From Philips Medical Systems;
'The SONOS 5500 has all the advanced features you want in a high-performance ultrasound system. Exceptional image quality, revolutionary contrast imaging tools, unique quantitative techniques, extensive applications, and an intuitive user interface allow the most comprehensive echo exams possible.'

Specifications for this system will be available soon.

In 1918, Philips started with their first medical X-ray tube. Philips Medical Systems now is a global leader in diagnostic imaging systems, healthcare information technology solutions, and patient monitoring and cardiac devices. Philips also provides customer services such as financing, consultancy and maintenance & repair.
Philips lacked in the field of ultrasound till 1998. By buying ATL (Bothell, Washington) in this year Philips establishing itself as an important player in ultrasound. In 2001 Philips also acquired Agilent (formerly Hewlett-Packard; Andover, Massachusetts), a market leader in the cardiology and vascular ultrasound systems (HP2000 to HP5500, now Sonos 2000 to Sonos 5500).

Philips Medical System is the diagnostics business of Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands, one of the world's biggest electronics companies and Europe's largest. Philips is quoted on the NYSE (symbol: PHG), London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and other stock exchanges. On October 19, 2001, Philips Medical Systems completed a 3-year acquisition strategy through its purchase of Marconi Medical Systems. Marconi Medical Systems offered leading multislice CT, MRI, and Nuclear Gamma Camera systems to medical institutions around the world. As well as new 3.0T developments, Philips is also in collaboration with researchers at the University of Nottingham, with the intention of developing an ultrahigh field strength clinical 7.0T whole body MR system.

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