GE Vivid 7 User Manual
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Getting started Vivid7/Vivid7 PRO Users Manual27 FC092326-03 Legend Display Monitor: Swivels to the left and right, tilts up and down. Speakers Control panel: Contains all the buttons and the alphanumeric keyboard used to operate the system. See page 29 for further details. Probe and gel holders: Situated on either side of the Control panel. VCR Probe ports: Three active and one park phased array probe ports, and two pencil probe ports. Foot brakes: Control swivel and brake of the wheels. See page 22 for further details. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 7
Getting started 28Vivid7/Vivid7 PRO Users Manual FC092326-03 CD-RW is not supported, only CD-R (recordable).Portable disks: • Magneto optical disk • CD-ROM Patient I/O Black & white video printer Console swivel operating handle: Situated in the middle beneath the front handles. • Vivid 7: swivel and in/out displacement • Vivid 7 PRO: limited swivel only Console lifting operating handle: Situated in the left front handle. Color video printer Legend 9 10 11 12 13
Getting started Vivid7/Vivid7 PRO Users Manual29 FC092326-03 Control panel The following pictures illustrate the layout of the Vivid 7/ Vivid 7 PRO control panel. The buttons and controls are grouped together for ease of use. A detailed description of the buttons is provided on the following pages. Figure 1-7: The control panel (left side). 1. TGC sliders 2. Loudspeaker volume control 3. On/Off button 4. F1-F4 keys: (Not in use) 5. Navigation keys: Archiving & Reporting buttons Pre- examination buttons Video playback 6. Function keys: System Configuration Annotation On-line manual 7. Alphanumeric keyboard 1 23 7 4 5 6
Getting started 30Vivid7/Vivid7 PRO Users Manual FC092326-03 Figure 1-8: The control panel (right side). 8. Active mode gain 9. 2D gain 10. Scan mode selection keys 11. Assignable keys 12. Zoom control 13. Depth control 14. Display format keys 15. Measurement, Image store and menu keys 16. Soft menu rocker 17. VCR controls and print keys 18. Freeze keys 19. Trackball operation 8 9 10 12 13 15 14 16 17 18 11 19
Getting started Vivid7/Vivid7 PRO Users Manual31 FC092326-03 Key illumination The keys on the control panel are illuminated according to their availability: • Illumination in green: the key function is currently active. • Illumination in yellow: the key function is available (but not active) in the current state of the scanner. • No illumination: The key is not available in the current state of the scanner. Power On/Off key Navigation keys The following buttons on the top left of the control panel are used for navigation between different screen or packages on the scanner. They are related to either pre or post-examination operations. Each of these operations are described in more detail in the following chapters. Key Description Turns the unit on and off. Key Description Displays the Search/Create patient window. Enables the creation of a new patient record. Displays the Select Probe and Application dialog box that enables the users to select the desired probe and application preset for the current examination. For information about selecting probes, refer to page 53 and page 366. Displays the Application dialog box that enables the users to select the appropriate application preset for the current examination. Probe Appl
Getting started 32Vivid7/Vivid7 PRO Users Manual FC092326-03 Gives access to controls for physiological traces. The controls appear on the assignable keys. Displays the examination report. Brings the scanner into the Image review mode, that enables the user to select images from the clipboard for analysis, activate the image browser or enter the Image Review screen where bigger previews of the images are shown for image selection. Refer to page 293 for details on the review of images. Displays the Search/Create patient window if no patient record is currently selected. Enables the user to search a patient record in a patient archive (see page 279). If a patient record is selected, displays the Patient information screen. Displays the Measurement worksheet where the user may edit or delete measurements, change averaging etc. Refer to page 230 for details on how to operate the worksheet. Brings scanner into video playback mode that enables the user to look at video tape recordings. For further information about video playback control refer to page 384. Key Description Physio Report
Getting started Vivid7/Vivid7 PRO Users Manual33 FC092326-03 Scan Mode Selection keys The following keys are used to select the required scan mode, and to select additional tools that enhance the application’s capabilities. Refer to page 89 for detailed information about scanning. Key Description Displays the 2D live acquisition mode that is the default scanning screen for the unit. For further information on 2D scanning, refer to page 92. M-Mode can be added from a 2D scan also in replay.Displays the M-Mode examination screen and enables M-Mode functions. Used for viewing motion patterns. For further information, refer to page 98. Displays the examination screen in Color Flow Mapping mode. Used to display color-coded blood flow information. For further information, refer to page 104. In replay mode with TVI the velocity trace mode will be toggled on by the PW key.Displays the examination screen in Pulsed Wave Doppler mode. Used for displaying the Doppler spectrum of blood flow at a selected part of the anatomy. For further information, refer to page 112. CW mode is not available on all scanning probes.Displays the examination screen in Continuous Wave Doppler mode. Allows examination of blood flow data all along the Doppler CW cursor. For further information, refer to page 112. Displays the tissue velocity overlay on 2D and M- Mode scans. If TVI is on, the Doppler modes (PW/CW) will also be optimized for tissue velocity. For further information, refer to page 119. Depending on the options installed on the scanner, this key will bring up the menu for selection of additional scanning modes.
Getting started 34Vivid7/Vivid7 PRO Users Manual FC092326-03 Basic Mode Parameter Adjustment Controls The following controls are used to modify and adjust the unit’s display to best suit the user’s requirements, such as color, gain, zoom and image depth, according to the mode being operated by the user. Controls Description 2D GainControls the total gain of the gray scale images in 2D Mode. Active mode GainControls the total gain of other activated modes, such as, M-Mode, Color, PW, or CW Doppler mode. TGCSliding keys that compensate for depth-related attenuation in an image. The upper slider corresponds to the smallest depth. DepthControls the displayed depth of tissue scan. Has no effect in replay. Toggles the cursor display on/off in 2D scanning mode. Changes the angle of the cursor on linear probes. The steering angles are fixed for each linear probe. This key has no effect with sector imaging probes.
Getting started Vivid7/Vivid7 PRO Users Manual35 FC092326-03 Freeze keys The freeze keys are used to freeze images and cine loops in all modes for on-line analysis and storage for future use. Display format keys The following keys provide different view formats to best suit the user’s requirements. Toggles the high resolution (HR) zoom on/off. The key has no effect in replay. The HR zoom concentrates the image processing to a user selectable portion of the image, resulting in an improved image quality and a higher frame rate in the chosen ROI Display ZoomControls image magnification. Rotate clockwise to activate zoom mode and increase zoom factor. Rotate counterclockwise to decrease and turn off zoom. Zoom is available in both live and replay. Controls Description Key Description Stops or restarts all data acquisition. When scan is frozen, the Trackball can be used to scroll through the cine loop. Activates or freezes 2D mode. In simultaneous mode, pressing 2D FREEZE will activate or deactivate the 2D image, leaving the other mode display unchanged. In freeze mode, stops/starts the cineloop. Key Description Toggles the display priority of 2D-Mode or Doppler/M-Mode and top/bottom or side by side display when working in combined mode. This key is only active in Doppler or M-Mode.
Getting started 36Vivid7/Vivid7 PRO Users Manual FC092326-03 Measurement controls The following keys are used to take measurements and perform calculations. Enables multiple image display windows in which two or four images can be viewed simultaneously. When reducing the number of images, the active window will always been kept. In combined mode, switches between the mode specific assignable controls of the currently used modes. Toggles the active window in multiple imaging mode. The active window is indicated by a highlighted frame. All imaging controls are normally applied only to the active window. Key Description Key Description Activates the Measurement & Analysis (M&A) calculation program. This program is context sensitive and will display relevant measurements to the current mode and application. See page 209 for further details on M&A. Activates measurement tools (unassigned measurement). See page 209 for further details on M&A.