User's Manual

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44 Measurements
To measure Velocities, Elapsed Time, +/x
Ratio, Resistive Index (RI), and Acceleration
(Doppler)
1 OnafrozenDopplerspectraltrace,pressthe
CALIPERkey.
Asinglecaliperappears.
2 Usingthetouchpad,positionthecalipertoa
peaksystolicwaveform.
3 Pressthe
SELECTkey.
Asecondcaliperappears.
4 Usingthetouchpad,positionthesecond
caliperattheenddiastoleonthewaveform.
See“Tosaveameasurementtoacalculationand
patientreport”onpage 41.
To measure time duration (Doppler)
1 OnaDopplerspectraltrace,presstheCALIPER
key.
2 PressTimeonscreen.
3 Averticalcaliperappears.
4 Usingthetouchpad,positionthecaliper
wheredesired,andpressthe
SELECTkey.
5 Asecondcaliperappears.
6 Usingthetouchpad,positionthesecond
caliperwheredesired,andpressthe
SELECT
key.
To trace manually (Doppler)
1 OnafrozenDopplerspectraltrace,pressthe
CALIPERkey.
2 SelectManualonscreen.
Asinglecaliperappears.
3 Usingthetouchpad,positionthecaliperatthe
beginningofthedesiredwaveform,andpress
the
SELECTkey.
Ifcalipersarenotpositionedcorrectly,the
resultisinaccurate.
4 Usingthetouchpad,tracethewaveform.
Tomakeacorrection,selectUndoonscreen,
backtrackwiththetouchpad,orpressthe
BACKSPACEkey.
5 Pressthe
SETkey.
Themeasurementresultsappear.
See“Tosaveameasurementtoacalculationand
patientreport”onpage 41.
To trace automatically (Doppler)
Aftertracingautomatically,confirmthatthe
systemgeneratedboundaryiscorrect.Ifyouare
notsatisfiedwiththetrace,obtainahighquality
Dopplerspectraltraceimage,ortracemanually.
(See“Totracemanually(Doppler)”onpage 44.)
1 OnafrozenDopplerspectraltrace,pressthe
CALIPERkey.
2 SelectAutoonscreen.
Averticalcaliperappears.
3 Usingthetouchpad,positionthecaliperatthe
beginningofthewaveform.
Ifcalipersarenotpositionedcorrectly,the
calculationresultisinaccurate.
4 Pressthe
SELECTkey.
Asecondverticalcaliperappears.
5 Usingthetouchpad,positionthesecond
caliperattheendofthewaveform.
6 Pressthe
SETkey.
Themeasurementresultsappear.
See“Tosaveameasurementtoacalculationand
patientreport”onpage 41.
Automatic trace results
Dependingontheexamtype,theresultsfrom
automatictracingincludethefollowing:
•VelocityTimeIntegral(VTI)
•PeakVelocity(Vmax)