GE Vivid 7 Quickstart Reference Guide System overview Display Monitor: Swivels to the left and right, tilts up and down. Speakers Source: GE Vivid 7 Manual, Copyright 2011GE Vivid 7 Quickstart Reference Guide Svstem overview Legend Control panel: Contains all the buttons and the alphanumeric keyboard used to operate the system. Probe and gel holders: Situated on either side of the Control panel. Qa oo. GS] too COOAG 888, VCR Probe ports: Three active and one park phased array probe ports, and two pencil probe ports. Foot brakes: Control swivel and brake of the wheels. See page 19 for further details. CD-RW is not ‘supported, only CD-R (recordable). Portable disks: + Magneto optical disk + CD-ROM Patient /0 Black & white video printer Console swivel operating handle: Situated in the middle beneath the front handles. + Vivid 7 Dimension: swivel and in/out displacement + Vivid 7 PRO: limited swivel only Source: GE Vivid 7 Manual, Copyright 2011GE Vivid 7 Quickstart Reference Guide Control The following pictures illustrate the layout of the Vivid 7 control panel panel. The buttons and controls are grouped together for ease of use. Left Side Control Panel Source: GE Vivid 7 Manual, Copyright 2011 eo Repe |. TGC sliders . Loudspeaker volume control On/Off button Protocol in/out |. Navigation keys: Archiving & Reporting buttons Pre-examination buttons Video playback . Function keys: + On-line manual + System Configuration + Annotations + Body marks + DICOM spooler . Alphanumeric keyboard |. 4D mode (Vivid 7 Dimension only) |. Multi-plane mode (Vivid 7 Dimension only)GE Vivid 7 Quickstart Reference Guide Control The following pictures illustrate the layout of the Vivid 7 control panel panel. The buttons and controls are grouped together for ease of use. 10. Active mode gain 14, 2D gain 12, Scan mode selection keys 13. Assignable keys 14, Zoom control 1. Depth control 16. Display format keys 17, Measurement, Image store and menu keys 18. Soft menu rocker 19. VCR controls and print keys 20. Freeze keys 24, Trackball operation Right Side Control Panel Source: GE Vivid 7 Manual, Copyright 2011GE Vivid 7 Quickstart Reference Guide Power On/Off key Description Turns the unit on and off. Navigation keys Description Displays the Search/Create patient window. Enables the creation of a new patient record. Displays the Select Probe and Application dialog box that enables the users to select the desired probe and application preset for the current examination. Displays the Application dialog box that enables the users to select the appropriate application preset for the current examination. Gives access to controls for physiological traces. The controls appear on the assignable keys. Displays the examination report. Source: GE Vivid 7 Manual, Copyright 2011GE Vivid 7 Quickstart Reference Guide Navigation keys Description Brings the scanner into the Image review mode, that enables the user to select images from the clipboard for analysis, activate the image browser or enter the Image Review screen where bigger previews of the images are shown for image selection. Displays the Search/Create patient window if no patient record is currently selected. Enables the user to search a patient record in a patient archive. Displays the Measurement worksheet where the user may edit or delete measurements, change averaging etc. Brings scanner into video playback mode that enables the user to look at video tape recordings. Source: GE Vivid 7 Manual, Copyright 2011GE Vivid 7 Quickstart Reference Guide Scan Mode The following keys are used to select the required scan mode, Selection keys and to select additional tools that enhance the application's capabilities. Key Description Displays the 2D live acquisition mode that is the default scanning screen for the unit. M-Mode can be added from a 2D scan also in replay. Displays the M-Mode examination screen and enables M-Mode functions. Used for viewing motion patterns. Displays the examination screen in Color Flow Mapping mode. Used to display color-coded blood flow information. In replay mode Displays the examination screen in Pulsed Wave with TV! the Doppler mode. Used for displaying the Doppler velocity trace spectrum of blood flow at a selected part of the mode will be anatomy. toggled on by the PW key. CW mode is not Displays the examination screen in Continuous available on all scanning probes. Wave Doppler mode. Allows examination of blood flow data all along the Doppler CW cursor. Displays the tissue velocity overlay on 2D and M-Mode scans. If TVI is on, the Doppler modes (PWICW) will also be optimized for tissue velocity. Depending on the options installed on the scanner, this key will bring up the menu for selection of additional scanning modes. Source: GE Vivid 7 Manual, Copyright 2011GE Vivid 7 Quickstart Reference Guide Basic Mode Parameter Adjustment Controls The following controls are used to modify and adjust the unit's display to best suit the user’s requirements, such as color, gain, zoom and image depth, according to the mode being operated by the user. Controls Description 2D Gain Controls the total gain of the gray scale images et in 2D Mode. Active mode Controls the total gain of other activated modes, Gain such as, M-Mode. Color, PW, or CW Doppler mode. Ss Tec Sliding keys that compensate for depth-related 7 attenuation in an image. The upper slider ir corresponds to the smallest depth. Depth Controls the displayed depth of tissue scan. Has -O no effect in replay. Toggles the cursor display on/off in 2D scanning mode. Changes the Doppler ultrasound beam angle on linear probes. The steering angles are fixed for each linear probe. This key has no effect with sector imaging probes. Source: GE Vivid 7 Manual, Copyright 2011GE Vivid 7 Quickstart Reference Guide Basic Mode Parameter Adjustment Controls The following controls are used to modify and adjust the unit's display to best suit the user’s requirements, such as color, gain, zoom and image depth, according to the mode being operated by the user. Controls Description Toggles the high resolution (HR) 200m on/off. The key has no effect in replay. The HR zoom concentrates the image processing to a user selectable portion of the image, resulting in an improved image quality and a higher frame rate in the chosen RO! Controls image magnification. Rotate clockwise to activate zoom mode and increase zoom factor. Rotate counterclockwise to decrease and turn off zoom. Zoom is available in both live and replay. Freeze keys The freeze keys are used to freeze images and cine loops in all modes for on-line analysis and storage for future use. Key Description Stops or restarts all data acquisition. When scan is frozen, the Trackball can be used to scroll through the cine loop. Activates or freezes 2D mode. In simultaneous mode, pressing 2D FREEZE will activate or deactivate the 2D image, leaving the other mode display unchanged. In freeze mode, stops/starts the cineloop. Source: GE Vivid 7 Manual, Copyright 2011GE Vivid 7 Quickstart Reference Guide Display format keys The following keys provide different view formats to best suit the user's requirements. Key Description Toggles the display priority of 2D-Mode or Doppler/M-Mode and top/bottom or side by side display when working in combined mode. Enables multiple image display windows in which two or four images can be viewed simultaneously. When reducing the number of images, the active window will always been kept. In combined mode, switches between the mode specific assignable controls of the currently used modes. Toggles the active window in multiple imaging mode. The active window is indicated by a highlighted frame. All imaging controls are normally applied only to the active window. Measurement controls The following keys are used to take measurements and perform calculations. Key Description Activates the Measurement & Analysis (M&A) calculation program. This program is context sensitive and will display relevant measurements: to the current mode and application. Activates measurement tools (unassigned measurement). Source: GE Vivid 7 Manual, Copyright 2011GE Vivid 7 Quickstart Reference Guide Clear, Menu, and Image Store keys Key Description Used for navigation between menus and screens. CLEAR brings the display back to the previous state. Activates menu with additional options and controls not available from the assignable keys. Stores the currently active imaging window to disk. The stored information depends of the configuration of the current application. Stored images are shown on the clipboard. VCR Control and Print key Key Description Rec/Pause Toggles the VCR to Record or Pause. For further information about using VCR, Prints the current imaging screen content to a selected (configurable) printer. For more information about printing. The PRINT key can also be configured for alternative storing of images. Prints the current imaging screen content to a printer assigned to a second port (configurable). The ALT key can also be configured for alternative storing of images. Source: GE Vivid 7 Manual, Copyright 2011GE Vivid 7 Quickstart Reference Guide Trackball operation The Trackball area consists of the trackball and five surrounding keys. Three of these have the very same function Key Description Trackball Used for navigation and together with the surrounding keys, to move, select or activate objects on the screen. SF Trackball key | Toggles between the trackball functional groups Select Depending on the situation: So + Performs the selected control or highlighted menu item. + Toggles between the Trackball functions within the active group. The key is duplicated for ergonomic reasons. Update Menu 9 In live mode, toggles between 2D imaging and live time-motion imaging (Doppler/M-Mode). in freeze, displays the function-specific menu (same function as MENU )- Source: GE Vivid 7 Manual, Copyright 2011GE Vivid 7 Quickstart Reference Guide Assignable keys and rotary knobs The functions of the assignable keys vary according to the mode and/or module in which the user is working. Key Description Assignable rotary knobs oll Four rotary knobs, whose functions vary according to the scan mode and position that is currently active. The assigned functions are indicated above the rotary on the LCD display. Assignable Buttons [ol | Five buttons, whose functions vary according to the scan mode and position that is currently active. The assigned functions are indicated above the button on the LCD display Gives access to additional controls trom the assignable buttons. The soft menu rocker Key Description Soft Menu Rocker A 4-way rocker used to access mode-specific menus, select a menu option and adjust option-related values. + The vertical arrows are used to select the menu options. + The horizontal arrows are used to adjust the values. Source: GE Vivid 7 Manual, Copyright 2011GE Vivid 7 Quickstart Reference Guide The 4D and Mu plane keys Description ‘Starts the 4D application (probe dependent), Vivid 7 Dimension only. Starts the Multi-piane application (probe dependent), Vivid 7 Dimension only. The alphanumeric keyboard a ey Description Fi Displays the on-line version of the user manual. Displays the configuration dialog box, allowing user configuration of various settings on the scanner. Some settings are configured for each application, press APPL. to access to application-specific settings. Displays the DICOM spooler window. The DICOM spooler is used for checking the current job's status when a job is saved or when the total ‘spooler status on the right of the Archive windows displays an error. F6 Displays the available body marks for the current application. FT pv Erases all previously typed annotations (and body marks. Source: GE Vivid 7 Manual, Copyright 2011GE Vivid 7 Quickstart Reference Guide The alphanumeric keyboard Key Descri Activates a cursor for selection of a single i annotation to be deleted from an image. SJ = Displays an arrow that can be used to point at a Fo specific structure in the image. s) Enables text annotation to be inserted on the image in two layers. Inserts predefined annotation on the image. Source: GE Vivid 7 Manual, Copyright 2011