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2. Voluson E8/E6 Quick Card
Entering Patient data
Select the ‘Patient’ key – button top left on console
Enter Patient ID, name, DOB (A patient ID must be entered to store images)
Exit the patient page by selecting ‘Start Exam’ on left of TV screen using tracker ball and set
key
To edit patient information during the scan, press ‘patient’ key
Edit the patient information
Select ‘continue scan’ - top right on touch panel OR left on TV screen with tracker ball and
set key to return to scanning
Selecting a Probe/Application/Preset
Press the Probe/Preset key – button to the right of ‘patient’ on console
Select on touch panel the probe, application and setting
Measurements
Press caliper to perform 2D distance – button left of ‘calc’
Place the caliper in the appropriate position and press ‘set’ – buttons either side of tracker
ball
Move the tracker ball, a second caliper will appear
Press ‘Calc’ key to assign a measurement to the report
Select a ‘calc’ measurement from touch panel
Doppler
Select Colour (C), then Pulse Wave (PW)
Position your curser, and adjust sample volume (gate) with the tracker ball and change
button (just above tracker ball)
Press ‘ Update’ (left tracker ball key) to activate dual imaging of 2D/PW
Move tracker ball to activate 2D image for repositioning, thereafter the PW will update
Freeze image
Select ‘Application’ and ‘Auto trace’ from tough panel
To deselect parts of the auto trace calculated, move the tracker ball left
Vertical green line will appear, position accordingly
Then press ‘change’ and move the tracker ball to the right to deselect left hand part of trace
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