10  Virtual Touch  Applications 
10 - 18  Instructions for Use 
To activate Virtual Touch IQ: 
1.  During 2D-mode imaging, select the control assigned to activating the feature: 
●  Press E and then select Virtual Touch IQ. 
○  For systems without a touch screen, select Virtual Touch IQ. 
 
  Virtual Touch IQ button. 
The system activates a full-screen format and displays a region of interest (ROI). 
2.  To activate a dual display format: 
●  Select Dual. 
○  For systems without a touch screen, double-click UPDATE. 
The left image displays the ROI. The right image is blank. 
Adjust the size or position of 
the region of interest (ROI) 
prior to acquisition 
1.  Activate the positioning or sizing function: 
●  Press SELECT. 
○  For systems without a touch screen, press NEXT. 
2.  Roll the trackball to reposition or resize the ROI. 
Begin acquisition 
Note: You cannot adjust the ROI during acquisition. 
  Press UPDATE.  
The system acquires a single image frame and then freezes the image and applies 
the velocity image display setting. During system freeze, a timer indicates the 
remaining time (in seconds) until the transducer is available for image acquisition. 
Change the image display 
setting 
  Rotate [Shear Wave] to select the required setting: 
–  Velocity depicts the range of shear wave velocity or elasticity values from 
minimum to maximum. Shear wave velocity is slower in soft tissue and faster in 
stiff tissue. Elasticity is higher in soft tissue and lower in stiff tissue. The color 
bar displays the minimum and maximum range of the shear wave velocity and 
elasticity measurement. 
–  Quality depicts the combination of shear wave displacement magnitude and the 
signal-to-noise level from low (LO) to high (HI). A low displacement magnitude 
and high noise level are depicted as low quality. A high displacement magnitude 
and low noise level are depicted as high quality. 
–  Time indicates the travel time of the shear wave from slow (S) to fast (F). 
–  Displacement indicates the magnitude of the shear wave displacement of 
tissue from low (LO) to high (HI). Displacement is higher in soft tissue and lower 
in stiff tissue. 
Reactivate Virtual Touch IQ 
acquisition after the 
automatic freeze period 
ends 
1.  Unfreeze the image. 
2.  Adjust the ROI size and position, if necessary. 
3.  Press UPDATE to begin acquisition. 
Exit Virtual Touch IQ    Press 
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