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| How are the buttons grouped on most ultrasound machines? |
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Power (Vivid)
On/Off (Aspen) |
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| Turns on and off the machine. |
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Patient ID (Vivid)
Begin/End (Aspen) |
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| Demographic page for entering patient information. |
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| Where is the "Power" button located on the Vivid machine? |
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Power (Vivid)
Output/Display (Aspen) |
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Voltage – varies the amount of energy the transducer transmits to the patient
*Should be set as LOW as possible |
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Probe (Vivid)
Xducer (Aspen) |
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| Allows you to pick the transducer you want to use . |
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Physio (Vivid)
ECG (Aspen) |
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Turns on and off the EKG
Allows you to adjust the amplitude and location of the EKG line. |
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Brings out subtle differences in tissue texture by reducing random noise in the image (Vivid)
Accomplished by allowing an accumulation of echo information over a longer period
of time |
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AKA: Color Maps
Colorizes the gray scale (blue, brown, green, red) |
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| Varies the amount of sharpening of the pixels |
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Menu (Vivid)
APPLIC/MENU (Aspen)
Applic/Menu (Aspen) |
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| Allows the user to display a menu of all present applications for that unit |
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| Left / right – used to change the left/right orientation of an image |
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| Up / Down – used to change the up/down orientation of an image |
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Used to change the depth of penetration
To increase or decrease the field of view |
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FOCUS (Vivid)
POSITION/ TRNS ZONE (Aspen) |
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Aka: Transmit zone / focal zone
Focuses the transmitted beam on a specific area of interest |
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DYN. RANGE (Vivid)
DYN. RANGE or COMPRESSION (Aspen) |
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Determines the level of sound intensity.
Assigns different shades of black and white to different levels of sound intensity
Low dB – high contrast
High dB – low contrast – more shades of gray |
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-overall (master) gain -increases or decreases the overall amplification or brightness of an image |
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| Allows you to expand (magnify) a portion of an image and view it in real-time. |
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| TGC (Time Gain Compensation) |
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| Increases or decreases the amplification of echoes at different depths |
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| Controls the movement of the annotation cursor, calipers, cine loop |
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Store (Vivid)
Clip Store (Aspen) |
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| Allows you to store a segment of a video clip |
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Store (Vivid)
Image Store (Aspen) |
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| Stores the displayed image to the hard drive |
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| Starts and stops a real-time image. |
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The system memory stores the most recent sequence of image frames before the freeze button
is pressed.
Allows the operator the ability to review the sequence of stored images |
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| Activates an accessory camera such as a paper printer or laser camera |
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TILT (Vivid)
ANGLE ON/OFF (Aspen) |
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| activates the Doppler angle correction |
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ACTIVE GAIN (Vivid)
D GAIN (Doppler Gain) (Aspen) |
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Adjusts the amount of gain assigned to the Doppler spectral display
Used to clean background noise from doppler spectral display |
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SAMPLE VOL. (Vivid)
GATE (Aspen) |
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Doppler sample gate
Determines the location and area from which Doppler information is processed and
displayed.
Allows sonographer to change the size of the sample volume. |
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Reject (Vivid)
Filter (Aspen) |
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Used to add/eliminate frequencies.
Increase filter to clear out unwanted signals – fast moving flow
Decrease filter to display more information in the Doppler signal – will create noise on
the spectral waveform BUT allow you to evaluate very slow blood flow |
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Changes the speed at which the spectral information is displayed Fast sweep – easier for measurements Slow sweep – allows more cycles to be sampled |
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Velocity Scale (Vivid)
Scale (Aspen) |
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| Adjusts the range of velocities present in the Doppler display |
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| Is the zero velocity line on the spectral display |
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Switches the Doppler display
o Normally flow toward the transducer is displayed above the baseline and flow away from the
transducer is displayed below the baseline
INVERT will change the display, so (-) will be above the baseline and (+) will be
below the baseline |
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FREQUENCY (Vivid)
MULT HZ (Aspen) |
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Multiple Hertz
Allows you to change the frequency of the transducer that has been activated
Some transducers do not have a range of frequencies. |
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2D (Vivid)
2D Only (Aspen) |
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| allows you to quickly exit a spectral Doppler or M-Mode and return to gray scale imaging |
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Motion mode "Ice Pick View"
Used in cardiac and OB imaging to trace movements of the cardiac tissue |
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| CW (Continuous Wave Doppler) or PW (Pulsed Wave Doppler) |
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| activates the doppler function for the activated transducer |
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| Allows ability to enter and exit the color doppler mode |
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2D Update (Vivid)
Update (Aspen) |
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Allows you to switch back and forth between a frozen Color Doppler image and the spectral
analysis. |
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Allows you to move the tape either forward or backward at one of 8 different speeds
Useful for quickly positioning the tape at a part of the exam that you want to review |
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• STOP/ EJECT
• REW
• FF
• PAUSE
• PLAY
• SHUTTLE |
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| When using Dual or Quad format, this button will highlight the image you want |
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| Allows a display of 4 images at once |
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Displays 2 gray scale images at once.
Images are displayed side-by-side, only one will be in real time |
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| Displays all the measurements recorded and stored on the hard drive for that exam |
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AREA (under calcs for Vivid)
ELLIPSE (Aspen) |
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| Measurement tool used in circumference measurements |
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| Allows the ability to trace the outline of an area being measured. |
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Measure (Vivid)
Calc (Aspen) |
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| Displays a pop-up menu of calculation software packages |
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| Add calipers (Aspen Only) |
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| Use this button to add more than one caliper on the screen |
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Caliper (Vivid)
Calipers On/Off (Aspen) |
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| A caliper is a measurement tool. This button allows you to enter an exit the caliper mode |
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