Patients
4-18
ACUSON Cypress™ Operator’s Manual
Completing a Study with No Patient Name
If you conduct a study without entering a patient’s name, the patient is labeled
“Unknown”. The system can have any number of Unknown patients. They will
each be listed separately with the date and time of the study.
To update the Unknown entry with patient information, follow these steps:
1.
Press the
PATIENT
function key to display the Patient/Study list.
2.
Highlight the correct Unknown patient. Be careful to check the date and time
information to get the right study.
3.
Click the [
EDIT
] button.
4.
Use the Trackball or <
TAB
> key to move the cursor to the patient information
fields and type the new information.
5.
Click [
OK
] to save the changes.
6.
To exit, press
2D
.
Using Existing Studies
Adding Data to an Existing Study
To add additional loops to an existing study, follow these steps:
1.
Press the
PATIENT
function key to display the Patient/Study list.
2.
Scroll through the directory by positioning the Trackball on the up or down
arrow and pressing <
ENTER
> or by turning the Main knob.
3.
Highlight an existing study under the patient’s name and click [
ACTIVATE
].
4.
Press
2D
to exit the Setup screen and return to the
2D
display or press
SETUP
to return to the
2D
display.
5.
Save loops using
•SAVE
or
Q SAVE
(see “Saving Image Data” on page 5-5).
6.
All loop saves are added to the selected study.
