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Medical Ultrasound Imaging Optimization

Set your protocol in minutes. Scan with confidence all day.

Utune's Optimizer fits your clinical day. A sonographer optimizes presets for the clinical site in minutes, locks them in, and moves on to patient scans with confidence. Because every patient image matters.

MinutesFrom setup to scanning your day
2 & 4mmLesion-mimicking spherical targets
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You Select, Test, and Tune Optimal Performance

Patient care begins with diagnostic imaging

At Utune, we believe quality imaging means quality care. Ultrasound is used more than ever for diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis, yet the risk of false positives and negatives remains because machines, transducers, and users vary. Utune's Optimizers eliminate that subjectivity, so clinicians deliver more accurate and reliable diagnostics every time.

Elevate

Raise confidence in every image set, so your data is clinically accurate and genuinely actionable.

Eliminate

Remove subjectivity from scans and strengthen data integrity across machines, transducers, and users.

Improve

Reduce image waste, rescans, and storage, along with the overhead costs that come with them.

The Problem

Is your ultrasound giving a false sense of accuracy?

Even when a QA protocol confirms proper calibration, default OEM presets can still produce false positives or negatives, putting patients at risk and driving unnecessary repeat scans.

Most QA tests only measure string, or linear target, visibility. A small change in field of view or focal zone can keep those strings visible while blurring the spherical targets that represent real lesions, so a flawed image still passes calibration.

The result is false positives and negatives that standard QA can pass, driving unnecessary repeat scans and real diagnostic risk.
Ultrasound comparison: spherical targets blur after a small field-of-view change
Utune Optimizer tissue-mimicking phantom
The Solution

The Utune Optimizer

The Optimizer is a tissue-mimicking phantom with randomized, lesion-mimicking spherical targets. A sonographer scans it, tunes the machine's presets to the clinical site in minutes, and validates true image integrity, then scans patients through the day with confidence.

Sees the real detail

Randomized 2mm and 4mm spherical targets mimic real lesions, revealing the diagnostic detail that string-only QA can miss.

Ready in minutes

Set and lock your scanning protocol on the Optimizer in minutes, tuned to the machines and presets your site actually uses.

Confidence all day

With validated presets, sonographers scan patients with confidence, reducing rescans, image waste, and second-guessing.

Optimized Clinical Workflow

Optimize once, then scan patients confidently all day

Utune fits the ultrasound clinical day. Set the scanning protocol on the Optimizer, lock it in, and move on to patient scans without second-guessing your image quality.

Set your protocol in minutes

Scan the Optimizer with your ultrasound machine. Using lesion-mimicking spherical targets, tune presets to your clinical site in minutes.

Lock in optimized presets

Confirm true image integrity with quantified acoustic output and randomized spherical targets, so your settings are objective and repeatable.

Scan patients with confidence

Go about your clinical day knowing every preset is validated, reducing rescans, second-guessing, and image waste.

Choose the right Optimizer

One platform, matched to your clinical applications

Small Parts Optimizer phantom
2mm Spherical Lesions

Small Parts Optimizer

Part no. UTN-01-002-1

Superficial applications for sites such as the thyroid.

  • Dermatologic ultrasound: small nodules and superficial lesions
  • Vascular imaging: small-caliber vessels
  • Musculoskeletal: fine tendon and nerve structures
Optimizers Bundle: General Use and Small Parts phantoms
2mm + 4mm Spherical Lesions

Optimizers Bundle

Part no. UTN-01-003-1

General, small, and custom parts applications in one package.

  • General Use Optimizer, 4mm spherical lesions
  • Small Parts Optimizer, 2mm spherical lesions
  • Coverage across superficial and deep-tissue exams
Technical Specifications

Engineered for precise, repeatable QA

Every Optimizer is built to defined acoustic and dimensional standards, so your results stay consistent across machines and sites.

Part numbers

  • General Use, 4mm spheresUTN-01-004-1
  • Small Parts, 2mm spheresUTN-01-002-1
  • Optimizer BundleUTN-01-003-1

Technical specifications

  • Speed of sound1540 m/s
  • Frequency range2-18 MHz
  • Attenuation0.5 or 0.7 dB/cm/MHz
  • Scanning surfaceComposite film
  • Case materialPlastic
  • Weight1 kg
  • Dimensions13.5 x 6.5 x 16 cm

Target specifications

  • Spherical targets20%
  • Small Parts diameter2 mm +/- 0.5 mm
  • General Use diameter4 mm +/- 0.5 mm
  • PlacementRandomized
Variation of attenuation with frequency: f1.08 for 0.5 dB/cm/MHz, f1.1 for 0.7 dB/cm/MHz. Do not freeze. Do not expose to extreme heat.
Why Spheroidal Lesions

The same machine. The same tech. A different diagnosis.

Real examples of how small preset changes create diagnostic risk that string-only QA cannot catch.

A 5mm field-of-view change hides the lesion

Changing field of view from 4.5cm to 5.0cm keeps the strings visible but blurs the spherical targets entirely. Because most QA tests only measure string visibility, that image still passes calibration despite missing critical diagnostic detail.

Utune's spherical target detection flags the loss of resolution before it reaches a patient.
Ultrasound comparison showing spherical target blur after a field-of-view change

A focal-zone shift creates a hidden dead zone

Two images, same machine, same transducer, same technician. The only change is a focal zone of 2.5 to 7cm versus 0 to 5cm. That small adjustment creates a dead zone where key structures become unclear, an error that could lead to a missed or incorrect diagnosis.

Utune's Optimizer identifies and corrects these blind spots before a scan ever reaches the patient.
Ultrasound comparison showing a dead zone created by a focal-zone change

Calibration drift produces a false positive

A physician reviewed two scans of the same patient on identical machines and presets. One appeared indeterminate; the other showed a suspicious lesion and led to a biopsy recommendation. Engineers found the second machine's calibration board had drifted, producing a false positive that could have caused an unnecessary, invasive procedure.

Utune would have detected this calibration error before patient imaging began, protecting diagnostic integrity and patient safety.
Ultrasound scan illustrating a calibration-drift false positive
See it in action

How Utune protects diagnostic integrity

A short walkthrough of the Optimizer and the imaging gaps it closes.

The evidence base

The problem is documented in the literature

Peer-reviewed research has long documented that transducer defects and image-quality failures can pass through standard QA. Utune's platform is designed to close that gap.

MÃ¥rtensson et al., 2009 · European Journal of Echocardiography

Documented meaningful rates of ultrasound transducer defects that can degrade image quality while going undetected in routine use.

MÃ¥rtensson et al., 2010

Further evidence on transducer performance degradation and the limits of visual and standard QA checks.

Hangiandreou et al.

Findings on ultrasound QA methodology and the value of quantitative image-quality assessment over subjective review.

These are independent, third-party research findings that frame the industry problem Utune addresses. They are not Utune Medical claims or results. Before publishing, confirm the exact figures and full citation details for each reference.

It's time to eliminate the subjectivity

Because every patient image matters. Talk with us about optimizing your imaging protocols for your clinical site.

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