Siemens ACUSON S2000
Siemens Healthineers · ACUSON series
The Siemens ACUSON S2000 is an ultrasound system designed with a focus on general imaging and women's health, cleared for abdominal, OB/GYN, vascular, musculoskeletal and other applications. In its family it sits between the entry-level S1000 and the premium S3000. It offers Virtual Touch elastography, and an Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS) configuration adds automated 3D breast imaging.
- Released
- 2007first FDA clearance
- Probe ports
- 3plus a continuous-wave port
- Display
- 21.5-inchLCD on HELX Evolution units
- Weight
- max. 170 kgwith documentation devices
Compatible probes
Linear
- 9L4 · 4–9 MHz Multi-D matrix
- 14L5 · 5–14 MHz Multi-D matrix
- 14L5 SP · 5–14 MHz Sterilizable; intraoperative
- 18L6 HD · 5.5–18 MHz
Convex & microconvex
- 4C1 · 1–4.5 MHz
- 6C1 HD · 1.5–6 MHz
- 6C2 · 2–6 MHz
- 7CF2 · 2–7 MHz Volume (mechanical 3D)
- 8C3 HD
Phased
- 4P1 · 1–4.5 MHz Multi-D matrix
- 4V1 · 1–4.5 MHz
- 4V1c · 1–4.5 MHz
- 8V3 · 2.5–8 MHz
- 10V4 · 4–10 MHz
Endocavity
- EC9-4 · 3.75–9 MHz
- EV-8C4 · 4–9 MHz Endovaginal
- 9EVF4 · 4–9 MHz Endovaginal volume
- MC9-4 Endovaginal
Specialty
- V5Ms · 3–7 MHz Multiplane TEE
- V7M · 4–8 MHz Pediatric and adult TEE
- AcuNav 8F · 4–10 MHz Intracardiac catheter; needs the cardiac package
- AcuNav 10F · 4–10 MHz Intracardiac catheter; needs the cardiac package
- CW2 Continuous-wave Doppler, 2 MHz
- CW5 Continuous-wave Doppler, 5 MHz
- 14L5BV For the ABVS configuration
Specifications
Display
- Monitor
- 21.5-inch LCD (HELX Evolution); LED-backlit, 1080p on HELX Evolution with Touch Control
- Touch screen
- 12.1-inch (30.7 cm) high-resolution touch display with Instant Response technology
Physical
- Weight
Max. 170 kg with documentation devices; approx. 137 kg (303 lbs), Touch Control familyMaximum 170 kg including installed documentation devices, the figure the S1000, S2000 and S3000 share; approximately 137 kg (303 lbs) unpacked and ready for use, including installed documentation devices such as printers, given once for the ACUSON S Family HELX with Touch Control rather than per model.Show allShow less
- Dimensions
- 623 mm wide, 1,103 mm deep, 1,330–1,630 mm high (systems with a touch screen)
- Transducer ports
- Three array-transducer ports and a separate continuous-wave port
- Controls
Laser-optical trackball, digital and tactile keyboards, mode-sensitive backlightingSimplified home-base control structure with fewer keys; tab-folder browsing on the touch display; laser-optical trackball; digital and tactile keyboards; mode-sensitive dynamic backlighting and a heads-up display for no-look operation (S Family).Show allShow less
- Gel warmer
- Integrated, with customizable positions
Power & battery
- Energy consumption
- 0.03 kW in standby; 0.57 kW average during patient examination
- Battery
- Mobile QuikStart: installed battery holds standby for approximately four hours unplugged
- Power-off time
- 60 seconds from operating state to off-mode
Connectivity & options
- DICOM
Verification, Storage, Storage Commitment, Query/Retrieve, Worklist, MPPS, PrintDICOM Verification, Storage, Storage Commitment, Query/Retrieve, Modality Worklist, MPPS and Print at software VE10; at VA16, Ultrasound Image Storage, Secondary Capture Image Storage, Ultrasound Multi-frame Image Storage and Comprehensive SR, with Modality Worklist, Modality Performed Procedure Step and Storage Commitment.Show allShow less
- Network
- IEEE 802.3 Ethernet, 10 Base-T and 100 Base-T; DICOM on port 104 (VE10)
- Wireless DICOM
- Optional wireless DICOM reporting; data transfer to PowerScribe 360
- Removable media
- CD-R and DVD-R (DICOM media, VE10)
- ABVS configuration
- Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS): automated 3D and hand-held breast imaging
- Quantitative Ultrasound (QUS)
- License-controlled option at VE11A; with Ultrasonically-Derived Fat Fraction (UDFF)
Imaging & software
- Imaging modes
B, M, PW and CW Doppler, Color and Amplitude Doppler, harmonic imaging, 3D/4DB-Mode, M-Mode, Pulsed (PW) Doppler, Continuous (CW) Doppler, Color Doppler, Amplitude Doppler, combinations of modes, Harmonic Imaging and 3D/4D Imaging.Show allShow less
- Revision and software
Classic (VC25 or below), HELX Evolution (VC30A), HELX Evolution with Touch ControlPlatforms: Classic (VC25 or below), HELX Evolution (VC30A) and HELX Evolution with Touch Control. Software versions with DICOM conformance statements: VA16 (April 2009), VB10 (May 2010), VB20 (September 2011), VB21A (October 2012), VC25 (October 2013), VC30 and VC31 (September 2014), VD10 (May 2015) and VE10 (January 2017). Later levels: VE10A, and VE11A, which goes to the S2000 and S3000 only with the purchased Quantitative Ultrasound application. Named releases include 2.0, which brought Virtual Touch HD, Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification, Advanced SieClear spatial compounding and Dynamic TCE, and 3.1.Show allShow less
- Operating system
- Windows 7
- Architecture
- SieStream HD signal processing (HELX Evolution with Touch Control)
- Image optimization
- eSieImage multiparametric optimization, frame by frame and hands-free
- Image enhancement
Advanced SieClear, Clarify VE, SieScape panoramic imaging, Native tissue harmonic imagingAdvanced SieClear spatial compounding; SieClear multi-view spatial compounding; Clarify vascular enhancement (VE); SieScape, Power SieScape and Color SieScape panoramic imaging; Native and Ensemble tissue harmonic imaging; Tissue Equalization Technology; Custom Tissue Imaging / Speed of Sound.Show allShow less
- Elastography
ARFI-based Virtual Touch imaging, quantification and IQ; eSie Touch elasticity imagingVirtual Touch technologies based on Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) imaging: Virtual Touch imaging (VTI), Virtual Touch quantification and Virtual Touch IQ, for qualitative shear wave imaging or quantitative shear wave measurements; eSie Touch elasticity imaging.Show allShow less
- Contrast imaging
- CEUS with Cadence Contrast Harmonic Imaging (CHI) and Contrast Pulse Sequencing (CPS)
- 3D/4D imaging
- 3-Scape real-time 3D; fourSight 4D; STIC fetal heart imaging; Amnioscopic rendering
- Measurement packages
syngo Auto OB and Auto Left heart, Velocity Vector Imaging, Arterial Health Packagesyngo Auto OB measurements; syngo Auto Left heart; syngo Velocity Vector Imaging; Semi Auto-segmentation (eSie Calc); Arterial Health Package (AHP) for Intima Media Thickness measurement.Show allShow less
- Workflow
eSieScan protocols on the touch display; Smart-swap annotations; body markerseSieScan workflow protocols, accessed and controlled through the touch display; Smart-swap annotations with color-coded guidance; context-sensitive body markers with pictograms, transducer markers and supportive protocols.Show allShow less
- Multi-modality review
- Available on HELX Evolution with Touch Control
Environment
- Operating environment
- 10–40 °C room temperature; 10–80% relative humidity in the examination room
- Noise level
- 48 dB(A) at basic load; 50 dB(A) at full load, measured to NEMA
- Cooling
- Air-cooled
Compliance
- FDA 510(k)
K202683 (2020-10-15), K183575 (2019-03-20), K172162 (2017-08-16) … K072786 (2007-11-13)K202683 (2020-10-15; the S1000, S2000 and S3000 among several ACUSON platforms); K183575 (2019-03-20; S3000 and S2000, software VE11A with Quantitative Ultrasound); K172162 (2017-08-16; S3000, S2000 and S1000, software VE10A); K163635 (2017-01-12; S1000, S2000 and S3000); K152369 (2015-10-06; S1000, S2000 and S3000); K140959 (2014-04-30; S1000, S2000 and S3000); K131164 (2013-12-24; S2000 and S3000 with Virtual Touch quantification); K130881 (2013-10-11; S2000 and S3000); K093812 (2010-03-03); K081148 (2008-12-22; filed as the ACUSON 2000 with ABVS transducer); K082142 (2008-11-13); K072786 (2007-11-13).Show allShow less
What to check when buying a used Siemens ACUSON S2000
Inspect the power cable and its strain relief
S2000 power cables have split at the IEC connector, frayed from being moved while plugged in or knocked against a wall, and pulled out of the strain relief in transport, leaving a severed wire exposed.
How: Look along the cord and at both connector ends for fraying, splits or bare wire, and have any frayed cable swapped for a new one before use.
Look for fluid ingress at seams and slots
Fluid that seeps through the control-panel seams, the keyboard or the DVD slot can reach the circuitry and cause excessive electrical leakage or system failure.
How: Look around those openings for signs of spilled fluid, and ask which cleaners and disinfectants were used, since products outside the Instructions for Use can damage surfaces and create electrical hazards.
Check biopsy guides against recall Z-2344-2015
When the 18L6 HD or 6C1 HD biopsy guidelines are used with third-party biopsy attachments, the needle could travel outside the guidelines shown on screen.
How: If biopsy guides or the S2000 Biopsy Starter Kit come with the unit, match their identifiers against the recall and ask for its correction records.
Check V5M TEE recalls on early software
On software VA10 through VA16A with cardiac options, the V5M's thermal safety guards did not take effect on its next use if it stayed connected after an automatic thermal shutdown.
How: Read the software version and ask for the correction records for recalls Z-1392-2011 and Z-1884-2011, the second of which left CW mode inoperative during TEE exams at VA15, VA15A and VA15B.
Common questions about the Siemens ACUSON S2000
Is the Siemens ACUSON S2000 FDA-cleared?
Yes. The S2000 was first cleared under 510(k) K072786, decided on November 13, 2007. Later clearances include K172162, decided on August 16, 2017, for the S1000, S2000 and S3000 at software VE10A, and K183575, decided on March 20, 2019, for the S2000 and S3000 at software VE11A with the Quantitative Ultrasound application. K202683, decided on October 15, 2020, includes the S1000, S2000 and S3000 among several ACUSON platforms.
What is the Siemens ACUSON S2000 cleared to scan?
Under 510(k) K082142, decided on November 13, 2008, the S2000 is cleared for fetal, abdominal, intraoperative, pediatric, small parts, transcranial, OB/GYN, cardiac, pelvic, neonatal and adult cephalic, vascular, musculoskeletal, superficial musculoskeletal and peripheral vascular applications.
How does the ACUSON S2000 differ from the S1000 and S3000?
The S1000 is the entry-level system, focused on vascular and shared-services imaging; it does not support Virtual Touch quantification (VTQ) and is not configured for Quantitative Ultrasound. The S2000 is an all-purpose general-imaging system specializing in women's health. The S3000 is Siemens' premium system, and eSieFusion imaging and eSieGuide needle tracking belong to it rather than to the S2000.
Does Siemens still support the ACUSON S2000?
No. The ACUSON S Family, the S1000, S2000 and S3000, is on Siemens Healthineers' list of end-of-support systems, with the ACUSON Sequoia or ACUSON Redwood as the upgrade path.
Does the ACUSON S2000 support Quantitative Ultrasound (QUS)?
Only at software VE11A, and only when the license-controlled QUS application has been purchased; the VE11A update applies to the S2000 and S3000, not the S1000. Its Ultrasonically-Derived Fat Fraction (UDFF) software was cleared with it under K183575, decided on March 20, 2019.
Is there an ABVS version of the ACUSON S2000?
Yes. The ACUSON S2000 Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS) configuration adds automated 3D breast imaging to hand-held scanning, and it works with hand-held transducers such as the 18L6 HD, including for guided needle biopsy. The 14L5BV transducer belongs to the ABVS configuration.