GE Voluson i BT06 - Generic Measurements; Distance and Tissue Depth Measurements (2 D and M Mode)

GE VOLUSON i / VOLUSON e
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IRECTION KTI106052, REVISION 10 SERVICE MANUAL
Chapter 4 - Functional Checks 4-21
4-4-7 Generic Measurements
NOTE: Different menus are displayed depending on:
• the currently selected Application and Display Mode,
• the selected “Study”,
• and the settings in the Measure Setup -
MEASURE & CALC page.
For further details refer to the Voluson i / Voluson e Basic User Manual, Chapter 12.
NOTE: The following instructions assume that you first scan the patient and then press FREEZE
.
4-4-7-1 Distance and Tissue Depth Measurements (2D and M Mode)
1.) Press the CALIPER
key and then select the GENERIC DIST. in the menu area.
2.) Select the appropriate item from the menu area. An active cursor appears.
3.) To position the active cursor at the start point (distance) or the most anterior point (tissue
depth), move the TRACKBALL
.
4.) To fix the start point, press
SET (the right or left trackball key).
The system fixes the first cursor and displays a second active caliper.
5.) To position the second active caliper at the end point (distance) or the most posterior point
(tissue depth), move the TRACKBALL
.
6.) To complete the measurement, press
SET.
The system displays the distance or tissue depth value in the measurement results window.
Before you complete a measurement:
To toggle between active calipers, or to re-adjust the traced line, press the upper trackball key.
To erase results, press the CLEAR
key on the control panel or the DEL key on the keyboard.
NOTE: To alternate the control from one cursor to the other, press CHANGE
(the upper trackball key).
To re-adjust a traced line, press
UNDO (the upper trackball key) repeatedly.
General remarks to perform Generic Measurements:
• By pressing the CALIPER
key on the control panel the Generic Measurement function is switched on.
• Selection of the desired measurement marks is done with the MENU POINTER
[Cursor] key and the
trackball, or by pressing the corresponding keyboard shortcuts.
• If the MENU POINTER
[Cursor] key (nearby the trackball) is illuminated, the trackball is consequently
assigned to select the menu items in the menu area on the left side of the screen.
• Positioning of measurement marks is done with the TRACKBALL
.
• Entering and storage of measuring marks is done with
SET (right or left trackball key).
• To change measuring marks before completion press
CHANGE (upper trackball key).
• Depending on the setting in the Measure Setup, also the FREEZE
key can be used for confirming the
last measuring mark of the currently performed measurement.
• If the measurement has not been set and you press BACKSPACE
then it clears the screen.
• If the measurement is set then the cursor appears when selecting BACKSPACE
.
• To erase measurement results from the screen, press the CLEAR
key on the control panel or press
the DEL
key on the keyboard.
• All measurement results will be automatically included in the “Generic” section of the
worksheet.
• To delete all measurement results of the selected “Study” from the monitor as well as from the
corresponding Worksheet, select the CLEAR GROUP
item from the menu area.
• To exit from Generic measurements, press the CALIPER
key or the EXIT key on the control panel.