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Clear, Menu, and Image Store keys
VCR Control and Print key
Key Description
Used for navigation between menus and 
screens. 
CLEAR brings the display back to the 
previous state.
Activates menu with additional options and 
controls not available from the assignable keys.
Stores the currently active imaging window to 
disk. The stored information depends of the 
configuration of the current application. Stored 
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Trackball operation
The Trackball area consists of the trackball and five 
surrounding keys. Three of these have the very same function 
(the select function) for ergonomic reasons. 
Key Description
TrackballUsed for navigation and together with the 
surrounding keys, to move, select or activate 
objects on the screen.
Trackball keyControls the trackball assignments between the 
mode-specific options. By pressing 
TRACKBALL, 
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Assignable keys and rotar y knobs
The functions of the assignable keys vary according to the 
mode and/or module in which the user is working.
Key Description
Assignable 
rotary knobsFour rotary knobs, whose functions vary 
according to the scan mode and position that is 
currently active. The assigned functions are 
indicated above the rotary on the LCD display. 
The mode-specific functions for these rotary 
knobs are described in Chapter 3,...

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The soft menu rocker
The F1 to F4 keys
Key Description
Soft Menu 
RockerA 4-way rocker used to access mode-specific 
menus, select a menu option and adjust option-
related values.
•  The vertical arrows are used to select the menu 
options.
•  The horizontal arrows are used to adjust the 
values. 
The mode-specific menus are described in 
Chapter 3, ’Scanning Modes’ on page 89.
Key Description
Function
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The alphanumeric keyboard
Key Description
Displays the on-line version of the user manual.
Displays the configuration dialog box, allowing 
user configuration of various settings on the 
scanner. Some settings are configured for each 
application, press 
APPL. to access to 
application-specific settings.
Displays the DICOM spooler window. The 
DICOM spooler is used for checking the current 
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Enables text annotation to be inserted on the 
image. The annotations can be typed or selected 
from a (configurable) menu. Key Description 

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The Scanning screen
 Figure 1-9: The scanning screen
1. Current patient data
2. Institution
3. Date & time
4. Operator ID
5. Probe
6. Application
7. Mechanical & Thermal Index
8. VCR counter (replay)
9. VCR status
10. Date & time
11. Heart rate
12. Parameter window
13. Frame counter and timer
14. Soft menu window
15. Pull-down soft menu16. Trackball assignment
17. Status bar
18. Prompt/Status information
19. Clipboard
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The scanning screen is divided in several areas as follows:
The title bar
From the left:
The patient infor-
mation displayed on 
the Title bar is con-
figurable (see 
page 437).Patient Information
Displays the information that uniquely identifies the patient, 
such as patient name, identification number and birth date. 
This information is entered in the New patient window, as 
described on page 49.
Institution name
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Archive Information
Displays the currently selected patient and image archives.
Parameters window
Displays scan mode or application specific parameters. In 
scanning mode the parameters for the active mode are 
highlighted. This window also displays zoom information, 
stress template and image groups in image browser.
Soft menu window
Displays the mode specific controls operated from the 4-way 
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Footswitch operation
The footswitch is used to free the hands of common key 
operations, such as select keys, video recording, etc. The three 
switches have different function assignments depending on the 
current application (see page 400).
Connecting the footswitch
1. Connect the footswitch to the input marked   on the 
External I/O panel (see Figure 1-10).
 Figure 1-10: The Footswitch connector on the External I/O Panel