TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

Version 2.1

Rev. 1
20 February 2012
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SYSTEM
SPECIFICATION
Featuring ALPINION’s core imaging
technologies, the E-CUBE 9 delivers
user superior image quality without
case dependency.

ERGONOMIC DESIGN
3
E
E cubed
EFFICIENT WORKFLOW
EXTREME ACCURACY

01 SYSTEM INTRODUCTION
PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS
• Weight: 90kg
• Height: 1340/1570 mm
• Width: 590mm
• Depth: 830mm

MONITOR
• 17” Wide LCD / 19” Wide LCD
• Brightness, contrast adjustment (OSD button)
• IPS (In plane switching) technology
• Monitor tilt
> 10 degree up, 90 degree down
> ±90 degree swivel
• Integrated stereo speakers
• Display size: 1366 X 768
• Recording area: 880 X 660

ARTICULATING MONITOR ARM (ERGONOMIC VERSION)

• Adjustable Tilt/Swivel, Rotate (±180 degree), Up/down (130mm)
• Safety space for protecting of hands during arm folding operation

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TRANSDUCER CONNECTOR

• 3 active Transducer ports (high density array port)

• Anti-dust connector door

CONTROL PANEL
• Back-lit Alphanumeric keyboard
• Alphanumeric QWERTY keyboard for multi-language (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese)
• 8 steps TGC (Time Gain Compensation) keys
• 5 Soft keys
• 3 User define keys
• 14 Power preset keys
• On/Off task light and back-lit illumination of control panel
• Height adjustments
> Up/down: 100mm
> Swivel: ±25 degree

CONSOLE DESIGN AND USER INTERFACE

• 3 active Transducer ports
• Integrated HDD (Capacity: 500GB)
• Integrated DVD-R/W Drive
• On-board Storage for Peripherals
> B/W Printer, Color Printer, DVD recorder
• Control panel lift mechanism
• 5 Transducer holders, detachable for cleaning and washing
• Air Filters
• Integrated Gel warmer
> 3 temperature levels
• Front Handle
• Rear Handle
• Wheel-lock Mechanism
> Front -wheel: Bi- Brake system (Direction lock &Total lock)
> Back-wheel: Total Lock
• 5 USB ports: Front side (1 ea), Back side ( 4 ea)
• Thumbnail images on-screen
• On-line Help key

HARD DISK DRIVE

• Internal 386 GB hard disk drive for patient database management

ELECTRICAL POWER
• Voltage: 100 - 120V, 220 - 240V
• Frequency: 50/60Hz
• Power: Max. 750 VA with Built-in and On-Board Peripherals

SYSTEM ON/OFF AND RESPONSE TIME

• Boot up time: 120 sec
• Shutdown time: 30 sec
• Response time: 0.5 sec (B-Mode --> Duplex Mode), 1.0 sec (B-Mode --> Triplex Mode)

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LANGUAGE SUPPORT

• English
• German
• French
• Spanish
• Italian
• Russian
• Portuguese

02 SYSTEM OVERVIEW
APPLICATIONS
• Abdominal
• Obstetrical
• Gynecological
• Cardiac
• Vascular
• Urological
• Small Parts and Superficial
• Pediatric and Neonatal
• Transcranial
• Emergency Medicine

OPERATING MODES
• B-Mode
• M-Mode
• Color Flow-Mode
• Power Doppler Mode
• Directional Power Doppler Mode
• PW Doppler Mode with High PRF
• 3D/4D Volume Mode
• SRI
• Full SRI
• Spatial compounding
• Frequency compounding
• ECG
• Auto IMT
• Panoramic

DISPLAY MODES
• 2D (Fundamental and Harmonic)
• M mode
• Anatomical M mode
• Duplex mode
> PW Doppler Mode (B/PW)
> Color Flow Mode (B/CFM)

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 > Power Doppler Mode (B/ PDI)
> Directional Power Doppler Mode
• Real Time Triplex Mode (B + CFM or PDI / PW or CW)
• 3D/4D Mode
• Zoom: Write/ Read/Pan (Write zoom up to 8x)
• Colorized Image (B/M/PW)
• Virtual Convex
> Left/Right steer
> Trapezoid Imaging
• Full Screen
• Quad Screen Display
• Time Line Display
> Independent Dual B/PW Display
> Display Formats
- Vertical: 1/2, 1/3, 2/3
- Horizontal: 1/2, 1/3, 2/3
> Full: Time Line Only (PW / M)
• Maximum Depth: 30cm with SC1-6/ C1-6/ SVC1-6/ P1-5

DISPLAY ANNOTATION
• Institution/Hospital Name: 25 Characters
• Date: 3 types selectable
> YYYY/MM/DD, MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY
• Time: 2 types selectable
> 24 hours, 12 hours
• Operator Identification
• Patient Name: First, last, middle name
• Patient Identification: 64 Characters
• Gestational Age form
> LMP/EDC/GA
• Acoustic power output
> MI (Mechanical Index)
> TIS (Thermal Index Soft Tissue)
> TIC (Thermal Index Cranial (Bone))
> TIB (Thermal Index Bone)
• System Status (real-time or frozen)
• Transducer Directional Marker
• Image Preview: Thumbnails
• Gray/Color Bar
• Cine Gauge
• Measurement Summary Window
• Measurement Results Window: presettable display location
• Transducer Type
• Application Name
• Imaging Parameters by Mode (current mode highlighted)
> B/M Mode
- Imaging Frequency
- Gain
- Persist
- Rejection

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 - Gray Map
- Dynamic Range
- Image Depth
- Line Density
- Power output
> Color Flow Mode
- Doppler Frequency
- Color Gain
- Persist
- Gray Map
- Dynamic Range
- PRF
- Wall Filter
- Threshold
- Spatial Filter
- Ensemble
- Line Density
- Color Power output
- Image Depth
> PW Mode
- Doppler Frequency
- Doppler Gain
- Doppler Power
- Reject
- Dynamic Range
- PRF
- Sample Volume Width
- Wall Filter
- Angle Correction
• TGC Curve: On/Off
• Body Pattern: 159 types
• B Scale Markers
• M Scale Markers
> Time/Depth
• Caps Lock: On/Off
• System Message Display
• Trackball Functionality Status Display
• Heart Rate
• Biopsy Guide Line and Zone
• Focal Zone mark

ANNOTATION PACKAGE
• Arrow
> Arrow size: 1,2,3,4
> Rotate Arrow
• Body pattern
• Text
> Text size: small, medium, large

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2D IMAGE PROCESSING
B MODE
• Gain: 0-90 dB (1dB increments)
• Transmit Frequency: up to 7 selectable transmit frequencies, THI is included
• Transmit Focus position: 30 position types
• Multi Focus: Max 8
• Line Density: 6 steps
• Dynamic Range: Up to 170 dB Processing Dynamic Range
• Persist: 5 steps
• Reject: 11 steps
• 14 user-selectable gray maps
• 13 user-selectable color maps
• SRI (Speckle Reduction Imaging): On/Off
• Full SRI
• Spatial Compounding: 4 steps
• Frequency Compounding: 3 steps
• Multi Beam
• Transmit Power: 100% (2% steps)

M MODE
• MD Cursor
• M Sweep Speed: 6 steps
• M Invert
• 10 user-selectable M-mode Gray maps
• 10 user-selectable M-mode Color maps
• M Gain: 0-98 dB (1dB increments)
• M Frequency: 3 selectable frequencies
• M Transmit Power: 100% (2% steps)
• Dynamic Range: 30-150 Db (3dB)
• Reject: 11 steps
• Anatomical M-mode: On/Off

PW MODE
• PW Transmit Power: 100% (2% steps)
• PW Transmit Frequency: 3 selectable frequencies
• SV Gate Width: 13 Steps (0.7,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 and 15mm)
• PW Gain: 0-98 dB (1dB increments)
• PW Sweep Speed: 6 steps
• Invert: On/Off
• Duplex: On/Off
• Angle Correct: ±89°, (1° step)
• Base Line: 16 steps
• Wall Filter: 10 steps
• Maximum/Minimum Velocity Scales
> Max: 6.9m/sec (Angle/Transducer dependent)
> Min: 10cm/sec
• PW Scale: kHz, m/s, cm/s
• PRF: 300Hz-2500Hz (@30cm), 300-7500 Hz (@10cm)

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 • HPRF: 3000Hz-18000Hz (@30cm), 8000-18000Hz (@10cm), Max. 30100Hz,+-580cm/s (@8cm) (Transducer
dependent)
• Dynamic Range: 30-120dB (2dB steps)
• Steered Linear 0°-15°
• 14 user selectable gray maps
• 13 user selectable color maps
• Reject: 11 steps
• Time Resolution: 7 steps
• Update: Frozen, Live, 2, 3, 4, 8 and 16 sec

CW MODE
• Tx Frequency: 2 selectable frequencies
• Wall Filter: 0-9 steps
• CW Sweep Speed: 6 steps
• Doppler Color Maps: 8 steps
• PRF: Max. +/- 40 kHz (+- 15m/sec), Min (35cm/sec)

COLOR FLOW MODE

• CF Transmit Power: 100% (2% steps)
• CF Transmit Focus position: 30 position types
• Gain: 0-100dB (0.5 dB)
• CF Wall Filter: 8steps (8Hz-3000Hz)
• PRF: 300Hz-19500Hz(+-375cm/s) (Transducer dependent)
• CF Transmit Frequency: 3 selectable frequencies
• Invert: On/Off
• CF Display Mode: Velocity, Variance, Power (V/V-T/V-P/P-T/T/P)
• CF Scale: kHz, cm/s, m/s
• Base Line: 40 steps
• Ensemble: 6 steps
• Line Density: 0-2 (1 step)
• 10 user selectable color maps
• Threshold 0-100 %
• CF Axial Resolution: 8 steps
• CF Temporal Averaging: 12 steps
• CF Steering: -15°,-10°,-5°,0°,+5°,+10°,+15°
• Triplex Mode: 2D+PW+CF, 2D+PW+PD

POWER DOPPLER MODE

• PDI Transmit Power: 100% (2%)
• PDI Gain: 0 ~ 100 dB
• Wall Filter: 8 steps
• PDI Adaptive Wall Filter: On/Off (Auto Wall Filter)
• PDI PRF: 100Hz-1100Hz
• PDI Transmit Frequency: 3 selectable frequencies
• Line Density: 0-2 (1 step)
• 10 User selectable color maps
• PDI Temporal Averaging: 12 steps
• PDI Steering: -15°,-10°,-5°,+5+,+10°,+15°
• Triplex Mode: 2D+PW+PD
• Multi Beam: Dual Beam

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 VOLUME MODE
• Rendering mode
> Surface (Gradient/Texture)
> Light Mode
> MIN IP (Intensity Projection)
> MAX IP (Intensity Projection)
> X-Ray
• Viewing volume data
> 3D/4D (Live and Review)
• MPR + VR
• Volume CT View
• Cube View
• Slices
> Multi slice view
• Standard
• Editing volume
> Inside Contour/Box
• Annotating volume data
> Comment
> Arrow
• Navigation
• Cine
> 3D Rotation
> 4D Cine Loop

CINELOOP REIVEW
• 4,600 Frames with standard CINE memory
• Cine replay speed: 200%, 100%, 50%, 25% (4 types)
• Cine gauge and cine image number display
• Cine review: Frame by frame, Loop
• Start and End Frame Selections for Loop Playback
• Measurement and calculation capability

IMAGE ARCHIVE/CONNECTIVITY
• Preview: displays thumbnail images of the acquired data for the current exam
• E-View: An enlarged preview of the image
• Recalling Images from the Preview
• Image Management
> Select All/Unselect All
> Permanent Store
• Hard disk drive Image Storage: Min 300GB
• Ethernet Network Connection
• Archiving Format:
> DICOM with ultrasound raw data
> Standard DICOM
> Secondary Capture
• 5 USB ports

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• DVD/CD write and read capabilities
• Export Image Format
> Bitmap
> JPEG
> DICOM
> WMV
• DICOM 3.0 Connectivity
• DICOM Structured Report
• DICOM Verification
• DICOM Storage
• DICOM Storage Commitment
• Modality Work list

03 MEASUREMENTS/CALCULATIONS
GENERAL MEASUREMENTS/CALCULATIONS
B MODE
• Distance
• Diameter
• Circumference
• Area
• % Stenosis
• Volume
• Ratio
• Angle
• Heart Rate

PW MODE
• Velocity
• PI (Pulsatility Index)
• RI (Resistance Index)
• S/D Ratio (Systole/Diastole Ratio)
• A/B Ratio
• PG Mean (Pressure Gradient Mean)
• PG Max (Pressure Gradient Max.)
• Acceleration
• HR (Heart Rate)
• Time (Velocity Time)

M MODE
• Distance
• HR (Heart Rate)
• Slope
• Time
• Ratio (% Distance)

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 B/PW MODE
• Auto & Manual Trace
> PS (Peak Systole)
> ED (End Diastole)
> PD (Peak Diastole)
> PS/ED (Peak Systole/End Diastole)
> PI (Pulsatility Index)
> RI (Resistance Index)
> TAmax (Time avg. max. Velocity)
> TAmean (Time avg. mean. Velocity)
> VTI (Velocity Time Integral)
> HR (Heart Rate)

OBSTETRICS MEASUREMENTS/CALCULATIONS

• Abdominal Circumference (AC)

• Anterior Posterior Thoracic Diameter (APTD)
• Binocular Distance (BOD)
• Biparietal Diameter (BPD)
• Cerebellum (CEREB)
• Clavicle (CLAV)
• Crown Rump Length (CRL)
• Estimated Fetal Weight (EFW)
• Fibula (FIB)
• Femur Length (FL)
• Fetal Trunk Area (FTA)
• Gestational Sac (GS)
• Head Circumference (HC)
• Humerus Length (HL)
• Length of Vertebra (LV)
• Middle Abdomen Diameter (MAD)
• Occipital Frontal Diameter (OFD)
• Radius (RAD)
• Transverse Abdominal Diameter (TAD)
• Transverse Cerebella Diameter (TCD)
• Tibia Length (TIB)
• Transverse Thoracic Diameter (TTD)
• Ulna Length (ULNA)
• Multi-Gestational Calculation
> Up to 4 fetuses comparison of multiple fetuses data on a graph and a worksheet
• OB Worksheet
• Patient Information
> Fetus Number
> CUA/AUA Selection
> Fetus Position
> Placenta
• Measurement Information

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REPORT PACKAGE
• Abdominal
• Obstetrical
• Gynecological
• Cardiac
• Vascular
• Emergency Medicine
• Urological
• Small Parts and Superficial

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 TRANSDUCER
SPECIFICATION

ERGONOMIC DESIGN
E3 EFFICIENT WORKFLOW
E cubed
EXTREME ACCURACY

SC1-6*
• Applications: Abdomen, OB/GYN, Fetal Echo, Pediatric Echo, Peripheral Vascular
• Transducer Type: Convex array (Premium*)
• Frequency Bandwidth: 1.0 - 6.0 MHz
• Convex Radius (mm): 60 mm
• FOV: 60°
• Biopsy kit: Available
(note: Premium means single crystal as piezoelectric material.)

SVC1-6*
• Applications: OB/GYN, Fetal Echo, Abdomen, Pediatric Echo, Peripheral Vascular
• Transducer Type: Volume Convex array (Premium*)
• Frequency Bandwidth: 1.0 - 6.0 MHz
• Convex Radius (mm): 40 mm
• FOV: 79°
• Biopsy kit: N/A
(note: Premium means single crystal as piezoelectric material.)

VC1-6
• Applications: OB/GYN, Fetal Echo, Abdomen, Pediatric Echo, Peripheral Vascular
• Transducer Type: Volume Convex array
• Frequency Bandwidth: 1.0 - 6.0 MHz
• Convex Radius (mm): 40 mm
• FOV: 79°
• Biopsy kit: N/A

C1-6
• Applications: Abdomen, OB/GYN, Fetal Echo, Pediatric Echo, Peripheral Vascular
• Transducer Type: Convex array
• Frequency Bandwidth: 1.0 - 6.0 MHz
• Convex Radius (mm): 60 mm
• FOV: 60°
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• Biopsy kit: Available

E3-10
• Applications: OB/GYN, Urology, Prostate
• Transducer Type: Transvaginal
• Frequency Bandwidth: 3.0 - 10.0 MHz
• Convex Radius (mm): 10 mm
• FOV: 145°
• Biopsy kit: Available

L3-8
• Applications: Vascular, Breast, Musculoskeletal, Emergency Medicine, Small Parts
• Transducer Type: Linear array
• Frequency Bandwidth: 3.0 – 8.0 MHz
• Aperture length (mm): 40 mm
• Biopsy kit: Available

L3-12
• Applications: Breast, Thyroid, Musculoskeletal, Peripheral Vascular, Testicle
• Transducer Type: Linear array
• Frequency Bandwidth: 3.0 - 12.0 MHz
• Aperture length (mm): 40 mm
• Biopsy kit: Available

L3-12H*
• Applications: Breast, Thyroid, Musculoskeletal, Peripheral Vascular, Testicle
• Transducer Type: Linear array
• Frequency Bandwidth: 3.0 - 12.0 MHz
• Aperture length (mm): 40 mm
• Biopsy kit: Available
(note: H* means high density transducer.)

L3-12HWD*
• Applications: Breast, Thyroid, Musculoskeletal, Peripheral Vascular, Testicle
• Transducer Type: Linear array
• Frequency Bandwidth: 3.0 - 12.0 MHz
• Aperture length (mm): 60 mm
• Biopsy kit: N/A
(note: H* means high density transducer.)
(note:WD* means wide foot print transducer.)

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SP1-5
• Applications: Deep Abdomen, Adult Echo, Pediatric Echo, Transcranial
• Transducer Type: Phased array (Premium*)
• Frequency Bandwidth: 1.0 - 5.0 MHz
• FOV: 90°
• Biopsy kit: N/A
(note: Premium means single crystal as piezoelectric material.)

SP3-8
• Applications: Abdomen, Cardiac, Emergency Medicine
• Transducer Type: Phased array
• Frequency Bandwidth: 3.0 – 8.0 MHz
• FOV: 90°
• Biopsy kit: N/A

ALPINION Medical Systems

Tel: 82.70.7465.2000
Fax: 82.2.851.5595
Email: [email protected]

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