Better diagnostics starts here
Designed to increase efficiency, the system’s lightweight transducers feature outstanding clinical versatility, ergonomic shapes and thin, super-flexible cables.
Aplio a450 is compatible with a wide range of transducers from across the Aplio product range, ensuring high productivity while helping reduce cost for specialty probes.
Precision+ offers outstandingly smooth images with sharpened outline of lesions, enhanced image uniformity and reduced clutter.
ApliPure+ compounding delivers increased imaging contrast and reduced speckle noise to improve visualization.
Differential Tissue Harmonics provides harmonic images of unsurpassed spatial resolution, alongside greatly enhanced penetration.
SMI’s level of vascular visualization, combined with high frame rates, advances diagnostic confidence when evaluating lesions, cysts and tumors.
Boost your clinical confidence
Aplio's powerful imaging technologies provide you with better image quality with reduced clutter, strengthened signal and improved visualization. Aplio a-series’ unique aBeam architecture provides the capability to ensure that all of Aplio's unique imaging technologies work together seamlessly for greater uniformity across all applications.
Over the last three days using the a450, my life was made easy. Reluctantly I had to hand the a450 back.
Peter Murphy, Sonographer – Westmead Private Hospital
» First impressions: visually a small compact machine, clean lines with minimal clutter on the console. With only three hours of supervision with an applications person, I was running the machine with a full scanning list by myself.«
CASE 1
Detection of subtle testicular lesions
A 25 year old male was referred to the imaging department for scrotal ultrasound complaining of a short term period of pain, no palpable lump nor a history of trauma. The Canon Medical Systems Aplio a450 was used with an 18MHz transducer (18L7) to examine both testicles. A very subtle change in echotexture could be seen in the upper pole of the left testis with some echogenic micro calcifications present. The tunica albuginea (testicular capsule) also appeared to be irregular in appearance. Superb Microvascular Imaging (SMITM) was applied to assess for any increase in vascularity. SMITM confirmed the increase in vascularity in the heterogeneous, irregular region.
Figure 1: Transverse image of the left testis shows a 17mm area of altered echotexture at the upper pole.
Figure 2: A b mode longitudinal image of the irregular area of the upper pole measuring 20x15mm. Echogenic microcalcifications were also seen throughout the testis.
Figure 3: SMITM was applied to assess the area for vascularity. Significantly increased vascularity could be seen in the region of interest.
Figure 4. The Aplio a-series Advanced Sync Pulser transmits multiple pulses with varying degrees of weighting, allowing for more control over the shape of the beam.
CASE 2
False Aneurysm
This case follows a 70 year old patient who underwent a coronary angiogram at the same hospital four days prior to referral for ultrasound examination. After the procedure the presence of a false aneurysm was suspected at the puncture site of the right femoral artery and confirmed with an initial ultrasound. 20 minutes of firm pressure was applied over the false aneurysm site to attempt to compress the neck of the false aneurysm and the patient was referred for another follow up ultrasound to assess for resolution. Follow up ultrasound was performed using the Canon Medical Systems Aplio a450 and an 11Mhz vascular transducer (11L3).
Figure 1: Longitudinal image of right groin showing a 37x18mm false aneurysm superficial to the right femoral artery within the soft tissue of the groin.
Figure 2: Colour Doppler imaging applied to the false aneurysm to detect any blood flow within the sac. No Doppler signal could be detected, but good sensitivity of colour within the vessel deep to the aneurysm could be seen at depth. Of note is the excellent colour Doppler fill within the vessel despite a technically challenging Doppler angle.
Figure 3. The advanced control over each element with the Advanced-Sync Pulser allows more control in focusing the ultrasound beam.
CASE 3
Atheroma or Ganglion?
This case follows a 73 year old patient who presented to the department with swelling over the right wrist. The area of concern was not painful however a recent increase in size was noticed. The patient had already had an ultrasound and MRI which reported a ganglion on the ventral aspect of the wrist arising from the carpal joints. The patient also has known osteoarthritis. Using the Canon Medical Aplio a450, an ultrasound was performed over the region of interest using the 17 MHz “hockey stick” transducer (17LH7). The ultrasound images showed the presence of the known ganglion arising from the carpal joints and tracking alongside the Radial artery.
Figure 1: Longitudinal image of ventral right wrist. The walls of the Radial artery are well defined and seen separate to the surrounding ganglion.
Figure 2: Cross sectional imaging of the same area. Again ultrasound imaging shows the radial artery positioned centrally in relation to the ganglion.
Figure 3: Ultrasound imaging showing communication between the ganglion and potential space surrounding the radial artery.
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