User`s guide

Imaging Modalities
Angio Imaging
7-120 Revision D.0
Cannot see slow
moving
velocities.
Adjust Gain.
Scale to see more low-velocity blood flow
information.
Filter.
Persist.
Use Steering to make color as parallel to flow as
possible.
Adjust Focus to area of concern.
Threshold.
Turn Angio Priority on to display more color.
Use full Power settings.
Angio image is
noisy, flashing, or
has artifacts.
Filter setting to remove flash.
Angio Scale.
Adjust Angio Gain.
Threshold to reject noise at lower levels.
Smoothing to smooth the image.
For slow-moving blood or structures, Persist to
increase frame averaging.
Narrow the color box to remove source of artifacts with
Size control and the Trackball.
Angio images are
printed on the
wrong printer.
Press , touch Print, and adjust Color [printer] to
display the printer to use for color and angio images.
Symptoms Suggestions
Tip: Mechanical heart
valves occasionally
cause unavoidable
flashing artifact. Artifact
could also be caused by
external sources such
as lighting, other
equipment, or
telecommunications
devices.
Setup