Chapter 4: Measurements and Calculations 33
Measurements
Chapter 4: Measurements and Calculations
Youcanmeasureforquickreference,oryoucan
measurewithinacalculation.
Measurementsareperformedonfrozenimages.
Forreferencesused,seeChapter 7,“References.”
Measurements
Youcanperformbasicmeasurementsinany
imagingmode.Optionsavailabledependon
yourconfiguration,transducer,andexamtype.
About saving measurements
Afterperformingameasurement,youcansave
theimagewiththemeasurementsdisplayed.(See
“Tosaveanimage”onpage 29.)Some
measurementscanbesavedtoacalculationand
thepatientreport.
Ifyouprefertoselectameasurementname
beforeperformingameasurement,starta
calculation.See“Calculations”onpage 37.
To save a measurement to a calculation and
patient report
1 Withthe measurementactive(green),press
Calcs.
2 Fromthecalculationsmenu,selecta
measurementname.(See“Toselectfromthe
calculationsmenu”onpage 38.)
Onlymeasurementnamesavailableforthe
imagingmodeandexamtypeareselectable.
3 Savethecalculation.(See“Tosavea
calculation”onpage 38.)
Figure 1 2D image with one distance and one
circumference measurement
Working with calipers
Whenmeasuring,youworkwithcalipers.
Resultsbasedonthecalipers’positionappearat
thebottomofthescreen.Theresultsupdateas
yourepositionthecalipersbyusingthe
touchpad.
Outsideacalculation,youcanaddcalipersby
pressingtheCaliperskey.Youcanhavemultiple
setsofcalipersand
canswitchfromonesetto
another,repositioningthemasneeded.(The
calipersavailabledependonthenumberand
typeofmeasurementsalreadyperformed.)Each
setshowsthemeasurementresult.Theactive
calipersandmeasurementresultarehighlighted
green.Ameasurementiscompletewhenyou
finishmovingitscalipers.
Foran
accuratemeasurement,accurate
placementofcalipersisessential.
To switch the active calipers
Dooneofthefollowing:
•Toswitchtheactivecaliperwithinaset,
click.
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