GE Healthcare, has developed Vscan, a new, revolutionary, pocket-sized visualization tool developed to provide physicians with imaging capabilities at the point-of-care.

Vscan incorporates powerful, ultra-smart ultrasound technology that provides clinicians with an immediate, non-invasive method to help secure visual information of the disease condition of adult or paediatric patients like cardiac, abdominal; urology; fetal/OB, peripheral vascular applications. It is portable, battery operated and can easily be taken from room to room to be used in many clinical, hospital or primary care settings.

This product is a breakthrough innovation from GE Healthcare. Vscan may become as critical as a stethoscope to a physician in helping to detect disease more quickly. It can reduce the need for more tests and referrals during physical examinations and could make healthcare more accessible to people in India. “Vscan echoes our healthimagination commitment to bring high quality healthcare at lower cost to more people around the world," said V Raja, president & CEO, GE Healthcare South Asia.

The key objective for every point-of-care physician is to detect diseases and complications as early as possible. Vscan now could help save lives in critical situations. A tool like this can help facilitate detection of diseases at an earlier stage. The high-quality black and white image technology for anatomy and colour-coded blood flow in a device fits into a pocket. It weighs less than one pound, three inches wide and 5.3 inches long.

According to S Ganesh Prasad, director - ultrasound business, GE Healthcare South Asia, Technology can play a critical part in bridging these huge gaps that is deterring a healthy India. “We believe miniaturization of technology is the need of the hour for providing rapid access to advanced healthcare for more people at reduced costs. Recently we designed miniaturized ECG system and now with Vscan scanning of 30 patients with its one hour battery power backup is possible. Physicians can store patient images with its 4GB memory card expandable up to 32 GB. Clinician can store images, add voice annotations and the docking station plus cable link helps the transfer of data to a personal computer for organizing or sharing with experts through e-mail or internet.”