User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- S Series Ultrasound System User Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Getting Started
- Chapter 2: System Setup
- Chapter 3: Imaging
- Chapter 4: Measurements
- Chapter 5: Troubleshooting and Maintenance
- Chapter 6: Safety
- Ergonomic safety
- Electrical safety classification
- Electrical safety
- Equipment safety
- Battery safety
- Clinical safety
- 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: Specifications
- Glossary
- Index
Chapter 3: Imaging 23
Imaging
Adjusting depth and gain
To adjust depth
Youcanadjustthedepthinallimagingmodes.Theverticaldepthscaleismarkedin0.5 cm,
1cm,and5cmincrements,dependingonthedepth.Tochangethestyleofdepthmarkers,see
“Presetssetup”onpage 19.
TurntheDepthknob:
•Rightincreasesthedisplayeddepth.
•Leftdecreasesthedisplayeddepth.
To adjust gain manually
Toadjustgainautomaticallyin2D,see“2Dsettings”onpage 21.
1 Pressthe left‐handknobtoselectasetting:
• Nearadjuststhegainappliedtothenearfieldoftheimage.
• Faradjuststhegainappliedtothefarfieldoftheimage.
• Gain adjuststheoverallgainappliedto
theentireimage.
InCPDorColorimaging,theOverallsettingaffectsthecolorgainappliedtotheregionof
interest(ROI)box.TheNearandFarsettingsaffectonlythe2Dimage.(Nearandfar
correspondtothetimegaincompensation[TGC]controlsonotherultrasoundsystems.)
2 Turnthe
knob.
Freezing, viewing frames, and zooming
To freeze or unfreeze an image
PressFreeze.
Onafrozenimage,thecineiconandframenumberappearinthesys temstatus area.
To move forward or backward in the cine buffer
Onafrozenimage,turnthecineknob .
Thetotalnumberofframesappearsnexttothecineicon.Thenumberchangestothecurrent
framenumberasyoumoveforwardorbackward.