Hologic's position in ultrasound is specific and deliberate. Through its acquisition of SuperSonic Imagine in 2021, Hologic entered the premium ultrasound market with a platform designed for shear wave elastography (SWE) as a core imaging capability, not an add-on. The Aixplorer and Aixplorer MACH 30 systems lead this effort, targeting breast imaging, musculoskeletal, and abdominal applications where tissue stiffness quantification gives the physician information beyond what conventional grayscale ultrasound provides.
Hologic's automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) product line sits separately from the SuperSonic Imagine systems. The Genius AI Detection and 3Dimensions mammography platforms intersect with breast imaging as well, though those are distinct capital purchases. For the purposes of ultrasound financing, we focus primarily on the Aixplorer systems and the ABUS products, which are the acquisition decisions where ultrasound financing most often comes into play.
The Aixplorer MACH 30 with a standard probe set typically prices somewhere in the $180k–$280k band depending on transducer library and optional software modules. ABUS systems for supplemental breast screening can vary significantly based on configuration and whether you are adding to an existing mammography infrastructure. Both types of systems qualify for our financing programs with a $50,000 minimum transaction.