Liver Ultrasound

A universal platform for liver ultrasound

Globally, liver disease accounts for around two million deaths per year, with around one million of those due to cirrhosis and one million due to viral hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma [1]. For decades, liver biopsy has been the conventional method for disease assessment, and more recently MR Proton Density Fat Fraction (MR-PDFF) has been added to measure liver fat. Today, ultrasound provides a noninvasive, accessible alternative to these methods.

Demonstrated results in Liver Ultrasound

200%

Improved Spatial resolution

Super Resolution MVI offers an improvement of more than 200% in spatial resolution for EPIQ Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound [3].

85%

of users found reduction in pain and fatigue

85% of users of the C5-1 transducer report a reduction in pain and fatigue when compared to scanning with conventional transducers [5].

85%

more efficient crystals

The uniform crystals of PureWave are 85% more efficient than traditional piezoelectric (PZT) material in converting electrical input into acoustic output [2].

Overview

Overview

A comprehensive solution

Philips offers a comprehensive ultrasound solution to support the assessment, treatment and monitoring of liver disease. Four of our key innovations -- PureWave, ElastQ and LFQ, Fusion and Navigation and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) -- combine for the ultimate liver ultrasound solution.
Benefits
Benefits
Image quality: Improve penetration while maintaining excellent detail resolution, Doppler sensitivity and CEUS performance

Advanced insights: Assess tissue stiffness in real time, quantitatively assess steatosis, study liver lesion enhancement patterns in real time, and effectively plan interventions

Workflow: Streamline workflow with fewer button pushes and ergonomic and intuitive design

A trusted partner: Experience a partner who offers support that is tailored to your needs and teams
Key Features
Key Features
The C5-1 PureWave transducer features pure, uniform crystals that are 85% more efficient than conventional piezoelectric material [1] and an ergonomic design for a reduction in pain and fatigue [2]

Philips Fusion and Navigation co-registers CT, MR, or PET images with live ultrasound in under one minute. [3]

Tumor Contour helps outline a 3D contour around a structure of interest
Next Gen AutoSCAN improves image uniformity and reduces button pushes by 54% [4]

Philips Collaboration Live allows users to access expertise remotely directly from the ultrasound system

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Featured products for Liver Ultrasound

EPIQ Elite

Philips EPIQ Elite ultrasound features an exceptional level of clinical performance, workflow, and advanced intelligence to meet the challenges of today’s most demanding practices. EPIQ shares the same workflow, interface and transducers as the Affiniti and Compact systems.

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^Affiniti

Designed for everyday challenges, Philips Affiniti systems feature a small footprint and intuitive interface. Price-conscious organizations unwilling to compromise on quality appreciate its impressive combination of performance, workflow advances and ability to tackle your clinical needs.

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Compact 5000 Series

Designed for mobility and performance, the Compact 5000 series shares the same workflow, interface and transducers as the EPIQ and Affiniti systems. With a quick boot-up and long battery life, the system is always ready to go, so you can bring liver ultrasound to wherever you need it.

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“Now that there is a quantitative way of measuring liver fat, it will make it a lot easier for us to let the referring physician determine where the patient is quantitatively on the NAFLD spectrum.“

Richard G. Barr, MD, PhD

President, Radiology Consultant, Inc.

Medical Director, Southwoods Imaging
Youngstown, Ohio

Documentation

Resources: Philips Affiniti ultrasound system for noninvasive liver assessment (1.94MB)

Simplifying liver assessment in internal medicine (2.53MB)

The ultimate ultrasound solution for liver assessment (2.43MB)
Clinical articles: Elastography in the technically difficult patient (2.5MB)

Noninvasive liver fibrosis assessment (360.0KB)

Introducing next-generation shear wave elastography (3.65MB)

Footnotes

[1] Asrani et al, Burden of liver disease in the world. Journal of hepatology, Vol 70, Issue 1, 2019.
[2] A comprehensive solution using the Philips eL18-4 PureWave linear transducer, 2018
[3] When compared to previous Philips MVI capability
[4] When comparing release 10 performance to release 7 performance
[5] Clinical effectiveness of PureWave technology in imaging obese patients, Oct 2012
[6] 2014 internal workflow study comparing Affiniti to HD15.
[7] Auto registration brings simplicity to image fusion.pdf (philips.com) May, 2016