FACT: The best portable 4D ultrasound systems don’t necessarily have the best overall image nor the fastest frame rate.

It sounds silly, but I’ve seen 4D portables that have good image quality, but they’re virtually useless because 90% of the time, it can’t get an image. It won’t let you drive or guide it into getting an image, which is a key factor in acquiring a good ultrasound image. It’s either a great image or an undefinable blob. There’s nothing in-between… and that in-between factors for about 85% of the scans.

Y0u see, there’s more to 4D than just putting a probe on mom’s belly and bringing the room to tears with joy and elation. It’s more complicated than that. Generating a good 4D babyface image takes a lot of skill and a powerful set of ultrasound controls to truly get the best image. And some machines simply don’t have it.

So while you must have an acceptable image, a machine must couple that with proper image-rendering controls to assist the machine in creating the best 4D image possible.

The MySono U5 has those controls as well as good 4D image quality, which is why I recommend it as a mid-range, affordable 4D portable ultrasound machine.