GE Vivid S60

Image acquisition
Vivid S70 / S60 – User Manual 7-11
BC092760-1EN 01
Running Continuous capture
1. Do all your pre-stress acquisitions in the Cardiac
application.
2. Press Stress on the Touch panel to enter the stress echo
mode.
The Protocol screen is displayed (Figure 7-1 on page 7-3).
3. Press Template.
The template list is displayed.
4. Select the template Exercise 2x4.
5. Press Begin/Cont.
6. Acquire the resting loops in all four views.
7. Once the fourth loop is acquired the system enter into a
waiting mode where Continuous Capture is in pause state
awaiting the patient to exercise.
8. When the patient is back on the bed, press Store or 2D
Freeze. The Continuous capture acquisition is started.
9. Acquire all your views. You may pause the acquisition when
moving the probe between parasternal and apical position.
The memory buffer gauge increases (Figure 7-4). When
memory filling exceeds 90%, the percent number turns red.
10. Press Freeze to finish.
11. Press Select Cycles.
The Continuous capture selection screen is displayed (see
Figure 7-5 on page 7-14).
If the buffer is filled up the system will automatically display
the Continuous capture selection screen.
Refer to the next section if additional image acquisition is
necessary after the buffer is filled up.
12. Assign the cineloops to the four views (see page 7-13).
The continuous capture acquisition was stored on disk
before the Continuous capture selection screen was
displayed. At end exam, a dialogue is displayed asking
whether this file should be kept or not. To avoid
unnecessary data storage, it is recommended to delete this
file at end exam when the cycles have been selected and
stored.
13. Press Done if you are finished selecting or want to do the
selection later.
OR
Press Select later if you want to return to the scanning
screen. If there are more rows in the protocol template, the