News | Press Release
December 3, 2014
Toshiba's New Aplio Platinum Series Helps Customers Consolidate Ultrasound Services
The Aplio Platinum series provides powerful clinical imaging tools for advanced visualization, quantification and intervention.
Allows System Standardization and Expands the Clinical Utility of Ultrasound
CHICAGO, Dec. 3, 2014 – The introduction of the new AplioTM 300 and 500 Platinum Series (pending Health Canada clearance) from Toshiba expands the clinical utility of ultrasound, allowing providers to consolidate lines of care on to a single platform.
The Aplio Platinum series provides powerful clinical imaging tools for advanced visualization, quantification and intervention. This includes BEAM, a new technique that improves needle visualization during ultrasound-guided procedures. On the Aplio 500 Platinum, Shear Wave elastography is a new tool to non-invasively measure tissue stiffness of the liver and potentially reduce expensive biopsies, while Superb Micro-Vascular Imaging (SMI) can capture low-velocity blood flow without the need for contrast agents or more invasive modalities.
The Aplio Platinum Series has been designed to offer clinicians a patient-centric system that expands the clinical utility of ultrasound while providing a safer, less invasive solution.
The Aplio 300 and 500 Platinum Series were introduced at this year's Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago, Nov. 30–Dec.5,2014 (Booth #7333, North Hall).
About Toshiba of Canada Limited, Medical Systems Division
With headquarters in Markham, Ontario, Toshiba of Canada Limited, Medical Systems Division (TCL), markets, sells, distributes and services radiology and cardiovascular systems, including CT, MR, ultrasound, X-ray and cardiovascular equipment, and coordinates clinical diagnostic imaging research for all modalities in Canada. For more information, visit the TCL Medical Systems Division website at www.toshiba-medical.ca
About Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation is a leading worldwide provider of medical diagnostic imaging systems and comprehensive medical solutions, such as CT, X-ray and vascular, ultrasound, nuclear medicine and MRI systems, as well as information systems for medical institutions. Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation has been providing medical products for over 80 years. Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba. Visit Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation’s website at www.toshibamedicalsystems.com.
About Toshiba
Toshiba Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, channels world-class capabilities in advanced electronic and electrical products and systems into five strategic business domains: Energy & Infrastructure, Community Solutions, Healthcare Systems & Services, Electronic Devices & Components, and Lifestyles Products & Services. Guided by the principles of The Basic Commitment of the Toshiba Group, “Committed to People, Committed to the Future,” Toshiba promotes global operations towards securing “Growth Through Creativity and Innovation” and is contributing to the achievement of a world in which people everywhere live in a safe, secure and comfortable society. Founded in Tokyo in 1875, today’s Toshiba is at the heart of a global network of over 590 consolidated companies employing over 200,000 people worldwide, with annual sales surpassing 6.5 trillion yen (US$63 billion). To find out more about Toshiba, visit www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm.
For additional information, contact the Medical Systems Division at toshibamedical@toshiba.ca
or 905-470-3500
