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Measurement and Analysis
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2. The following controls may be adjusted from the control
panel:
•
CYCLE SELECT: change the selected cycle.
•
TRACE SENSITIVITY: optimize the trace contour.
•
CURSOR SELECT: select Peak systolic or End diastolic
marker. The selected marker can be moved to a new
location. Press
SET to anchor the marker to its new
location.
Assigning auto calculations
1. In the Vascular Measurement menu (Figure 7-37), select:
• The actual vessel name
• Prox, Mid or Dist: the location of the vessel (Proximal,
Middle or Distal).
• Rt or Lt: right or left side of the patient.
2. Press Transfer to assign the measurements and
calculations.
To undo the assign-
ment, press Cancel
transfer.
The Measurement result table is updated accordingly and
the measurements and calculations are added to the
worksheet and report.
Manual vascular calculation
When doing manual measurements, the system can detect the
trace automatically or it can be drawn by the user. This is
controlled by the Auto and Manual commands is the
Measurement menu.
The following instructions assume that you first scan the patient
and press
FREEZE.
1. Adjust the vessel location parameters in the Vascular
measurement menu (Figure 7-37).
2. Select the measurement to be performed from the
Measurement menu or from the Show All menu for
additional measurements.
3. Perform the measurement as described below.
Acceleration, Acceleration time (AT)
1. Select Accel or AT.
2. Position the caliper at the start point and press SET to
anchor the caliper.