Toshiba America Medical Systemslast month unveiled its PowerPace upgrade for the vendor's SSA-270Aand SSH-140A ultrasound scanners. PowerPace includes ColorAngio,Toshiba's version of amplitude-based power Doppler imaging, and3-D Color Perspective, a 3-D
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Sonographers are still evaluating the clinical utility of power-modeDoppler, but detection of early infarcts in renal transplantsis an early application, according to Phil Smith, vice presidentof ultrasound business operations.
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