Conquest Imaging offers a comprehensive transducer evaluation utilizing our Five-Step process.
Step 1
The transducer will go through a thorough Detailed Visual Inspection and Cleaning. The cleaning removes any debris that might cause electrical or mechanical issues and ensures that every inch of your transducer is inspected. A 3.5 power illuminated magnifying lens is used for the major portion of the inspection.
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Step 2
Then, your transducer is tested through a Computer-Based System. This performance-modeling test consists of several steps that allow the technician to evaluate your transducer element-by-element, wire-by-wire and connection-by-connection. Upon test completion, a report is produced detailing the results.
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Step 3
Next is the Tissue Equivalent Phantom Test, where pictures document the transducer’s resolution and penetration. The transducer is an integral part of today’s high resolution ultrasound system. Your transducer is tested using a “peaked to perform” test bed on a high resolution phantom. Axial resolution, lateral resolution, contrast resolution, transverse resolution, penetration, etc. are evaluated and documented by video printer.
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Step 4
Following this test is the Safety and Leakage Test, checking the mechanical integrity of the transducer to ensure patient safety. This test will find minute flaws in lenses, fine cracks in nose pieces, membrane seal issues, nose piece-to-handle separations, TEE probe jacket and bending rubber failures. This is an important test for two reasons. First are the obvious electrical safety issues posed by probe integrity failures. Secondly and equally important are decontamination problems created by cracks that might contain debris that would be missed even by a thorough cleaning.
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Step 5
The last step is a Live Scan evaluation by our in-house Sonographer. The final step of our five-step process evaluates those operational characteristics of a transducer that are best tested in a live scan environment. Spectral Doppler, color Doppler, cw Doppler, harmonic imaging, power Doppler, image quality, etc. are Imaging Modes that are directly affected by probe performance.
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Conquest Imaging
Ultrasound probes are the center of information exchange for the ultrasound machine. These probes produce sound waves which enter the body, and they receive the soundwave echo for interpretation. Probes are made with one or more quartz crystals that receive the electric current. The electric current flows to these crystals and causes them to emit sound waves.
In much the same way the crystals emit the sound waves, they absorb the sound and emit electrical current. This exchange of sound information is captured to form an image. The resolution of the image and the depth of sound wave penetration are determined by the shape of the probe and the frequency of the sound waves.
Ultrasound probes are available from Conquest Imaging in many shapes and sizes. The most familiar probes are those that can be moved across the body's surface, in order to view the fetus or conduct cardiac diagnosis. We also have probes that are designed to be inserted into body openings such as the esophagus, to get a better look at the stomach, or the vagina, to get a better view of the uterus.
Browse our website for our wide selection of ultrasound probes. If you need assistance, you may reach us by email at inquiry@conquestimaging.com, or fax your questions to 1-209-942-2572. Our toll-free number is 1-800-496-9906. We can be reached locally at 1-209-942-2654. We have a 25,000 square foot complex for you to shop in person at 3728 Imperial Way, Suite B, Stockton, CA 95215. We have everything you need for ultrasound equipment at a price far below retail pricing.
Whether the transducer you sent to Conquest Imaging clearly requires attention or failed some portion of our Five-Step evaluation process, we offer a full spectrum of repair services designed to restore its performance. Fail strain reliefs, damaged cables, worn lens, broken connectors, knobs or fluid refills (in the case of the new 4D) are problems we see daily.
Give us a call at 1 (800) 496-9906.
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