SonoBook 8 Vet | Chison
Independent machine review
Dr Camilla Edwards reviews the SonoBook 8 Vet.
Read the full review, along with more about the expert behind this review below.
About Camilla...
The expert behind this independent review!
Dr Camilla Edwards, a peripatetic veterinary ultrasonographer in
Cambridge, founded FOVU First Opinion Veterinary Ultrasound in
2018 after earning her veterinary degree in 2006. Camilla's
veterinary ultrasound expertise is widely recognised through her
numerous lectures, ultrasound machine reviews, podcasts, online courses, and exclusive membership to help veterinary professionals master and confidently use ultrasound.
FOVU is a worldwide source of veterinary ultrasound expertise, with
a primary mission to educate, support, and empower veterinary
professionals in improving their ultrasound skills. FOVU’s goal is to
increase confidence in operating ultrasound machines and improve
scanning skills to diagnose patients effectively.
Chison SonoBook 8 Vet Review
What the manufacturers say:
At its release in 2017, the new laptop-style Chison SonoBook 8 became the most versatile and most affordable high-end portable ultrasound machine.
Its most notable qualities are image quality, speed, and price.. Its most notable breakthroughs are with advanced cardiac and vascular imaging. However, the SonoBook 8 also operates as an excellent shared service portable ultrasound.
Image quality for cardiology ranks among the best portable ultrasounds out there, and it includes stress echo, IMT, structured reports, and among the highest frame rates seen on any portable cardiovascular ultrasound machine.
With an internal Solid State hard drive, the SonoBook 8 portable ultrasound machine is among the fastest machines we tested. Saving loops, changing modes, adjusting image quality, exporting, etc., are all nearly instantaneous, with almost no lag keeping long line clips (prospective and retrospective).
The SonoBook 8 has a durable build and includes many advanced imaging features including compound imaging, needle visualisation, stress echo, speckle reduction imaging, IMT, Tissue Doppler, and prospective/retrospective cine loop saving.
PRICE: £10-15K
Specifications
Standard Configurations
15′′ high resolution LED monitor
Lightweight chassis under 12lbs with battery
Supports 27 ultrasound transducers
Internal Solid State Hard Drive
Prospective and Retrospective Saving
High-End cardiovascular imaging
3 built-in USB ports
Auto Measurements
Intelligent patient data management
Custom calculations, settings, and presets
What do I think?
With this machine, you get what you pay for, so even though it is more expensive, it has all of the features and does them well.
The keyboard layout and buttons are a pleasure to use. The fact that a trolley with three probe connectors is available makes it useful as a bridge between a cart-based/portable machine.
I struggled to find fault with this machine during my brief time with it – using it on Pippi and on my peripatetic travels.
Perhaps the one drawback is that the recorded images and videos do not do the image quality justice.
Summary
In summary, I liked this machine so much that I'm thinking about leasing it!
Pros: Brilliant all round machine - difficult to fault
Cons: Images don't capture the quality in the real time image
SonoBook 8 Vet Overall Score
My scores
Ease of settings ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Image quality ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Value for money ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Robustness ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Portability ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Images from the SonoBook 8 Vet
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