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Care and Maintenance
10-12 Venue 50 – Basic Service Manual
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Functional checks
NOTE: See also Chapter 4.
The functional checks take about 60 minutes to perform. Refer
to the Ultrasound system user documentation whenever
necessary.
System checks
Table 10-6: System functional checks
Step Item Description
1. B Mode Verify basic B Mode (2D) operation. Check the basic Ultrasound system
controls that affect this mode of operation.
2. CF Mode Verify basic CF Mode (Color Flow Mode) operation. Check the basic
Ultrasound system controls that affect this mode of operation.
3. PDI Modes Verify basic PDI Mode operation (Power Doppler Imaging). Check the basic
Ultrasound system controls that affect this mode of operation.
4. M Mode Verify basic M Mode operation. Check the basic Ultrasound system controls
that affect this mode of operation.
5. Probe Elements Perform an Element Test on each probe to verify that all the probe elements
and system channels are functional.
6. Applicable
Software Options
Verify the basic operation of all optional modes such as Contrast. Check the
basic Ultrasound system controls that affect each options operation.
7. Xmit/Recv
Elements
Use the Visual Channel Utility on the loop connect to verify that all system
xmit/recv channels are functional.
8. Operator Touch
Panel test
Perform the Operator Touch Panel Test Procedure.
9. LCD Verify basic LCD display functions. Refer to Chapter 2 of the User Manual.
10. Software Menu
check
Verify Software Menu display functions. Refer to Chapter 2 of the User
Manual.
11. Peripherals See: ‘Peripheral Checks’ on page 4-25 .
12. Measurements In measurement mode, make distance measurement, get result in result
window. Verify the distance by graduated rule. Distance Accuracy should be
within

5%. (Name result from result window Result A, result from
graduated rule Result B; Distance Accuracy = (Result B-Result A)/Result A)