Philips Affiniti 50 – Ultrasound system for women’s health care

Designed to set you ahead and help you stay ahead, the Philips Affiniti 50 ultrasound system delivers innovation that responds to the needs of a busy ultrasound practice. It delivers outstanding image quality and advanced tools for all gestational ages and complex gynecological cases – in a system that is out-of-the-box usable.

Designed for balance

You always go above and beyond to provide the best care to your patients – but with less time, fewer resources, and higher patient volume. Affiniti 50 helps you achieve this balance, delivering the diagnostic information you need quickly, without sacrificing accuracy, with advanced functionality and an ergonomic design built to last. Its total cost of ownership is kept low through energy-efficient technology, extensive reliability testing, and a modular design that enables rapid repair.

Workflow meets wow

Affiniti 50 incorporates the innovations that make Philips ultrasound the choice of those who demand quality images and proven clinical applications. Its precision beamforming with a wide dynamic range delivers superb spatial and contrast resolution, outstanding tissue uniformity, few artifacts, and reduced image clutter.

Tissue Specific Presets (TSP) adjust over 7,500 parameters to optimize the transducer for the specific exam type, producing excellent image quality with little or no need for image adjustment. Exceptional 3D surface rendering performance provides information to diagnose anomalies.

Strain elastography: highly sensitive, it can be used to assess relative uterine tissue stiffness. Because it requires no external compression, it delivers exam consistency and reproducibility.

Q-App quantification applications

• General Imaging 3D Quantification (GI 3DQ)
• Region of Interest (ROI)

Automation tools save time

Affiniti 50 is Philips’ most automated ultrasound system in its class, with features that enhance workflow, decrease repetitive tasks, and improve ease-of-use and consistency:

• Real-time iSCAN (AutoSCAN): provides outstanding images in 2D, 3D, or 4D by automatically and continuously optimizing gain and TGC.
• SmartExam guided workflow: increases consistency, reduces keystrokes, and decreases exam time by 30%–50% by automatically planning and processing application protocols, with consistent annotation, automatic mode switching, and missed view alerts.
• Efficient fetal scanning: ability to create protocols for all trimesters and specialty exams such as trisomy 13 and 21.

Broadband transducers

For all types of obstetrical and gynecological exams:

• C6-2
• C9-4v
• C10-4ec
• L12-5
• L12-4
• S8-3
• V6-2
• 3D9-3v

Performance you can see

High-quality clinical applications include: Doppler ductus venosus, fetal abdomen, fetal spine, fetal kidneys, middle cerebral arteries, 3D ovary, 3D fetal spine, long uterus, OB fetal abdomen, OB 3D fetal feet, long ovary, and early OB 3D.

Comfort meets competence – walk-up usability

Ergonomic and elegant, Affiniti 50 requires minimal training to learn. Its intuitive user interface has been validated by studies showing that users with ultrasound experience require minimal training to complete an exam.

• Reduced reach and button pushes: relevant controls are right at your fingertips. The touchscreen, one of the largest in its class, with a tablet-like design, reduces reach and button pushes.
• Easy clip: an innovative cable management solution that keeps cables tangle-free, reduces damage, and decreases cable strain while scanning.
• Ergonomics: control panel and a generous 54.6 cm (21.5 in) monitor. At just 83.5 kg (184 lb), Affiniti 50 is one of the lightest in its class – 16% lighter than its predecessor – with a small footprint and easy to move.
• Ready when you need it: the system can be put to sleep in two seconds and starts up in seconds. A full suite of DICOM capabilities, structured reporting, and wireless connectivity make it easy to share information.

A smart investment

Built to withstand the rigors of daily use, with low operating costs and Philips support:

• Modular design for enhanced reliability and rapid repair.
• Philips remote services monitoring, which corrects issues using a standard Internet connection, reducing the need for service calls.
• Remote desktop “Virtual Visit”, iSSL technology for a secure connection, and online support requests directly from the system.
• Proactive monitoring: detection and repair of anomalies before they become problems.
• Intelligent software architecture: patient data is stored on a separate partition for protection and ease of removal.
• Utilization reports and clinical education solutions.

Affiniti 50 consumes nearly 40% less power than its predecessor – less energy than a toaster – helping you save on energy and cooling costs.

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