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Section 4-3 - General Procedure
4-3-13
Basic Measurements
NOTE:
The following instructions assume that you first scan the patient and then press
Freeze
.
4-3-13-1
Distance and Tissue Depth Measurements
1.) Press
MEASURE
once; an active caliper displays.
2.) To position the active caliper at the start point (distance) or the most anterior point (tissue
depth), move the
TRACKBALL
.
3.) To fix the start point, press
Set
. The system fixes the first caliper and displays a second active
caliper.
4.) To position the second active caliper at the end point (distance) or the most posterior point
(tissue depth), move the
TRACKBALL
.
5.) To complete the measurement, press
SET
. The system displays the distance or tissue depth
value in the measurement results window.
Before you complete a measurement:
To toggle between active calipers, press
MEASURE
.
To erase the second caliper and the current data measured and start the measurement again,
press
CLEAR
once.
NOTE:
To rotate through and activate previously fixed calipers, adjust
CURSOR SELECT
.
NOTE:
After you complete the measurement, to erase all data that has been measured to this point,
but not data entered onto worksheets, press
CLEAR
.
4-3-13-2
Circumference/Area (Ellipse) Measurement
1.) Press
MEASURE
once; an active caliper displays.
2.) To position the active caliper, move the
TRACKBALL
.
3.) To fix the start point, press
SET
. The system fixes the first caliper and displays a second active
caliper.
4.) To position the second caliper, move the
TRACKBALL
.
5.) Adjust the
ELLIPSE
; an ellipse with an initial circle shape appears.
6.) To position the ellipse and to size the measured axes (move the calipers), move the
TRACKBALL
.
7.) To increase the size, rotate the
ELLIPSE
button clockwise. To decrease the size, contrarotate
the
ELLIPSE
button.
8.) To toggle between active calipers, press
MEASURE
.
9.) To complete the measurement, press
SET
. The system displays the circumference and area
in the measurement results window.
Before you complete a measurement:
-
To erase the ellipse and the current data measured, press
CLEAR
once. The original caliper
is displayed to restart the measurement.
-
To exit the measurement function without completing the measurement, press
CLEAR
a
second time.
4-3-13-3
Worksheets
Measurement/Calculation worksheets are available to display and edit measurements and calculations.
There are generic worksheets as well as Application specific worksheets. The worksheets are selected
from the Measurement Touch Panel.
