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
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To switch the active calipers
Dooneofthefollowing:
•Toswitchtheactivecaliperwithinaset,click.
•Toswitchtheactiveset,pressSwitch.
To delete or edit a measurement
Withthemeasurementactive(highlighted),dooneofthefollowing:
•Todelete,presstheDeleteknob.
•Toedit,usethetouchpadtomovethecalipers.
To improve precision of caliper placement
Doanyofthefollowing:
•Adjustthedisplayformaximumsharpness.
•Useleadingedges(closesttothetransducer)orbordersforstartingandstoppingpoints.
• Maintainaconsistenttransducerorientationforeachtypeofmeasurement.
•Makesurethattheareaofinterestfillsasmuchofthescreenaspossible.
• Minimizethedepth,
orzoom.
Distance measurements
Distanceismeasuredincm.
To measure distance
1 Ona frozenimage,pressCalipers.
Apairofcalipersappears,connectedbyadottedline.
2 Using thetouchpad,positionthefirstcaliper,andthenclick.
Theothercaliperbecomesactive.
3 Using thetouchpad,positiontheothercaliper.
Ifyoumovethecalipersclosetogether,theyshrinkandthedottedline
disappears.
Tosavetheimagewiththemeasurementsdisplayed,see“Tosaveanimage”onpage 28.