1 Power on

2 Advanced function keys

3 Exam procedure keys
4 Function key on the keyboard
1 6
(F1-F12)
5 P1,P2: User-defined keys

6 Touch screen &

Parameter knobs
2
5
8 7 Annotation
3 9
7 8 Imaging Mode &
4 13 Measurement

10 11 9 3D/4D: Enter/Exit 3D/4D

12
10 Control center
11 Optimize the image
12 Save image
13 Parameter adjustment

DC-8
Quick Reference Guide
Quick Reference Guide

Getting Started The parameters in Color mode: Gain, Depth, iTouch, Steer, Scale, Baseline, Invert, B/C
Align, Dual Live, Image Quality, Flow State, Priority, Packet Size, Color Map, Wall Filter,
New Patient
Line Density, Smooth, Persistence, Velocity Tag (the parameters might be displayed
1. Press [Patient], fill in the basic patient information via Touch screen or keyboard.
on different pages).
2. Press [Probe], select probe and exam mode via Touch screen.
Special Imaging Mode (Optional)
Scanning Elastography
B Mode 1. Select the exam mode (general application for Breast or Thyroid) via Touch screen
1. Adjust the interested parameters via Touch screen. with any linear probe.
2. Rotate the [B/M] knob to adjust the gain. 2. Click [Elasto] on the control panel to active the function and press the probe on the
target organ.
CDFI/Power Mode
Note: There is a pressure indicator on the bottom of the screen, make sure the
1. Press [Color/Power] to enter Color/Power mode.
pressure you applied is appropriate so that the pressure bar is indicated in green;
2. Move [Trackball] to change the position of ROI.
otherwise the pressure bar is indicated in gray.
3. Press [Set] and then move [Trackball] to change the size of ROI, press [Set].
B Color B Elasto 3D/4D 3D/4D
PW/CW Mode 4D SC CMPR iPage 3D Layout Rotation Edit Tools 3D/4D SC

1. Press [PW/CW] to enter PW/CW mode. TDI iWork iScape Elasto Contrast

2. Move [Trackball] to change the position of sample U/D

volume.
Flip L/R Flip Dual Live Expand Fov ExFov Single E VR MPR VOI On Inversion Accept
VOI

3. Change the size and angle of sample volume via Touch screen or its relative knob. Reset Active Quadrant VR Orientation Display

Rotation LGC iNeedle Invert

Press [Update] or [PW/CW] to get the Pulse Wave Doppler. All Ori A B 0° 90° VR MPR

Image Adjustment iBeam iClear

Focus
Number
Smooth
Curve C VR 180° 270° 2D C

On 2/7 2/4 2
iClear 2D & C
1/7 Flip Sync
Quality
1 Harmonic On
Persistance Dyn Range Gray Map Tint
On
Opacity Map
Threshold Opacity Smooth Brightness Contrast Tint Threshold Opacity
General 7/8 240 dB 6 / 10 10 / 12 240 dB E3 80 % 80 % 80 % 80 % 7% 5/7
  80 % 80 %

2 B B TVI B M B M

iWork 3D/4D
TDI Free Xros M

L/R Flip B/iNeedle ExFov

1. Press [Probe], select the volume
B/C Align
probe
Fov Size
and the
2:3
exam
3:2
mode via Touch screen. V 2:3 V 2:

2. Click [3D/4D] to enter and adjust the ROI and curve VOI.
LGC iNeedle
3. Click [Start] or press [Update] to enter
Invert the 4D
H 2:3 image3:1real-time Full status.
H 2:3 V 3:
3
4. Rotate X/Y/Z knobs to adjust the axis of 3D/4D image.
iBeam iClear
Focus
Number 5. Adjust rendering method/ layout/parameters via Touch screen.
Line
Density
Flow State Wall Filter M Soften Edge
Enhance
On 2/7 2/4 Mid 2/7 Low 1/4 2/3

B B Color
Color Quality
B B
Harmonic On
Persistance
Elasto
Elasto Dyn Range Gray Map Tint
On
3D/4DPersistance
3D/4D
Quality
Harmonic On
Paket Size Map Priority 3D/4D
3D/4D Speed Dyn Range Gray Map Tint
On
Speed

General 7/8 240 dB 6 / 10 10 / 12 4D 4D

General SC 0SC CMPR
CMPR 0 iPage 3D Layout
iPage 3D Layout Rotation80%
Rotation
TVV4 Edit Edit
ToolsTools 3D/4D
3D/4D SC5 /SC
6 CMPR
CMPR iPage
iPage Layout
80 dBLayout 10 Rotation
6 / Rotation Edit
10 Edit
ToolsTools
/ 12 5/6
TDI TDI iWork
iWork iScape
iScape Elasto
Elasto Contrast
Contrast

4 B iScape B iScape Annotation Annotation

Body Mark
VR VR MPRMPR VOI VOI
On On Accept
InversionAccept
Inversion Preset
Trace Hide Exit
U/D U/D
Flip Flip L/R Flip
L/R Flip DualDual
Live Live Expand
Expand Fov Fov ExFov
ExFov Single
Single E E
VOI VOI

Exit Exit
VR Orientation
RT\LT Lobe CBD GB Aorta
ResetReset ActiveActive Quadrant
Quadrant VR Orientation Display
Display Render
Render Modes
Modes View Direction
View Direction

Rotation
Rotation LGC LGC iNeedle
iNeedle Invert
Invert
1. Mode displaying areas: Click to display the active imagingStart mode.
Capture Stop
All All Ori Ori A A
Redo
B B
Actual Size
0° 0° 90° 90°
Fit Size
VR VR MPR MPR Surface
Surface MaxMax Up-Down
Up-Down

2. Parameter adjusting areas: Display the parameters in the current imaging mode.
Sag\Xs Liver Bile Duct Supine Stomach
Curve
Curve C C VR VR 180°180° 270°270° 2D 2D C C Min Min Left-Right
Left-Right
iBeam FocusFocus
iBeam iCleariClear Smooth
Smooth
3. Knob adjusting On On
areas: Display 2 / 72 / 7
the knob controlled Number
Number
2 / 42 / 4
parameters that can be
2 2
Ruler
0 1 Prox\Mid\Distal Lateral Pancreas Pancreatic Duodenum
iCleariClear 2D & 2D
C &C X-Ray
X-Ray Back-Back
Back-Back
adjusted by the knobs under the Touch screen.
Quality Persistance
Quality Persistance Dyn Range GrayGray
Dyn Range Map Map Tint Tint Opacity
Opacity Map Map
1 / 71 / 7 Flip Flip SyncSync Decubitus Duct

Harmonic
On On On Threshold Opacity
Opacity Smooth Brightness Contrast
Contrast
Harmonic On Tint Tint Threshold Opacity
Opacity Smooth Brightness Contrast
Contrast Tint Tint
4. Press [B] General
knob
General to7 / return
87 / 8 to B mode. 240 dB
240 dB 6 / 10
6 / 10 10 / 12
10 / 12 240 dB
240 dB E3 E3
Threshold
80 %80 % 80 %80 %
Smooth
80 %80 %
Brightness
80 %80 % 7%7% 5 / 75 / 7
Threshold
80 %80 % 80 %80
CHD%
Smooth
80 %80 Spleen
%
Brightness
80 %80 %Kidney 7 % 7 % 5 / 75 / 7
Bowel

The parameters B B
in B mode: Depth, TGC, Gain, iTouch ™, Focus Position, Steer, Image
B B TVI TVI B B M M Playback Rotation Tint
B B M M
off
Quality, Tint Map, U/D (L/R) Flip, Rotation, FOV, ExFOV, Image Merge, Dynamic Range,
On Language Crab Word Library Font Size Arrow Mark
-- 60° 6/8 English Abdomen Mid Mid
iWorkiWork TDI TDI FreeFree
XrosXros
M M FreeFree
XrosXros
M M
Gray Map, Line Density, Focus Number, iClear™, TSI, Persistence, iBeam™, HScale, Dual
Measurement
live, LGC, A. power (the parameters
L/R Flip
L/R Flip B/iNeedle
B/iNeedle
might beExFov displayed
ExFov
on different pages). B/C AlignB/C Align Fov Size
Fov Size 2:3 2:3 3:2 3:2 V 2:3V 2:3 V 2:3V 2:3 LineLine
A A
A A
LineLine
B
B B
B
B Color

LGC LGC iNeedle

iNeedle H 2:3H 2:3 V 3:1V 3:1 LineLine
C C Display
Display All All
Invert
Invert H 2:3H 2:3 3:1 3:1 Full Full
C C C1 C2

iBeam FocusFocus Line Line EdgeEdge C7 C8

iBeam iCleariClear Number Flow Flow
StateState Wall Filter
Wall Filter M Soften
M Soften
Number Density
Density Enhance
Enhance
 U/D Flip L/R Flip Dual Live Expand Fov ExFov

DC-8
Rotation LGC iNeedle

Focus
iBeam iClear
Number
On 2/7 2/4

Quality Persistance Dyn Range Gray Map Tint

Harmonic On On

General 7/8 240 dB 6 / 10 10 / 12

B Color B Elasto 3D/4D B 3D/4D B

4D SC CMPR iPage 3D Layout Rotation Edit Tools 3D/4D SC CMPR
TDI iWork iScape Elasto Contrast iWork TDI

iNeedle™ U/D Flip L/R Flip Dual Live Expand Fov ExFov
iScape™ Single E VR MPR L/R Flip
VOI On
B/iNeedle Inversion
ExFov
Accept
VOI
One button to automatically display the needle more clear with beam steer during 1. Connect an appropriate iScape-compatible transducer. Reset Active Quadrant VR Orientation Display Ren

the biopsy process. Rotation LGC iNeedle

2. Press [iScape] to enter iScapeInvert
mode. All Ori A B
LGC
0° 90°
iNeedle
Surface VR MPR

1. Press [iNeedle] to enter the function mode via Touch screen, parameters will be 3. Click [Start Capture] on [iScape] page tab on Touch screen or press [Update] on the
Curve C VR 180° 270° 2D C

displayed on the Touch screen. iBeam iClear

Focus
Number control panel to begin the capture.
Smooth iBeam iClear
Focus
Number
Line
Density
On 2/7 2/4 2 On 2/7 2/4 Mid
2. Press [B/iNeedle] to switch to B+iNeedle image or only iNeedle image displayed.
Quality Persistance Dyn Range Gray Map Tint
4. Click [Stop Capture] on [iScape] page tab on Touch screen
Opacity Map
1/7 or press Flip [Update]
Sync on the Quality
iClear

Persistance Dyn Range Gray Map

2D & C
Tint Quality Persis

3. Press [Needle Steer] to adjust steer angle. General 7/8

Harmonic On

240 dB 6 / 10 10 / 12
On
control panel 240
todBstop.E3 80 80 General 80 7 / 8 80
Threshold
7 240 dB
% 5 6 / 10
Harmonic On
Opacity
10 / 12
80 %
Smooth
80 General 80 % 0
Brightness
%
Contrast
%
Tint
/7
On
Threshold
%
Harmonic On
Opacity
%
Smooth
%

B B TVI B MB iScape B MB iS

iWork TDI Free Xros M Exit Free Xros

L/R Flip B/iNeedle ExFov 2:3 3:2 Start Capture Stop V 2:3 V 2:3
B/C Align Fov Size

LGC iNeedle H 2:3 V 3:1

Invert H 2:3 3:1 Full

Focus Line Edge

iBeam iClear Flow State Wall Filter M Soften
Number Density Enhance
On 2/7 2/4 Mid 2/7 Low 1/4 2/3

Quality Persistance Dyn Range Gray Map Tint Quality Persistance Paket Size Map Priority Speed Dyn Range Gray Map Tint Speed
Harmonic On On Harmonic On On

  General 7/8 240 dB 6 / 10 10 / 12 General 0 0 TVV4 80%

 
5/6 80 dB 6 / 10 10 / 12 5/6

B iScape B iScape Annotation Annotation Trace Hide Exit Body Mark User-De
Bodym
Preset

Tissue Doppler Imaging Exit

Measurement Exit RT\LT Lobe CBD GB Aorta

1. Press [TDI] to enter the corresponding Start Capture Stop

1. Press [Measure] to enter the application measurement status; Press [Caliper] to
Redo Actual Size Fit Size
Sag\Xs Liver Bile Duct Supine Stomach

TVI mode, parameters will be enter general measurement.

Ruler
displayed on the Touch screen. 2. Move the cursor or via Touch screen to choose the measurement tool, and then go
0 1 Prox\Mid\Distal Lateral
Decubitus
Pancreas Pancreatic
Duct
Duodenum

2. Press [M] button to enter TVM mode; to the desired position to measure.
press [PW] button to enter TVD mode; CHD Spleen Kidney Bowel

press [Power] to enter TEI mode. Post Scanning Playback

off
--
Rotation

60°
Tint
On

6/8
Language
English
Crab Word Library
Abdomen
Font Size
Mid
Arrow Mark
Mid
Comments and Body Marks
Comment Measurement

  1. Input words directly. Or press [Text] to change the comment setting position and
B Color M

add the comment to the image.

Free Xros M
C1 C2 C3

 
1. In real-time B mode or M mode, adjust Body Mark C7 C8 C9

the probe and image to obtain the 1. Press [Body Mark] and choose the desired one via Touch screen.
C13 C14 C15

desired plane, or select the B mode cine 2. Move [Trackball] to place the probe marker and rotate the [Multi-functional Knob]
file to be observed. to adjust the orientation of the probe. C20 C21 C22

2. Click [Free Xros M] on the Touch screen Save Images or Cine

to enter Free Xros M Mode. 1. Press [Save1] or [Save2] to save a single-frame image or cine to the system.
3. Adjust the sampling line to obtain
optimized images and necessary Report and Print
information. 1. Press [Report], move the cursor to the comment text box and type the text.
4. Move trackball to change the sample 2. Click [Image Select] on the [Report] page to add images, and then click [Print View]
line position and rotate the [Nav.] Knob to preview, click [Print] to print.
to change the angle. Shift the different End Exam
line with [Set] button. Press [End Exam] to end one examination. You may start a new exam by repeating
the instructions above.
 DC-8 Quick Reference Guide

Image Management
Image Transfer 1 Monitor
1. Press [iStation™] to enter image management and select the image to
send to USB, DICOM, etc. 2 Touch screen panel
2. Or, Press [Review] and select the image to send to USB, DICOM, etc.
3 Main control panel
Note: For detailed information, please refer to the operation manual.
4 Storage compartment
5 Physio panel
1
6 Probe sockets
7 Caster

9 8 Compartment
2

3 9 Articulating arm
10 Rear handle
4
10
15 8 11 Color video placing table
5
12 Hanger
11
6
13 I/O Panel
12
16
14 Power supply panel
7 15 USB_MIC port

13 16 DVD-RW

17 19 17 Ultrasound gel holder/gel heater

18
18 Pencil probe holder
14
19
19 Probe holders
19
19
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