Verathon AORTASCAN AMI 9700, Operation & Maintenance Manual

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PROCEdURE 4. SAVE, REVIEW, & PRINT EXAM RESULTS
In order to save the scan, you must record an annotation. If you do not record an annotation, the scan
result will be lost, and the next scan you perform will overwrite the non‑annotated scan.
IMPORTANT
The AMI 9700 instrument does not automatically save each scan. It is recommended that you add a voice
annotation or write down the diameter calculated for each location.
SAVE/ANNOTATE AN EXAM
1. On the console, press and release the
Record
button .
2. Hold the probe approximately six inches (15 cm) from your mouth, and then record the patient
information by speaking clearly into the probe microphone located just above the aiming display on the
probe.
3. When you are finished recording, press the
Stop
button . An hourglass icon appears to indicate that
the scan is being saved.
4. Press the Listen button . The voice annotation plays.
If you are not satisfied with the recording, press the
Record
button again to record a new
annotation.
Note: You can make a new recording only if the instrument still displays the aortic diameter for that
particular scan.
If desired, the instrument is ready to perform another scan.
REVIEW AN EXAM
5. On the console, press the
Review
button .
On the Review Screen, two types of diameter measurements may be displayed:
• Diameter
V‑ mode
– Diameter measured automatically by AMI 9700
• Diameter
Manual
– Diameter measured manually in Manual Measurement Mode. See Measure Aortic
Diameter Manually (Optional) for further details.
Note: You must record a voice annotation in order to review the results.
PRINT AN EXAM
6. If you are printing exam results immediately after the measurement is taken, on the Results screen, press
the Print button .
7. If you are printing saved exam results, press the Review button , select the saved exam that you want
to print, then press the
Print
button .