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Chapter 4: Measurements and Calculations 43
Measurements
4 PresstheSELECTkey.
5 Usingthetouchpad,completethetrace,and
pressthe
SETkey.
See“Tosaveameasurementtoacalculationand
patientreport”onpage 41.
M Mode measurements
Thebasicmeasurementsthatyoucanperformin
MModeimagingareasfollows:
•Distanceincm/Timeinseconds
•HeartRate(HR)inbeatsperminute(bpm)
Thetimescaleabovethetracehassmallmarksat
200 msintervalsandlargemarksatonesecond
intervals.
To measure distance (M Mode)
Youcanperformuptofourdistance
measurementsonanimage.
1 OnafrozenMModetrace,pressthe
CALIPER
key.
Asinglecaliperappears.
2 Usingthetouchpad,positionthecaliper.
3 Pressthe
SELECTkeytodisplaythesecond
caliper.
4 Usingthetouchpad,positionthesecond
caliper.
See“Tosaveameasurementtoacalculationand
patientreport”onpage 41.
To measure heart rate (M Mode)
1 OnafrozenMModetrace,presstheCALIPER
key.
2 SelectHRonscreen.
Averticalcaliperappears.
3 Usingthetouchpad,positionthevertical
caliperatthepeakoftheheartbeat.
4 Pressthe
SELECTkey.
Asecondverticalcaliperappears.
5 Usingthetouchpad,positionthesecond
verticalcaliperatthepeakofthenext
heartbeat.
See“Tosaveameasurementtoacalculationand
patientreport”onpage 41.Savingtheheartrate
measurementtothepatientreportoverwrites
anyheartrateenteredonthepatient
information
form.
Seealso“Tomeasurefetalheartrate(MMode)”
onpage 63.
Doppler measurements
Thebasicmeasurements thatyoucanperformin
DopplerimagingareVelocity(cm/s),Pressure
Gradient,ElapsedTime,+/xRatio,Resistive
Index (RI),andAcceleration.Youcanalsotrace
manuallyorautomatically.
ForDopplermeasurements,theDopplerscale
mustbesettocm/s.See“Presetssetup”on
page 22.
To measure Velocity (cm/s) and Pressure
Gradient (Doppler)
1 OnafrozenDopplerspectraltrace,pressthe
CALIPERkey.
Asinglecaliperappears.
2 Usingthetouchpad,positionthecalipertoa
peakvelocitywaveform.
Thismeasurementinvolvesasinglecaliperfrom
thebaseline.
See“Tosaveameasurementtoacalculationand
patientreport”onpage 41.