Philips Azurion - Defining the ES Contour Semi-Automatically in LVA

NOTE Ensure that the ES image that you select is in the same cardiac cycle as the ED image that you
select
ed in the End Diastole task.
1 Click the End Systole task.
2 Use the navigaon toolbar to review the series and select an image that shows the ES cardiac
phase.
Dening the ES Contour Semi-Automacally in LVA
To dene a contour semi-automacally in LVA, you place three key points on the selected image.
Aer dening the ES contour, both the ED and ES contours are displayed in each image in the series.
The contours are highlighted when you view the image used to dene the contour.
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VA semi-automac ES contour detecon
The main analysis results are displayed in a panel in the lower right corner.
1 Click Semi-Automac in the control panel.
2 Click on the superior border of the aorc root.
3 Click on the inferior border of the aorc root.
4 Click on the apex.
5 If you are using Biplane LVA: Perform this process on both the frontal image and the lateral image
so that the contour is detected in each image.
6 If you want to delete the contour and start over, click Delete in the control panel.
7 Use the navigaon toolbar to check the accuracy of the ED and ES contours in each image of the
series.
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