User Guide

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 OVERVIEW 1
2 INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE 2
HANDLING AND CARE ............................................................... 2
USE OF REMOVABLE WATER WELL AND COVERS .................................... 3
GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS ......................... 4
ESTABLISHING A BASELINE ......................................................... 4
3 TESTING PROCEDURES 5
UNIFORMITY TESTING ............................................................... 5
DEPTH OF PENETRATION ............................................................ 6
BEAM PROFILE/FOCAL ZONE/LATERAL RESPONSE WIDTH ........................... 7
VERTICAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT ................................................ 7
HORIZONTAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT ............................................. 8
AXIAL AND LATERAL RESOLUTION ................................................... 8
ELEVATIONAL RESOLUTION ......................................................... 10
LOW-CONTRAST TARGET DETECTABILITY ........................................... 11
GRAYSCALE CONTRAST SENSITIVITY ............................................... 12
ELASTICITY CONTRAST SENSITIVITY ............................................... 13
DEAD ZONE ASSESSMENT .......................................................... 13
4 SPECIFICATIONS 15
5 ZERDINE
®
18
6 WARRANTY 19
7 APPENDIX: QUALITY ASSURANCE RECORD FOR MODEL 040GSE 20