GE Vivid E9 User Manual

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Front End Parts Replacement 
The term front end as whole refers to the input and signal processing 
side of the system including probes, signal relays, ADC/DAC  
Vivid E9 Front End Processor (FEP) 
To prepare: 
 Power down the Vivid E9 
 Disconnect all probes and external I/O cabling. 
 Remove the Right Side Cover 
First remove the FEP cover. An EMI cover is used to ground the PCIe 
(GFI) cable to the FEP cover: 
Unscrew the fixing...

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Use top and bottom ejectors on GRLY board to slightly pull out front 
planes. 
Use last GTX board and repeat same process as GRLY. 
The card connectors have 
color-keys to prevent 
installation in an incorrect 
rack position. If the 
system is powered on with 
a card placed in the wrong 
position, the VIVID E9 will 
be destroyed.  

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Repeat those steps until the two XD_Bus boards release from 
remaining FEP boards. 
Gently release each of XD_Bus boards from connectors on GRLY and 
GTX. 
Be sure to place boards on 
ESD safe surface.  

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Module 9 System Adjustments 
This module covers adjustments that can be made to the GE E9 
systems. 
Touch Screen Calibration 
The Touch Screen Calibration is found on the Operator Panel Test 
Dialog. Follow these steps to open the Operator Panel Test Dialog: 
 Select Config (F2). 
 Log on as ADM and select System > Test. 
 Select Operator Panel Test. This will open the Operator Panel 
Test Dialog: 
 
The Calibrate button is used to...

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 Select Calibrate. The Touch screen goes blank and display a cross 
in the screen’s upper left corner. 
 Put your finger on the centre of the cross and press slightly. This 
calibrates this point and the cross moves to the next point on the 
screen. Continue until all five points on the screen have been 
calibrated. 
 Select Done.to complete the calibration. 
DC Offset Calibration 
This procedure calibrates each ADC channel of the GRX...

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Diagnostics. 
 Select the “+” before 
Service Diagnostics folder to 
open the list of choices. 
 Select the “+” before 
Analog Receive to open the 
test choices for the analog 
receiver. 
 Select DC Offset Calibration 
and then follow the on-
screen instructions. 
folder. 
 Select Execute to run the 
calibration. 
 After completing the 
calibration, you must 
restart the system. 
 
Operator Panel Adjustments 
This section covers...

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Normal Operator Panel XY Movement 
When the Operator Panel is in the locked position if you press the left 
button (lock) of the Frogleg Controls, it will cause the motorized park 
lock to release and momentarily releases the brakes in the froglegs 
permitting the OP to move in the XY direction. 
When the console is not locked (floating) the lock button will only 
release the brakes in the froglegs to allow easy movement. 
The lock...

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XY Brake Adjustment 
Locate the hex adjustment screw behind the XY Assembly. Use a 3 
mm hex tool to adjust the XY Lock release for optimal lock and 
minimal slack in transport mode. 
 Clockwise will tighten the lock and will reduce slack, but will also 
require more force for engaging the lock. 
 Rotating counterclockwise will increase the slack. 
Too tight will reduce the slack and make it harder to engage the lock. 
Make the...

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Glossary 
Apodization – A weighting function used as means of reducing 
side lobes in the beam. 
Application Entity – A node in a DICOM network. 
Back End –  System block on the user interface side that 
contains master controller, signal processing, image memory 
and video layout, peripheral and user interface. 
Beamforming – A common signal processing technique used to 
enable directionally or spatially selected signals to be sent or...

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twice the frequency of the transmitted sound. 
I2C – Inter-IC bus, a two wire serial bus for communication 
between integrated circuits. Developed by Philips in the 1980’s 
it is now an industry standard. 
In Plane Switching – A type of thin film transistor LCD screen 
that has particularly good wide viewing angle and accurate 
color reproduction. 
Loops – Multiframe objects (e.g. video) 
M Mode – is also known as T-M mode or time-motion...