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Physio over view
 Figure 2-11: The physios controls on the front panel 
1. Assignable keys:
• ECG
• Horizontal sweep
• Gain
• Position
• ECG Lead
• ECG Trig
• Timer Trig
• ECG
• Beep
• Phono
• Horizontal sweep
• Gain
• Position
• Phono
• ECG Trig
• Timer Trig
• Phono filter
• Respiration
• Horizontal sweep
• Gain
• Position
• Resp
• ECG Trig
• Timer Trig
• Resp Lead
• AUX 1and AUX 2
• Gain
• Position
• AUX1
• AUX2/Press
2. Soft menu
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Physio controls
Physio assignable controls
Common controls
Horizontal sweep
Adjust the refresh rate of the physiological trace. This control is 
active only in 2D and color modes. The sweep speed of the 
physio traces in M-Mode and Doppler is identical to the M-
Mode or Doppler horizontal sweep adjusted by the user.
Gain
Enables the user to change the amplitude of the physiological 
trace displayed on the screen.
Position
Enables the...

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Phono filter
Select a phono filter to apply from a pop-up menu.
Respiration specific controls
Respiration
Turns the respiration trace on and off.
AUX specific controls
AUX1
Turns the AUX1 physiological trace on and off.
AUX2/Press
Turns the AUX2 physiological trace on and off.
Physio Soft menu controls
ECG Trig 1
Specifies the delay (ms) from R-wave to triggered frame.
ECG Trig 2
Specifies the delay (ms) from R-wave to second frame....

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Display of the phono trace
1. Press PHYSIO on the control panel.
2. Press 
MORE to display the assignables for the phono trace.
3. Press the assignable 
PHONO to display the trace.
Display of the respiration trace
1. Press PHYSIO on the control panel.
2. Press 
MORE twice to display the assignables for the 
respiration trace.
3. Press the assignable 
RESP. to display the trace.
Display of the pulse pressure trace
1. Press PHYSIO on...

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3. Turn the assignable rotary POSITION to move the trace 
vertically.
ECG Trigging
1. Press PHYSIO on the control panel to access to the ECG 
controls. 
2. Press the assignable 
ECG TRIG.
3. Using the 4-way Rocker, adjust Tri g  1 to position the first 
trig on the ECG (delay in ms from R-wave to triggered 
frame).
For dual triggering 
Trig 2 must be grat-
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Annotations
Text annotations may be inserted anywhere on the screen. The 
annotation can be free text or a pre-selected text from a mode-
specific annotation pop-up menu. The Annotation menu is 
user-configurable (see page 84).
 Figure 2-12: The mode-specific annotation menu 
1. Free text
2. Draw an arrow
3. Edit previous annotation
4. Configure annotation list
5. Pre-defined mode-specific 
annotations
6. Exit annotation mode 

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To inser t an annotation
Free text
While typing, use 
BACKSPACE to de-
lete backward.
1. Press the alphanumeric key TEXT (F10).
The Annotation menu is displayed (see Figure 2-12).
2. Press User.
3. Type the required text.
4. Trackball the text entered to the insertion position.
5. Press 
SELECT to add the annotation.
6. Press Exit in the Annotation menu.
Pre-defined annotation
1. Press the alphanumeric key TEXT (F10).
A list of...

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• LEFT ARROW: moves the text cursor backward
• 
BACKSPACE: deletes backward.
• 
DELETE: deletes the text forward.
• 
INSERT: toggles the text entry state from overwrite to 
insert mode.
5. Do the appropriate changes to the annotation.
6. Press 
SELECT to anchor the edited annotation.
To erase annotation
The user can erase all annotations on the screen in one 
operation or erase annotations one by one.
To erase all annotations
1. Press...

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3. Type the new annotation text.
4. Press add.
The new annotation text is added at the end of the list.
5. Press save to store the new annotation list.
 Figure 2-13: The configuration dialogue box for the annotation menu
1. Rearrange list
2. Delete selected text
3. Reset to factory 
default
4. Add new text to the 
list
5. Enter new text
6. Selected text 

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Bodymarks
Bodymarks are small graphic images that represent the 
anatomy being examined. Using bodymarks, the user can 
indicate the position that the probe was in during the 
examination.
Inser ting a bodymark
1. Press the alphanumeric key BODYMARK (F6).
The Bodymark menu is displayed showing a selection of 
bodymarks relative to the selected exam category.
 Figure 2-14: The Bodymark menu
2. Trackball to the desired bodymark and...