Vevo F2 Ultrasound Imaging System

Ut Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX

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Project Summary/Abstract The Fujifilm VisualSonics Vevo F2 is the current, state-of-the-art preclinical ultra-high-low frequency imaging system that combines a robust collection of features designed to improve and optimize image acquisition time, accuracy, and resolution. This instrument will provide users at UT Southwestern with an in vivo cardiac phenotyping platform capable of facilitating multiple cutting-edge, NIH-funded research objectives. With this resource, users will be able to obtain accurate non-invasive measurements of the structure and function of the heart and blood vessels in small animals. Additionally, users will be able to interrogate internal organs and embryo morphology, as well as the perfusion of internal organs. The Vevo F2's advances in image clarity, coupled with additional imaging modes, such as 4D imaging, and faster acquisition rates, will allow users to decrease technical variation related to poor image quality. Additionally, this advanced system will greatly improve throughput of data acquisition and reduce biases in scoring of cardiac function through use of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms (anticipated for the future), thereby helping to standardize measurements. Furthermore, advances in acquisition gating and image reconstruction permit the Vevo F2 to acquire 4D images, providing outstanding temporal and spatial resolution of 3D renderings of internal structures such as the heart and major blood vessels, permitting spatially unbiased assessment of these structures. In summary, the Vevo F2 represents an exciting and necessary advance in the in vivo imaging capabilities at UT Southwestern, and it has the potential to enhance and accelerate significantly our NIH-funded cardiovascular disease research goals.