Ultrasound of the Acute Abdomen in Pediatrics

ACUSON Sequoia Ultrasound System

Improving diagnostic accuracy in pediatric ultrasound

ACUSON Sequoia Reflection

Pediatric patients present unique challenges in diagnostic imaging that requires specialized equipment to deliver diagnostic confidence across patient sizes and indications.

ACUSON Sequoia is designed to address these unique challenges with dedicated pediatric transducers, measurement packages and advanced tools. ACUSON Sequoia scans faster and delivers more image quality than conventional ultrasound to deliver the highest levels of diagnostic accuracy in the premature neonate to the adult-sized teenager.

    Intelligent Imaging

    Increased patient movement, heart rates and respiratory rates are common when imaging children and make ultrasound imaging a challenge.

    The ACUSON Sequoia’s powerful architecture and specialized transducers are optimized for pediatric scanning. InFocus Imaging technology eliminates the need for manual focal zones to create a fully focused image with faster frame rates than conventional ultrasound when scanning the occasional uncooperative little ones.5 

    Ultrasound’s advantages in pediatric imaging include the lack of ionizing radiation, reduced need for sedation, and real-time imaging. Advanced tools such as contrast enhanced ultrasound, elastography and liver fat quantification expand these advantages to new use cases.

    ACUSON Sequoia’s exceptional performance in contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and exclusive innovations such as Auto Point Shear Wave Elastography (Auto pSWE) and Ultrasound Derived Fat Fraction (UDFF) improve diagnostic accuracy through quantification and characterization of tissue.

      ACUSON Sequoia usability

      The variability inherent in the ultrasound scanning process can pose a challenge for users. To eliminate variability, Siemens Healthineers hosted 170 workshops with 365 ultrasound users worldwide to create an ultrasound system designed by users, for users.

      ACUSON Sequoia was evaluated by an independent user experience design and development company in terms of user performance and user satisfaction. The ACUSON Sequoia earned a system usability score (SUS) of 86% and user preference score of 82%, scoring higher than the conventional ultrasound systems participating in the study.

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