
Stress Echo
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ACUSON Cypress™ Operator’s Manual
captured loops press the
VIEW
function key and turn the
PLAY LOOP
Soft
Window knob. Press
2D
to exit View mode. Continue scanning until loops
for all four views have been saved.
To assign a label to the loops, press the
VIEW
key and turn the
PLAY
LOOP
knob to display each loop. Display the loop that you feel contains
the greatest amount of diagnostic information. If you are not happy with
any of the loops, press the
2D
key to continue scanning and saving loops.
Once you have selected a loop—and the loop is playing—
turn
the
PRO-
TOCOL
Soft Window knob to display the corresponding label. The view
counter displays a "1" next to the selected view. Numerous loops can be
stored for each view and are available for review in the quad display.
Continue labeling the loops until all four views contain at least one loop.
Go to Step 8.
Q SAVE
Turn the
PROTOCOL
Soft Window knob to display the
Rest
LAX
label. The
LAX
View label turns white indicating it is the active view. Begin scanning
the patient starting with the
LAX
view. Once the image has been opti-
mized, press
Q SAVE
. If you set the
QSAVE
Time Limit
to
1 Cycle
, the
Cypress system stores one loop that is automatically labeled
LAX
. The
view counter registers a “1” next to
LAX
and then automatically advances
to the
SAX
view label.
To view the captured loops, press the
VIEW
function key and turn the
PLAY LOOP
Soft Window knob. Press
2D
to exit View mode. Continue
scanning until loops for all four views have been saved.
Once a loop has been captured for the
AP2
view, the system automati-
cally advances to the Impost stage.
Go to Step 9.
8.
When all Rest loops and Base loops have been captured and labeled:
—
For 2-Stage
: Turn the
PROTOCOL
knob to display
Impost
(Immediate
Post Stage). “Impost” is displayed in the lower left corner of the screen, and
the view counters are reset to zero.
—
For 3-Stage
: Press
2D
to exit View mode. Turn the
PROTOCOL
knob to
display
Peak
. “Peak” is displayed in the lower left corner of the screen, and
the view counters are reset to zero.
—
For Pharmacological
: Press
2D
to exit View mode. Turn the
PROTOCOL
knob to display
Low
. “Low” is displayed in the lower left corner of the screen,
and the view counters are reset to zero.