Acclarix AX4 Diagnostic Ultrasound System User Manual Exam Operation
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4 Exam Operation
4.1 How to Start an Exam
To start a new exam, press the
Patient
key and enter patient information, or select a scheduled
patient from the modality worklist.
If there is no previous exam, pressing the
Patient
key will bring you directly to the Patient
Information Page (see figure 4-2 below). If a previous exam is still active you will see the
following dialog:
Figure 4-1 Exam Confirmation Dialog
The following options are available:
End Exam:
select this to end the current exam and return to live imaging to start a new
exam.
Edit Current
: This lets you edit the Patient Information for the current exam. It does not
start a new exam.
New Exam
: Select this to start a new exam.
If
Same Patient
is checked, selecting
New Exam
will
end the previous exam and create a
new exam for the same patient
.
The main screen will display the Patient Information Page
with the previously entered patient information except for the exam accession number.
Changing the patient information for one exam will not impact the others.
If
Same Patient
is unchecked, selecting
New Exam
, a blank Patient Information Page
will be displayed for entering patient information for a new patient.
Tick the check box of
Same Patient
when operating multiple exams for same patient.
Cancel
: Exits the dialog without starting or ending an exam.
4.2 How to End an Exam
There are two ways to end an exam:
Pressing the
Patient
key, as described above, and then selecting
New Exam
. This both
ends the exam and displays the Patient Information Page for the next exam.
Pressing the
End Exam
key. This brings up a dialog to confirm you want to end the exam,
but does not invoke the Patient Information Page for the next exam.
When an exam is ended, the associated files on the system are closed. If a DICOM server is
connected successfully and
Auto-transfer when End Exam
is configured, any remaining images
are transferred.
