Advantages of SonoCiné vs. GE ABUS in Finding Invasive Cancers
| GE ABUS Invenia | SonoCiné | |
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| Price | $250,000 - $300,000 USD – Ref Forbes.com | |
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| BREAST COVERAGE AREA | The large probe misses: • Axilla where the lymph nodes are • Tail of the breast • Top of the breast just beneath the collarbone • Lower part of the breast near the breast bone | The small probe reaches all areas – no breast tissue remains unseen. |
| PROBE SIZE | 15cm - NON STANDARD | 5cm - STANDARD |
| NIPPLE COVERAGE | GE/Siemens doesn’t see behind the nipple and areola. | SonoCiné uses a proprietary nipple pad to see behind the nipple and areola. |
| CANCER SIZE RELATIVE TO IMAGE SIZE | Due to its large probe, cancers appear on the GE/Siemens image 1/3 the size in area compared with SonoCiné, and are easily missed. | Due to its small probe, Cancers appear 3x larger on SonoCiné images, making 3.5mm cancers always easily visible. |
| AVERAGE DIAMETER OF CANCERS FOUND | Cancers found by GE/Siemens’ large probe average 2x the size of SonoCiné’s average find. | Cancers found by Sonocine’s small probe are 1/2 the size of GE/Siemens’ average find (49 sq mm v 121 sq mm) |
| AVERAGE VOLUME OF CANCERS FOUND | Cancers found by GE/Siemens are about 3.8x the volume of those found by SonoCiné. | Cancers found by SonoCiné average nearly 1/4 the volume of those found by GE/Siemens. |
| FILE SIZE AND IMPLICATIONS | GE/Siemens’ large files: • Not easily transferred for review • Prevent off-site reading • Very difficult to transfer to another facility, even with the same GE/Siemens machine • Slow down the PACS (the imaging archiving and retrieval system) | SonoCiné’s small files: • Recordable to a CD or stick • Easily reviewed by other physicians at a distance • Allow off-site reading for radiologists, FPs, OBGYNs and breast surgeons. |
| COST | The GE/Siemens is considerably more expensive than the SonoCiné. | The SonoCiné is much less expensive than the GE/Siemens. |
| IMAGE APPEARANCE | GE/Siemens has its own built in ultrasound and can’t be used with any other ultrasound machine. | SonoCiné configures with any ultrasound machine of your choice or with which you are familiar. |
| EXAMINING ROOM | Because it’s a dedicated system, the GE/Siemens does not perform targeted diagnostic evaluations. Confirmatory handheld ultrasound exams must be done elsewhere, inconveniencing patients and physicians. | The SonoCiné examining room can be used for confirmatory or other types of ultrasound examinations. |
| ADDITIONAL TRAINING REQUIRED | The GE/Siemens machine produces nonstandard size ultrasound images, and requires training and experience to interpret them well. | SonoCiné uses the radiologists’ standard ultrasound machine and format, and requires no additional training. |
| IDEAL FIELD OF VIEW (FOV) | With GE/Siemens’ 15cm probe only 30% of the image is projected onto the macula, where abnormal motion is detected. This is the hallmark of screening ultrasound in breast cancer detection. | With SonoCiné’s 5cm probe, 100% of the moving images are visualized by the macula, our most acute and discriminating area of vision. This increases the likelihood of detecting cancer. |