Volcano CORE Mobile, Operator'S Manual

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Chapter 8: Making Measurements
and Annotations
This chapter describes the measurement and annotation tools that are available on your
system. The measurement tools do not apply to VH frames. See the next chapter for VH
measurements.
NOTE
: Measurement accuracy is dependent on operator’s familiarity with specified
measurements and interpretion of ultrasound images.
Making Measurements
The following measurements can be made on any single grayscale (non VH) frame:

Distance/Diameter

Area (Dot or Draw)

Vessel Length (within the ILD)
To Enter Measurement Mode:
1 Navigate to Home screen.
2 Locate the frame of interest, for example:

Saved Frame

Frame within a video loop (loop must be stopped)

Frozen image from Live mode
NOTE 1 : To save measurements made on a frame with a video loop or on a frozen
image, press Save Frame before selecting another tab or control console key, or
measurements will be lost.
NOTE 2 : Measurements cannot be made on live frames.
Measuring Vessel Diameter
You can make up to four vessel diameter measurements for each frame.
1 Select the
Diameter
button in the Home screen.
2 Using the trackball on the control console, move the cursor to the spot for the first
point and press Select (+) .