ACUSON Cypress™ Operator’s Manual
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Using Existing Studies
Batch Removal
To remove a
group
of patients or studies, follow these steps:
1.
Press the
PATIENT
function key to display the Patient/Study list.
2.
To highlight a group of studies in consecutive order, use the <
SHIFT
> key.
3.
To highlight studies that are not in consecutive order, use the <
CTRL
> key.
4.
Click the [
REMOVE
] button to delete the studies from the system hard drive.
5.
A system message prompts you to specify what data should be removed by
clicking the corresponding radio button: All Data (deletes all information per-
taining to the patient), All Images (deletes all loops and frames; the patient
name and patient information remain in the Patient/Study List), or Unflagged
Images (all image data not flagged will be deleted).
6.
Click [
YES TO ALL
] to remove
all
of the highlighted studies or click [
YES
] to
confirm deletion of each study, one-at-a-time.
7.
To exit, press
2D
or any Mode key except
COLOR
.
USE THE <
SHIFT
>
KEY ON THE
CYPRESS KEYPAD
TO HIGHLIGHT MUL-
TIPLE STUDIES. THE
CYPRESS SYSTEM
WILL REMOVE ALL
THE HIGHLIGHTED
STUDIES.
USE THE <CTRL>
(CONTROL) KEY TO
HIGHLIGHT MULTI-
PLE STUDIES THAT
ARE NOT IN CON-
SECUTIVE ORDER.
THE CYPRESS WILL
REMOVE ONLY THE
HIGHLIGHTED
STUDIES.
