system. Point Shear Wave Elastography Liver Learn about point shear wave elastography for the liver Instructions:Flash File:HTML5 File:/content/generator/Course_90022579/7.liver_1024x627/index.htmlPDF File: