Specifications

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Chapter 16: Setting up your Vevo 2100 Imaging System
Setting up your Vevo 2100 Imaging System
This chapter walks you through the steps for setting up your Vevo 2100 Imaging
System and your subject for an image acquisition session.
In this chapter
Working with transducers .................................................................................................101
Working with the 3D motor stage (optional)...................................................................102
Connecting the transducer to the Vevo 2100 Imaging System......................................106
Working with transducers
This chapter shows you how to set up and work with the array transducer that
acquires the micro-ultrasound images.
Selecting the appropriate transducer for your study
VisualSonics offers a range of transducers with frequencies ranging from
12.5MHz to 45MHz to serve a broad range of applications as described in the
following table.
Transducer Collar color Description
MS-200 Orange Rabbit, general and abdominal imaging
MS-250 Yellow Rat cardiology and abdominal imaging
MS-400 Red
Optimized for mouse cardiovascular imaging with frame rates
greater than 300 frames per second
MS-550D Blue Mouse cancer and abdominal imaging
MS-550S Gray Optimized for mouse embryology imaging and injection
Next step
 Connecting and disconnecting the transducer (page 106)
Related information
 Array transducer (page 19)
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