It has taken seven years, but now the researchers at Center for Fast Ultrasound Imaging and the electronics experts from Prevas have developed the world's most powerful ultrasound scanner
"We are going to use the scanner to develop new ultrasound methods", explains Professor Jørgen Arendt Jensen, Head of Center for Fast Ultrasound Imaging. "Currently, we are collaborating with BK Medical in developing a new technique to measure the blood's velocity in the body".
With the new scanner, clinicians and researchers can see 3D images of what is going on inside the body, when it is actually taking place. That is one of the primary benefits of ultrasound - the images we see are real-time. "It is possible to put pressure on a blood vessel and see how this affects the flow, so it is much more interactive than other types of scanners", explains the researcher.
"We are finished building", says Professor Jørgen Arendt Jensen. "Now it is time to deliver the promised measurements".
Read the full front page article on the research scanner in the technical journal "Ingeniøren" (in Danish)