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Optimizing Anatomical M-Mode
Edition of the cur ve
The drawn Anatomical M-Mode path can be edited by moving 
the anchor points.
To move an anchor point
1. Trackball to anchor point to move.
2. Press 
SELECT.
3. Trackball the anchor point to a new position.
4. Press 
SELECT to anchor the point to its new location. 

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Chapter 8 
Archiving
This chapter includes the following information:
• Introduction  ................................................................................... ..  270
• Storing images and cineloops  ..................................................... ..  271
• Storing an image  ...................................................................... 273
• Storing a cineloop...

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Introduction
During an examination, the operator stores data, images and 
cineloops for immediate purposes. The Vivid 7/Vivid 7 PRO 
ultrasound unit includes an integrated patient archiving system 
for data and image storage.
The Vivid 7/Vivid 7 PRO ultrasound unit enables also storing of 
data and images to external databases (EchoServer, Magneto 
Optical (MO) disk or CD-R). The patient and image archives 
are set by the selected dataflow (see page...

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Storing images and cineloops
DICOM images are 
stored to formatted 
Magneto Optical 
disks separately 
from patient data.Images and cineloops that are stored during a current 
examination are displayed as thumbnails on the clipboard (see 
Figure 8-1). When an image is stored, all the additional 
information that is displayed is saved with it (e.i. probe and 
application selected, image setting, annotations or 
measurements...).
The image archive is...

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 Figure 8-1: The Clipboard on the scanning screen
1. Single image stored
2. Cineloop stored Scrolling tool
3. Scrolling tool 

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Storing an image
Images are displayed chronologically on the clipboard.
1. While scanning in any mode, press 
FREEZE.
2. Trackball to scroll through the cineloop and select the 
required image.
3. Press 
STORE.
The image is stored and a thumbnail is displayed on the 
clipboard. The number “1” on the thumbnail image 
indicates that the image stored is a single frame (see 
Figure 8-1, page 272).
Storing a cineloop
A cineloop is a sequence of images...

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Storing cineloop without preview
The function Preview Loop before store is disabled (see 
page 397).
1. While scanning, press 
STORE.
The last valid cineloop is stored in the archive and a 
thumbnail is displayed on the clipboard (Figure 8-1, 
page 272).
Scanning resumes immediately.
Storing cineloop with preview
The function Preview Loop before store is enabled (see 
page 397).
1. While scanning, press 
STORE.
The last valid cineloop is previewed...

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 Figure 8-2: The System menu
4. Trackball to Save as.
5. Press 
SELECT.
The Save as menu is displayed.
 Figure 8-3: The Save as menu
6. Select the desired removable media from the Save in 
archive pull-down menu.
7. Enter a file name in the File name field. 

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If the image or cineloop is saved as DICOM or RawDICOM 
the file name is automatically generated to follow the 
DICOM standard.
8. Select between:
• Store image only: saves the image or cineloop only.
• Store secondary capture: creates a still image of the 
image area and the Title bar.
The secondary capture is not available when saving 
images as DICOM or RawDICOM.
9. Select the image compression type (JPEG or RIe) or no 
compression.
10. Enter in...