VisualSonics

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Enables the visualization of superficial anatomy on small living animals with microscopic detail, discerning features as small as 40 microns (versus conventional ultrasound, which visualize 200 microns).
Sonosite Completes Acquisition of Visulasonics for $67.9 million (2010)
Stuart Foster, Ph.D., at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Founder
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
VisualSonics is the technology leader in real-time ultra high-frequency micro-ultrasound that presently serves the rapidly growing pre-clinical research market.
VisualSonics’ micro-ultrasound technology uses five times the center frequency range currently used in conventional ultrasound systems (40MHz versus 8MHz)
VisualSonics’ technology has the potential to pave the way for a new era of extreme high resolution ultrasound imaging of superficial anatomy in clinical medicine.