STAMFORD, Conn. and BOTHELL, Wash., June 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- (Booth #414) – FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. and FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc., will bring their collective cardiovascular medical imaging portfolio to the American Society of Echocardiography's (ASE) 29th Annual Scientific Sessions, taking place June 22 – 26, 2018 in Nashville, TN. During the scientific sessions Fujifilm will provide the technology to support a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) workshop for extracardiac imaging, as well as demonstrate its advanced visualization software to help enhance patient care.

"Fujifilm's line of Synapse® Enterprise Imaging solutions and POCUS systems work seamlessly to allow our customers to achieve comprehensive assessment and management of cardiovascular diseases," said Diku Mandavia, MD, FACEP FRCPC, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. and FUJIFILM SonoSite Inc. "Our technology allows clinicians to efficiently and confidently capture and interpret exceptional images with streamlined workflow, image review and reporting in a variety of clinical areas."

Fujifilm will contribute ten SonoSite Edge II systems for use in ASE's educational hands-on workshop titled, "POCUS Extracardiac Imaging." The presenters will use the Edge II systems to show how POCUS can help to achieve enhanced visualization in the cardiac, abdomen, lungs, and vasculature system. The workshop will be held on Friday, June 22 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm CT., in Tennessee Ballroom C.

The following Fujifilm technologies will be available for demonstration in booth #414:

Synapse Cardiovascular (CV) — Synapse CV provides a comprehensive enterprise solution, with workflow modules across the cardiovascular service line. Diagnostic capabilities for image analysis and structured clinical reporting are available for echocardiography (adult, pediatric, fetal, and stress), cardiac catheterization, invasive peripheral vascular, noninvasive vascular, nuclear cardiology, cardiac CT/MR, and ECG management. With extensive single-click measurement capabilities, Synapse Cardiovascular boosts echo lab workflows and facilitates accurate analysis. Flexible measurement options include pediatric Z-scores, preset measurement routines for 2D and M-mode, user-defined measurements and calculations, show points to link to image where measurement was performed, and more than 400 ASE-suggested default cardiac measurements and calculations are available for off-line analysis.

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