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GE Voluson E10 Training Manual

Glossary

Apodization – A weighting function used as means of reducing

side lobes in the beam.

Application Entity – A node in a DICOM network.

Back End – System block on the user interface side that

contains master controller, signal processing, image memory

and video layout, peripheral and user interface.

Beamforming – A common signal processing technique used to

enable directionally or spatially selected signals to be sent or

received from sensor arrays.

Cine – The cine mode is a series of rapidly recorded images

taken sequentially and displayed in a dynamic movie display

format.

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine – A medical

imaging standard for file format and network communications

protocol for file sharing between entities capable of sending

and receiving patient data and images in DICOM format.

DisplayPort – A digital display interface standard administered

by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA).

Doppler effect – Change in the frequency of a periodic event

(such as sound waves) due to a change in distance between the

source and the observer.

Doppler Range Gating – Range gate circuit only allows Doppler

shift data from a user specified area to be displayed as output.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol – A standardized

network protocol used on IP networks for dynamically

distributing network configuration parameters. IP addresses

and networking parameters are requested automatically from

a DHCP server, reducing the need to configure these settings

manually.

Electromagnetic Interference – (EMI) is when a radio

frequency (RF) transmitting device interferes with the

operation of another electronic device. In a healthcare

environment wireless EMI can cause medical equipment to

malfunction.

Extended Power Supply –Supplies power to BEP for soft

shutdown.

Front End – System block that collects data; probe interface,

transmitter/receiver, beamformer, front end controller.

Harmonics – Ultrasound method that generates images using

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