Siemens ACUSON Cypress

Stress Echo
8-10 ACUSON Cypress™ Operator’s Manual
Using the Protocol Soft Window Knob
The PROTOCOL Soft Window knob presents the various views, labels, or states
associated with each study protocol. Select the desired Protocol using the
Patient menu (see “Adding and Editing Patients and Studies” on page 4-9).
The active view, label, or state of the Protocol is displayed on the left side of the
screen.
 To display the first stage, turn the PROTOCOL knob one click clockwise. Each
clockwise click will then display a label with both Stage and View. Turn the
PROTOCOL knob until the desired label is displayed.
Timer Provides a time counter, in seconds, of the elapsed time
from the start of Immediate Post stages, and from the start of
a Pharmacological Study's initial injection.
In the Impost stage, the timer starts automatically when you
press
•SAVE or Q SAVE. In Pharmacological stages, you start
the timer manually.
 To start the timer manually, press the TOOLS function key
and click [
TIMER], then select Start.
 To reset the timer to zero, press the TOOLS function key
and click [
TIMER], then select Start.
See “Stress Echo TOOLS” on page 8-12 for more details.
Study
Progress
For each stage, the system displays the appropriate views
and details how many loops have been labeled for that view.
The views are displayed as
LAX, SAX, AP4, and AP2. The
number of labeled loops follows each view (see Figure 39 on
page 8-24).
TABLE 39. Stress Controls
Control Description