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Verasonics, a Diamond Sponsor of the Symposium, is proud to launch updates and improvements to the Vantage® NXT Research Ultrasound System including multi-system configurations, enhanced MUX capabilities, analog inputs and 16-bit float RF Datatype. Vantage NXT features a proprietary transceiver design that was specifically engineered to provide the next level of transmit and receive fidelity required for cutting-edge ultrasound research.
Our team will be showcasing the latest in Vantage NXT features at the 2024 IEEE UFFC-JS, September 22-26 in Taipei, Taiwan (Booths 30 & 43).
Expanded Features & Capabilities for Vantage NXT: Multi-System Configurations, Analog Inputs, 16-Bit Float
Multi-System Configurations
Vantage NXT multi-system Configurations are available in 2- and 4-system versions. These high-channel count configurations are most often required in Volume Imaging research efforts requiring phase-accurate transmit and receive acquisitions. New features include a simpler programming model, better sequence reliability, and the ability to run hardware and software asynchronously, enabling faster acquisition framerates.
Benefits of Vantage NXT Multi-System Configurations for Volume Imaging:
- Faster hardware frame rates, better sequence reliability
- Simplified programming model
- Enhanced data line driver for MUX switches, with 12.5 MHz maximum clock rate
- Updated synchronization module now allows hardware and software to run asynchronously
- Multiple host controllers reduce bandwidth limitations and add greater computing power, allowing for faster processing
Improvements to MUX Capabilities
Vantage NXT is designed to remove bottlenecks from multiplex imaging and offers increased multiplex control, leading to lower overhead time, faster frame rates and the ability to accommodate a wider range of transducer architectures and configurations.
These advancements in functionality provide easier programming capability of more unique apertures. In addition, improved signal transmit and receive fidelity enhances overall multiplex imaging performance.
Analog Inputs
Vantage NXT now offers two low-frequency inputs for acquisition of auxiliary signals to enable precise co-registration with ultrasound data capture. Analog inputs are suitable for the recording of physiological signals such as EKG and respiration, as well as a range of sensor signals including strain, acceleration, and temperature. This method of data capture allows the alignment of analog signal inputs with ultrasound RF data during offline analysis.
16-bit Float RF Datatype
With a 16-bit A/D converter and 125MHz sample rate, an improvement over the 14-bit A/D converter and sample rate on the Vantage platform, Vantage NXT provides improved resolution for small signal processing. Float 16 allows a new computing technique used in graphics processing and machine learning to capture more data resolution at certain levels. Applications benefiting from 16-bit float RF data include photoacoustic and other low SNR acquisitions using accumulation measurement techniques, Doppler measurements and external processing using GPUs.
New Products and Features to be Announced at the Symposium
Verasonics will introduce the following new products and Vantage NXT features in Taiwan:
- Vantage NXT Acquisition SDK
- Improved 3MHz Matrix Array Transducer
- Vantage NXT Application Scripts
- Essentials of Ultrasound Imaging Simulators & Curriculum
For more information on the most recent Vantage NXT updates and the powerful benefits of Vantage NXT, visit our website Vantage NXT Research Ultrasound Systems, and/or contact [email protected].
Verasonics Announces IUS 2024 Schedule
We are pleased to announce new scientific presentations and product sessions at the upcoming 2024 IEEE UFFC-JS.
IUS Corporate Presentations Include:
Patron Presentation
Title: Vantage NXT Transceiver: Pushing the Boundaries of Ultrasound Research
Presenter: Miguel Bernel, Ph.D. and Bryan Cunitz, Ph.D.
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 @ 10:30 AM (TWT)
Location: Room 502 Hall 1
Paper Presentations
Title:Quantitative Ultrasound Spectroscopy for Battery State of Charge in Variable C-Rate Scenarios
Presenter: Miguel Bernal, Ph.D.
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 @ 4:30-6:00 PM (TWT)
Title:Regularized Phase Gradient Analysis for Reverberant Shear Wave Elastography
Presenter: Team from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), assisted by Juve Ormachea, Ph.D.
Date and Time:Tuesday, September 24, 2024 @ 1:00-2:30 PM (TWT)
Poster Session
Title: Image Quality Improvements by Correction of Speed of Sound in an Intermediate Path
Presenter: Bryan Cunitz, Ph.D.
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 23, 2024 @ 2:30-4:30 PM (TWT)
Product Demo Showcase
Title: 2D Matrix Array Imaging with Vantage NXT
Presenter: Miguel Bernel, Ph.D. and Mike Vega
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 @ 6:00-8:00 PM (TWT)
Let’s connect at IEEE UFFC-JS! Visit Verasonics at Booth 30 & 43 to learn about the benefits of our new features and how they can enhance your research efforts.