Philips CX30 CompactXtreme ultrasound system goes wherever
you need it, bringing ultrasound excellence to the bedside and
beyond. A fully-featured system in a compact package, it combines
portability with utility to fit in almost any clinical situation.
2.1 System architecture
• Next generation all-digital compact broadband beamformer
with pulse shaping capability
• High resolution A/D conversion with 170
dB full time system dynamic range
• 20,000 digitally-processed channels
• Multi-variate harmonic imaging including pulse inversion
processing
• One-touch 2D optimization with broadband
frequency compounding
• SonoCT real-time beam-steered compound imaging
• Advanced XRES adaptive image processing
• Continuously variable steering in 2D, color Doppler,
and Doppler modes
• iSCAN one-touch intelligent optimization for 2D and Doppler
• Active native data manipulation
• Tissue specific imaging presets
• Gray shades: 256 levels (8 bit) in 2D, M-mode, and Doppler
3.2 Control panel and user interface
• Easy-to-learn graphical user interface
• Ergo-centric design of primary controls readily
accessible and logically grouped
• Tri-state control panel lighting (active, available, and unavailable)
• Automatic ambient lighting sensing for exceptional
image viewing in both light and dark environments
• Dual function mode switch and independent gain controls for
2D, CPA, M-mode and color, PW, CW Doppler
• Eight-slide pot control adjustment of TGC curve
• Two-slide pot control adjustment of LGC curve
• iSCAN control for 2D/Doppler/color
Doppler automatic optimization
• High definition/pan zoom control
• Freeze control
• Programmable print control
• Transducer selection and tissue specific imaging control
• Report and review controls
• Protocol selection control