GE RAFT VOLUSON™ P8/VOLUSON™P6
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EVISION 3 DRAFT (JULY 19, 2018)  BASIC SERVICE MANUAL
4-10 Section 4-4 - Functional Checks
4-4-1 Patient Archive (Image Management) 
The Voluson™ P8/Voluson™P6 provides an Patient/Image Management System that allows fast and 
extremely easy patient, exam and image management. 
• Current Patient:
The entered patient data will be used in calculations, patient worksheets, DICOM settings and is 
displayed on the screen to identify images. 
• Archive:
The patient archive database is used for searching a particular exam and/or patient.
Via the DATA TRANSFER 
button, it is possible to send images over the DICOM network, print 
exams/images, export exams/images, import exams/images, etc.
• Image History:
Image History gives you access to all the US pictures and exams of a particular patient. 
• Exam Review:
Exam Review allows you to view all exams of a particular patient. Additionally it is possible to view 
image properties, input comments and voice annotations, etc. 
NOTE: For detailed description of image management functionality and its topics refer to Chapter 12 in the 
Basic User Manual of Voluson™ P8/Voluson™P6. 
NOTE: Images can be backed up and restored by means of the Image Archive function in the System Setup. 
Operation see: Section 4-5-6 "Archiving Images" on page 4-22.
Figure 4-8  Patient Archive - ARCHIVE