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Output display

ThesystemmeetstheAIUMoutputdisplayst andardforMIandTI(seelastreferencelistedin

“Relatedguidancedocuments”below).Table 5indicatesforeachtransducerandoperating

modewheneithertheTIorMIisgreaterthanorequaltoavalueof1.0,thusrequiringdisplay.

EvenwhenMI

islessthan1.0,the systemprovidesacontinuousreal‐timedisplayofMI

wheneveratransducerisoperatedina2Dimagingmode.Theindexisdisplayedinincrements

of0.1.

ThesystemmeetstheoutputdisplaystandardforTI.Acontinuousreal‐timedisplayofTIis

providedfor

theoperatorwheneveratransducerisoperatedinaCPDorColorimagingmode.

Theindexisdisplayedinincrementsof0.1.

Thethermalindexconsistsofthreeuserselectableindices,andonlyoneoftheseisdisplayed

atanyonetime.InordertodisplayproperlyandmeettheALARA

principle,theuserselects

anappropriateTIbasedonthespecificexambeingperformed.SonoSiteprovidestheAIUM 

MedicalUltrasoundSafetyreferencewhichcontainsguidanceonhowtodeterminewhichTI

isappropriate(seesecondreferencelistedin“Relatedguidancedocuments”onpage 67).

Table 5: Cases Where Either a Thermal or Mechanical Index is ≥ 1.0

Transducer Model Index 2D

CPD/

Color

C11x/8-5 MI No No

TIC,TIB, or TIS No Yes

C60x/5-2 MI Yes No

TIC, TIB, or TIS No No

HFL38x/13-6 MI No Yes

TIC, TIB, or TIS No Yes

ICTx/8-5 MI No No

TIC, TIB, or TIS No No

L25x/13-6 MI No No

TIC,TIB, or TIS No No

L38x/10-5 MI No Yes

TIC, TIB, or TIS No Yes

P21x/5-1 MI Yes Yes

TIC, TIB, or TIS Yes Yes