Alpinion Medical Systems E CUBE 8 User manual

QUICK GUIDE
70002734 Rev. 0 (ENG)

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Rev. 0 Sep 25, 2017 Quick guide rst released

Table of Contents
1. System Basics.....................................................................................1-1
Introducon ...........................................................................................................1-2
Documentaon..................................................................................................................... 1-2
System Feature ..................................................................................................................... 1-2
Console Overview ..................................................................................................1-5
System_Front View .............................................................................................................. 1-5
System_Rear View ................................................................................................................ 1-6
System_Side View................................................................................................................. 1-7
Monitor ................................................................................................................................ 1-8
Control Panel ........................................................................................................................ 1-9
QWERTY Keyboard.............................................................................................................. 1-12
Touch Screen ...................................................................................................................... 1-13
Image Display ..................................................................................................................... 1-14
System Start-Up ...................................................................................................1-15
Power On............................................................................................................................ 1-15
Power O............................................................................................................................ 1-15
Transducer ...........................................................................................................1-16
Connecng the Transducer.................................................................................................1-16
Disconnecng the Transducer ............................................................................................ 1-16
Acvang the Transducer................................................................................................... 1-17
Deacvang the Transducer............................................................................................... 1-17
2. Geng Started...................................................................................2-1
Beginning an Exam .................................................................................................2-2
Paent Registraon Display.................................................................................................. 2-2
Starng a New Paent.......................................................................................................... 2-3
Quick ID ................................................................................................................................ 2-4
Searching for an Exisng Paent .......................................................................................... 2-4
Starng a New Exam on an Exisng Paent .........................................................................2-5
Retrieving Paent Informaon via Worklist..........................................................................2-5
Ending a Study ...................................................................................................................... 2-6

Opmizing the Image .............................................................................................2-7
2D Mode Controls................................................................................................................. 2-7
M Mode Controls................................................................................................................ 2-14
CF Mode Controls...............................................................................................................2-16
PD Mode Controls .............................................................................................................. 2-19
PWD Mode Controls........................................................................................................... 2-20
CWD Mode Controls...........................................................................................................2-23
3D and 4D Modes Operaon Controls................................................................................ 2-24
Other Controls .................................................................................................................... 2-26
Managing Image and Paent Data........................................................................2-29
Clipboard ............................................................................................................................ 2-29
E-View................................................................................................................................. 2-30
Measurement and Report ....................................................................................2-34
Basic Measurement Operaons ......................................................................................... 2-34
Measurement Result Window............................................................................................2-34
Basic Measurements .......................................................................................................... 2-35
Report................................................................................................................................. 2-50
3. Aer the Exam is Over........................................................................3-1
System Preset.........................................................................................................3-2
System Preset Display...........................................................................................................3-2
General Workow................................................................................................................. 3-2
System Preset Menus ........................................................................................................... 3-3
Connecvity.......................................................................................................................... 3-4
Backup/Restore ................................................................................................................... 3-5
System Care and Maintenance ...............................................................................3-7
Daily Maintenance................................................................................................................ 3-7
Weekly Maintenance............................................................................................................ 3-7
Monthly Maintenance ..........................................................................................................3-8
Transducer Care and Maintenance..........................................................................3-9
Cleaning and Disinfecng Transducers ............................................................................... 3-10
Cable Handling.................................................................................................................... 3-12
Planned Maintenance......................................................................................................... 3-12

4. Safety.................................................................................................4-1
Safety Summary .....................................................................................................4-2
Safety Noce ........................................................................................................................ 4-2
Equipment Safety Informaon ............................................................................................. 4-3
Paent Safety Informaon.................................................................................................... 4-4
Electrical Safety Informaon ................................................................................................ 4-5
Transducer Safety Informaon ............................................................................................. 4-6
Regulatory Informaon ..........................................................................................4-7
System Symbols and Labels ..................................................................................4-10

1
Introducon.............................................................................................1-2
Console Overview....................................................................................1-5
System Start-Up.....................................................................................1-15
Transducer.............................................................................................1-16
This chapter introduces the followings:
System Basics

1-2 System Basics
Introducon
Documentaon
The E-CUBE 8 Quick Guide (TRANSLATED) provides basic informaon needed by the user to
operate the system safely.
For more informaon, see the E-CUBE 8 User Manual.
System Feature
Table 1-1 System feature
Physical Dimensions
•Height: 1115/1430 mm
•Width: 532 mm
•Depth: 787 mm
•Weight: 55 kg (not including opons)
Clinical Applicaons
•Abdomen
•OB
•GYN
•Cardiology
•Small Parts
•MSK
•Vascular
•Urology
•EM
•TCD
•Breast
•Appendix
Available Imaging Modes
•2D mode
•Harmonic mode (HAR)
•M mode
•Color M mode
•Anatomical M mode (AMM)
•Color Flow Doppler (CF) mode
•Power Doppler (PD) mode
•Direconal PD mode
•Pulsed Wave Doppler (PWD) mode
•Connuous Wave Doppler (CWD) mode
•High PRF Doppler mode
•Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI) mode
•3D/4D mode

Introducon 1-3
Image Processing Technology
•Xpeed™
•Full SRI™
•Spaal Compounding Image (SCI)
•Panoramic
•Live HQ™
•Needle Vision™/Needle Vision™ Plus
•ECG
•Elastography
•Filter Method Tissue Harmonic Image (FTHI)
•Pulse Inversion Tissue Harmonic Image (PTHI)
•Raw Data Processing
•Post Processing
Operable Transducers
•Pencil Doppler Transducer
•Linear Array Transducer
•Sector Phased Array Transducer
•Convex Array Transducer
•Endocavity Transducer
•Volume Convex Transducer
Measurement Package
Including reports for:
•Abdomen
•OB
•GYN
•Cardiology
•Vascular
•Urology
•Pediatrics
•Small Parts
•Breast
•MSK
•EM
Available Measurements
•Distance
•Ellipse
•Trace
•Spline
•Velocity
•Time
•Slope
•Acceleraon
•Auto Calculaon
•Semi-Auto Calculaon
•Auto IMT
•Auto NT

1-4 System Basics
Connecvity
•Vericaon
•DICOM storage
•DICOM print
•DICOM storage commitment
•DICOM media
•DICOM worklist
•DICOM MPPS
•DICOM Structured Report (OB-GYN)
•DICOM Structured Report (Echocardiography)
•DICOM Structured Report (Vascular)
•DICOM Structured Report (Breast)
•Cube View™
•Network Storage
•Wireless LAN (Opon)
User Interface
•English
•German
•French
•Spanish
•Italian
•Russian
•Portuguese
•Chinese

Console Overview 1-5
Console Overview
System_Front View
There are the main components of your system:
Figure 1-1 E-CUBE 8 System (Front view)
No. Component No. Component
1Monitor (21.5-inch wide display) 6Control panel
2LED lamp 7Handle
3Gel warmer 8Transducer cable holder
4Transducer holder 9CW port
5Transducer holder
CAUTION
For compablity reasons, use only ALPINION MEDICAL SYSTEMS approved transducers,
peripherals or accessories.

1-6 System Basics
System_Rear View
Figure 1-2 E-CUBE 8 System (Rear view)
No. Component No. Component
1I/O panel 3AC inlet
2System on/o switch 4ECG port
NOTE
When connecng an external monitor to your system, use the monitor with 1366 x 768 or
higher resoluon.

Console Overview 1-7
System_Side View
Figure 1-3 E-CUBE 8 System (Side view)
No. Component No. Component
1Monitor arm 3Caster lock
2Transducer port 4Caster

1-8 System Basics
Monitor
Contrast, brightness, and dim brightness
To adjust the contrast,
1
Press the Mode/Select ( ) buon on the monitor once.
2
To increase the contrast, press the Up ( ) buon. Press the Down ( ) buon to decrease
the contrast. Repeat step 2 unl desired value reached.
NOTE
Current contrast value is shown on the display.
To adjust the brightness of the monitor,
1
Press the Mode/Select ( ) buon on the monitor twice.
2
To increase the brightness, press the Up ( ) buon. Press the Down ( ) buon to
decrease the brightness. Repeat step 2 unl the desired value is reached.
NOTE
Current brightness value is shown on the display.
To adjust the brightness of the touch screen,
1
Push up Brightness dial to increase the brightness.
2
To decrease the brightness, push down Brightness dial.
To adjust the dim brightness,
1
Press the Mode/Select ( ) buon on the monitor three mes.
2
To increase the dim brightness, press the Up ( ) buon. Press the Down ( ) buon to
decrease the dim brightness. Repeat step 2 unl the desired value is reached.
NOTE
Current dim brightness value is shown on the display.

Console Overview 1-9
Control Panel
The control panel can be used for controlling the system.
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Figure 1-4 Control panel layout
No Controls Descripon
1TGC slides Use these controls to adjust TGC values on images.
2So keys
Use these controls to select or adjust the funcons in the so
menu at the boom of the touch screen.
•Press to select the corresponding so menu.
•Rotate to adjust the funcon of the corresponding so menu.
3Power on/o Use this control to turn on and o the system.
4U1, U2, U3 Use these controls to access user-dened funcons.
5Imaging modes Use these controls to acvate M, PW, CF, or 2D mode.
6
CW Use this control to acvate Connuous Wave (CW) Doppler mode.
This control is oponal.
PD Use this control to acvate Power Doppler mode.
3D4D Use these controls to acvate 3D and 4D modes.

1-10 System Basics
No Controls Descripon
7
Paent Use this control to display the Paent Registraon screen. You
can enter paent data.
Transducer Use this control to select the desired transducer, applicaon, and
preset.
Report Use this control to create a report based on the exam result and
edit it.
E-view Use this control to acvate image management with end of study
opons.
End Exam Use this control to end the current study.
8QWERTY keyboard Use this control to type numeric values and texts.
9Select Use this control to select the desired funcon from the context
menu on the screen.
10 Angle
Use this control to change an angle.
•In 2D or Color mode, rotate to adjust the angle steer.
•In CW or PW mode, rotate to adjust the Doppler angle correct.
•In Body paern mode, rotate to adjust the transducer angle.
•In Arrow mode, rotate to adjust the arrow angle.
•In CW or PW mode, press to adjust the auto angle.
11
Clear Use this control to delete the arrow, comment, and measurement.
Exit Use this control to exit current screen (mode) and return to the
previous screen (mode).
12
Depth Use this control to adjust the scanning depth of an image.
Focus Use this control to focus on the area of interest..
Zoom
Use this control to turn Zoom mode on.
•Rotate to acvate Read zoom.
•Press to acvate Write zoom in Read zoom mode.
13 Image layout keys Use these controls to view an image in dual or quad screen.
14
Xpeed Use this control to automacally opmize image parameters on
the live screen.
P2, P3 Use this control to print out images.

Console Overview 1-11
No Controls Descripon
15
Set/Cur
Use this control to show the cursor on the screen and set the
current funcon. You can select a menu on the screen using this
cursor.
Body Paern Use this control to display the body paern images.
Text Use this control to annotate images.
Update Use this control to update a 2D image in real me based on the
specied me or freeze a 2D image.
Measure Use this control to perform measurement.
Priority
Use this control to adjust the priority of Trackball.
•In 2D mode, press to select the priority between the width and
lt funcons.
•In Duplex or Triplex mode, press to select the priority between
ROIs of the acvated imaging modes.
16 Trackball Use this control to scroll through menus or opons on the screen
by moving the cursor.
17 Freeze Use this control to start and stop scanning.
18 P1 Use this control to print out images.

1-12 System Basics
QWERTY Keyboard
The QWERTY keyboard is available which you can enter text or perform special funcons.
Figure 1-5 QWERTY keyboard
Special keys
No Controls Descripon
1Quick ID Access the Quick ID screen.
2Paent Browse Access the E-View menu.
3Image Preset Access the Image Preset menu.
4System Preset Access the System Preset menu.
5DICOM Spool Access the DICOM Spooler menu.
6F7 Create your own user preset.
7DVR Access the DVR menu.
8Help Access the electronic manual.
9Eject Eject a media (CD, DVD, or USB).
10 Hide Hide the current menu screen.
11 Clear All Clear your input or cancel your selecon.
12 Biopsy Show the biopsy guideline.
13 Flip the image 180 degrees le/right.
14 Inial Restore the default sengs of the current funcon.

Console Overview 1-13
No Controls Descripon
15 End Exam End the current study.
16 Show the arrow pointer on the screen.
Touch Screen
Your ultrasound system has the touch screen that enables you to easily access menus or adjust
opons on the current monitor display. With the touch screen, you can also enter text instead
of using the QEWRTY keyboard. Simply touch the menu or opon you want.
Figure 1-6 Touch screen

1-14 System Basics
Image Display
The image display consists of an ultrasound image, applicaon informaon, paent
informaon, and indicators.
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14
13
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12
Figure 1-7 Image display
1
Hospital logo & name 10 Transducer orientaon marker
Current date & me 11 Image area
2Paent ID, Paent name 12 Image parameter
3Operator ID, Transducer name 13 Clipboard indicator
4Mechanical index, Thermal index 14 Image clipboard
5Zoom reference window
15
Symbol lock, Caps lock, USB connecon,
Network connecon, Wireless network
connecon, User dened key, Data
backup status, Cube View connecon,
Baery status icon
6Labeled measurement menu
7Gray/Color scale bar
8Focal zone marker
16
Clipboard icons: Recycle bin, Single &
Dual layout format, Scroll Up/Down/
Home/End
9Depth scale marker