Improve your image

ClearVue 550 ultrasound system

Not yet available in the U.S.

 Smart and intuitive
One look at the Philips ClearVue 550 ultrasound system and you’ll see the smooth, graceful lines
and elegant design that show this is a new Philips quality imaging system. The versatile ClearVue
550 with Active Array technology offers image quality designed to enhance diagnostic confidence,
features that are sophisticated enough to be simple, and advances in ease of use and reliability.

Improve your image(s)

Your patients expect the best from you.
ClearVue 550 helps you deliver. Count on
stunning images with the speed and precision
gained from years of Philips ultrasound
experience worldwide. New, proprietary
Active Array technology integrates key
imaging technologies into the transducer
for superb images in a lightweight system.
Create quality 2D, color, and Doppler images
with the press of the iSCAN button. Tap the
power of Philips exclusive SonoCT and XRES
technologies to enhance image quality.

Sophisticated, yet simple

ClearVue 550 is intuitive to learn because
it puts the controls you use most often
precisely where you expect them to be.
The sleek control panel is designed to help
speed image acquisition and management,
while customized SmartExam protocols
streamline workflow and enhance productivity.

Smart design
ClearVue 550’s elegant design hints at
the reduced complexity of the system.
The modular design means enhanced
serviceability and reliability inside a
lightweight cart for increased portability
and maneuverability.

ClearVue 550 features a 17-inch fold-down LCD monitor

with full motion, articulating arm, and on-cart storage.

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 The one-button automation of iSCAN rapidly optimizes exam parameters
so that users can focus more on their patients and less on system adjustments.

Designed around you, the intuitive user interface provides direct access
to the controls you use most often, speeding exams and improving workflow.

ClearVue makes it simple

ClearVue 550 offers advanced Philips automation,
procedure guidance, and flexibility with the image quality
you demand, with features such as iSCAN one-button
automation and SmartExam protocols. Philips provides
advances such as customizable report templates that are
easy to work with, including easy query for data entry fields.

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Valuable performance
The system looks sleek from the outside, but it’s what’s on the inside that you’ll value most.
Powered by Philips proprietary Active Array technology, the ClearVue 550 is destined to alter
your perception of ultrasound by delivering diagnostic images with quality, speed, and precision.
We have integrated proven technologies such as XRES and SonoCT from our most advanced
ultrasound systems into the ClearVue 550 so you get the excellent image quality you expect
from the leader in premium quality ultrasound.

Proprietary Active Array technology provides

superb image quality for confident diagnosis.

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Demonstrating value far beyond its price
What it is Why it matters
Core features
Active Array technology Integrates key imaging technologies into the transducer for superb
image quality in a high-performing, lightweight, reliable system
Broadband beamforming and advanced Acquires and processes the entire tissue signature for premium class
signal processing tissue differentiation across multiple patient types
Tissue Harmonic Imaging Reduces many artifacts while preserving tissue definition and resolution
Advanced Doppler and color Doppler capabilities Perform advanced clinical studies with confidence
(CW, PW, CFI, CPA, HPRF PW, Triplex)
Configurable reports and analysis Perform customized in-depth clinical analysis and reporting for enhanced
communication of results
Options
XRES adaptive image processing and SonoCT XRES reduces speckle noise artifacts for better margin definition
image compounding and image clarity, while SonoCT reduces artifacts, improves contrast
resolution, and allows irregular borders to be more readily visualized
Advanced system automation (2D, color and
Quick one-button system performance optimization streamlines your
PW Doppler iSCAN options, 2D OPT, High Q,
workflow, improves patient throughput, and increases exam consistency
Intelligent Doppler, Adaptive Doppler, Adaptive
color Doppler)
Anatomical M-mode option Easily generate M-mode trace from a user-defined line; ideal for patients
with abnormal cardiac shapes or mal-positioned cardiac structures
Panoramic and 3D imaging Perform extended field of view imaging and freehand 3D surface
rendering for enhanced exam documentation and communication
SmartExam protocols Exam system-guided protocols enhance performance, increase
consistency, and reduce exam time
DICOM networking option Provides Ethernet connection to DICOM networks for PACS viewing
and archiving capabilities

The lightweight system has a small

footprint for increased portability
Transducer presets help leverage transducer strengths, and four transducer and easy maneuverability, making it a
connectors allow users to quickly switch transducers when needed. perfect fit even in the smallest spaces.

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 Making the most
of your system
Designed for serviceability and reliability, the ClearVue 550 provides advances that help you optimize
your system every day. Advanced serviceability features and value-added services are designed to
help keep you running at peak performance. We are committed to you and your success.

Advanced serviceability features A green product

Head to toe, and value-added services* Sustainability at Philips is all about improving

versatility is yours Philips advanced service features and the health and well-being of individuals and the
value-added services boost productivity communities they live in. The ClearVue 550 is
and promote uptime. Where available, energy efficient. With low power consumption,
Use the ClearVue 550 to enhance your Remote Desktop enables “virtual visits,” it helps save on energy costs. And its low
ultrasound capabilities across a range enhancing technical and clinical support heat dissipation is ideal in smaller rooms
of applications. and offering new options for training. and also means lower cooling costs.
Proactive monitoring promotes uptime
• Abdominal • Vascular
through continuous monitoring that alerts
• Small parts – Cerebrovascular
Philips personnel to potential problems
and superficial – Peripheral
so they can be corrected before system
• Pediatric vascular
operation is affected. You can also connect
– Head • Transcranial
your system to the Philips Remote Service
– Hips Doppler
Network and enter a support request
• Musculoskeletal • Cardiac
directly from your ClearVue 550 system,
• Urology and – Adult
or generate a utilization report that provides
prostate – Pediatric
data on key parameters to help you manage
• Obstetrical
how the system is used.
• Gynecological
and fertility

* Not all services are available in all geographies and require

service contract coverage.

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 Trust in the Philips ultrasound legacy
At Philips, we’ve built our innovative portfolio of ultrasound products
by striving for change that improves and simplifies the lives of patients and
healthcare providers worldwide. The new ClearVue 550, with leading-edge
technology and an intuitive design, is no exception. Quality healthcare is now
more accessible and affordable from a brand you can trust.

Innovative financing and security

solutions
Philips Medical Capital delivers flexible
financial solutions to help you place a new
ClearVue 550 in your facility or practice.
Our financial experts understand your
unique financial needs and provide flexible
solutions that optimize asset utilization,
reduce costs, and increase financial flexibility.

The ClearVue 550’s modular design makes it simple to service and highly reliable,
helping to further lower the cost of ownership.

Philips SmartPath provides you with solutions and innovations for the full life of your
ultrasound system, so you can boost your clinical and operational potential and achieve
your organizational goals.
Optimize your system’s Enhance your equipment Transform your investment
performance both now and with regular technology at the end of your system’s
in the future with regular upgrades, and take life by transitioning seamlessly
and ongoing enhancements, advantage of the newest to a next-generation solution
including functionality features and capabilities. or refurbished option.
improvements and remote
technical support.

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Philips Healthcare is part of
Royal Philips Electronics

How to reach us
www.philips.com/healthcare
[email protected]

Asia
+49 7031 463 2254

Europe, Middle East, Africa

+49 7031 463 2254

Latin America
+55 11 2125 0744

North America
+1 425 487 7000
800 285 5585 (toll free, US only)

Please visit www.philips.com/ClearVue550

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