User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- M-Turbo Ultrasound System User Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Getting Started
- Chapter 2: System Setup
- Displaying the setup pages
- Restoring default settings
- A & B Key, Footswitch setup
- Administration setup
- Annotations setup
- Audio, Battery setup
- Cardiac Calculations setup
- Connectivity setup
- Date and Time setup
- Display Information setup
- IMT Calculations setup
- Network Status setup
- OB Calculations setup
- OB Custom Measurements setup
- OB Custom Tables setup
- Presets setup
- System Information setup
- USB Devices setup
- Chapter 3: Imaging
- Chapter 4: Measurements and Calculations
- Chapter 5: Troubleshooting and Maintenance
- Chapter 6: Safety
- Ergonomic safety
- Electrical safety classification
- Electrical safety
- Equipment safety
- Battery safety
- Clinical safety
- Hazardous materials
- Electromagnetic compatibility
- ALARA principle
- Acoustic artifacts
- Guidelines for reducing MI and TI
- Output display
- Transducer surface temperature rise
- Acoustic output measurement
- Acoustic output tables
- Labeling symbols
- Chapter 7: References
- Chapter 8: Specifications
- Glossary
- Index
Chapter 4: Measurements and Calculations 41
Measurements
Chapter 4: Measurements and Calculations
Youcanmeasureforquickreference,oryoucan
measurewithinacalculation.Youcanperform
generalcalculationsaswellascalculations
specifictoanexamtype.
Measurementsareperformedonfrozenimages.
Forreferencesused,seeChapter 7,“References.”
Measurements
Youcanperformbasicmeasurementsinany
imagingmodeandcansavetheimagewiththe
measurementsdisplayed.(See“Tosavean
image”onpage 35.)ExceptfortheMModeHR
measurement,theresultsdonotautomatically
savetoacalculationand thepatientreport.Ifyou
prefer,youcanfirst
beginacalculationandthen
measure.See“Performingandsaving
measurementsincalculations”onpage 45.
Someoptionsmaynotapplytoyoursystem.
Optionsavailabledependonyourconfiguration,
transducer,andexamtype.
To save a measurement to a calculation and
patient report
1 Withthemeasurementactive(green),press
the
CALCSkey.
2 Fromthecalculationsmenu,selecta
measurementname.
Onlymeasurementnamesavailableforthe
imagingmodeandexamtypeareselectable.
3 Savethecalculation.(See“Tosavea
calculation”onpage 45.)
Tostartacalculationbeforemeasuring,see
“Performingandsavingmeasurementsin
calculations”onpage 45.
Working with calipers
Whenmeasuring,youworkwithcalipers,often
inpairs.Resultsbasedonthecalipers’position
appearatthebottomofthescreen.Theresults
updateasyourepositionthecalipersbyusingthe
touchpad.Intracemeasurements,theresults
appearafteryoucompletethetrace.
Outsideacalculation,youcanadd
calipersby
pressingthe
CALIPERkey.Youcanhavemultiple
setsofcalipersandcanswitch fromonesetto
another,repositioningthemasneeded.Eachset
showsthemeasurementresult.Theactive
calipersandmeasurementresultarehighlighted
green.Ameasurementiscompletewhenyou
finishmovingitscalipers.
Withinacalculation,calipersappearwhen
you
selectfromthecalculationsmenu.(See“Toselect
fromthecalculationsmenu”onpage 45.)
Foranaccuratemeasurement,accurate
placementofcalipersisessential.
To switch the active calipers
Dooneofthefollowing:
•Toswitchtheactivecaliperwithinaset,
pressthe
SELECTkey.
•Toswitchtheactivesetwhenmeasuring
outsideacalculation,selectSwitch
on‐screen.
To delete or edit a measurement
Withthemeasurementactive(highlighted),
dooneofthefollowing:
•Todelete,selectDeleteon‐screen.
•Toedit,usethetouchpadtomovethe
calipers.
Note: Tracemeasurementscannotbeeditedonceset.