Philips ships record number of mobile ultrasound system in 10 months

Philips Medical Systems' EnVisor ultrasound system has gained worldwide acceptance with more than 1,600 systems shipped in ten months.

 In addition to the imaging features such as THI, a digital broadband beamformer, multi-line parallel processing and microfine focusing, a patented fusion signal processing technology, the EnVisor system has advanced ergonomic design for sonographer comfort and on-board management that can export reports to portable media or network applications.

 The EnVisor can be configured for a variety of cardiac and general imaging applications as well.

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