Verathon AORTASCAN AMI 9700, Operation & Maintenance Manual

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Operations & Maintenance Manual: Using the Device
PROCEdURE 3. MEASURE AORTIC dIAMETER MANUALLY (OPTIONAL)
To measure abdominal aortic diameter manually, you must perform a scan in B‑mode. For information about
setting the instrument in B‑mode, see
General Preferences Screen on page 26.
1. After completing the scan, press the Manual Mode button . The Manual Measurement Mode
screen opens.
Axis Select Manual Mode Return
2. By using the following button controls, move one cursor to the right edge of the aorta and move the
other cursor to the opposite edge of the aorta:
• Press the Axis Select button to swap between the Up and Down arrows or the Left and Right
arrows.
• Use the
Manual Mode
button in order to swap between cursors on the results display.
• When you are finished moving the cursors, press the
Return
button .
This records the measurement and exits Manual Measurement Mode. The manual measurement is
displayed on the Review screen. Record a voice annotation in order to save the manual measurement
result.