GE Voluson E8 User manual

GE Healthcare
Voluson
Quick Guide

Table of Contents
1. Voluson E8/E6 Quick Card 4
2. Guide to Connectivity 7
3. Guide to programming a CRL formula 10
4. Loading presets 14
5. Inserting New Measurements 17
6. Guide to Programming Charts 19
7. Guide to Customizing Annotation 20
8. Reviewing images on the Hard Drive 22
9. Easy Guide to Cine loops. 24
10. Easy Guide to M-Mode and Anatomical M-Mode 25
11. Guide on Spectral Doppler 28
12. Guide to Archiving 31
13. Changing Printer settings UP –D897 33
14. Cleaning the Print Queue 36
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1. Voluson E8/E6 Quick Card

2. Voluson E8/E6 Quick Card
Entering Patient data
 Select the ‘Patient’ key – button top left on console
 Enter Patient ID, name, DOB (A patient ID must be entered to store images)
 Exit the patient page by selecting ‘Start Exam’ on left of TV screen using tracker ball and set
key
 To edit patient information during the scan, press ‘patient’ key
 Edit the patient information
 Select ‘continue scan’ - top right on touch panel OR left on TV screen with tracker ball and
set key to return to scanning
Selecting a Probe/Application/Preset
 Press the Probe/Preset key – button to the right of ‘patient’ on console
 Select on touch panel the probe, application and setting
Measurements
 Press caliper to perform 2D distance – button left of ‘calc’
 Place the caliper in the appropriate position and press ‘set’ – buttons either side of tracker
ball
 Move the tracker ball, a second caliper will appear
 Press ‘Calc’ key to assign a measurement to the report
 Select a ‘calc’ measurement from touch panel
Doppler
 Select Colour (C), then Pulse Wave (PW)
 Position your curser, and adjust sample volume (gate) with the tracker ball and change
button (just above tracker ball)
 Press ‘ Update’ (left tracker ball key) to activate dual imaging of 2D/PW
 Move tracker ball to activate 2D image for repositioning, thereafter the PW will update
 Freeze image
 Select ‘Application’ and ‘Auto trace’ from tough panel
 To deselect parts of the auto trace calculated, move the tracker ball left
 Vertical green line will appear, position accordingly
 Then press ‘change’ and move the tracker ball to the right to deselect left hand part of trace
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 Press ‘set’
Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI)
 Select quad screen, if applicable
 Use the ‘update’ (right tracker ball key) to move to the next screen, press freeze on final
image
 Select ‘Calc’ key, select AFI
 The first of four caliper will appear
 Set the caliper, and the next caliper will follow-on
Multiple Pregnancies
 Set number of fetus on ‘patient’ data page
 Select ‘calc’ to perform measurements
 Toggle between fetuses to assign measurements – button below touch panel.
Annotation
 Select ‘ABC’ – button below touch panel
 Select annotation from the touch panel
 Use the tracker ball to move the annotation around image
 Press set, then select another annotation from touch screen
Colour Flow
 Press the ‘C’ button
 The colour box appears over the B-mode image
 Use the Tracker ball to move the colour box
 Press ‘change’ key (above tracker ball) to toggle between ‘position’ and ‘size’ of box
Pulse Wave Doppler
 Press the ‘PW’ button
 Adjust curser position and sample volume with the ‘change’ key and tracker ball
 Press ‘Update’ (left tracker ball key) to view frozen 2D image and live spectral trace OR
 Press ‘Simultaneous’ (right tracker ball key) to activate triplex imaging
 Press ‘freeze’ and select measurement ‘application ‘ and ‘auto trace’ on the touch panel
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Split Screen
 Select ‘dual’ or ‘quad’ split screen
 Toggle between screens using the ‘update’ key (right tracker ball key) to obtain desired
image, freezing the last image
Print Keys – above the ‘freeze’ button
(These buttons are configured to customer needs)
 Select ‘P1’ to store images to the hard drive (sonoview) and thermal printer
 Select ‘P3’ to print images to thermal printer only
Report
 Select ‘report’ button (below touch panel left of ‘abc’)
 Review measurements assigned to ‘calc’
 To toggle through pages of the report, use key at bottom of touch panel
End Exam
 Select ‘End Exam’ – button top left on console, next to ‘patient’
 ‘Patient’ data page presents on TV screen ready for new patient information
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3. Guide to Connectivity
 Touch Utility hard key
 Select system setup on touch screen
 Select Connectivity from the menu on left hand
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 Select device setup and then dicom config
 Add the new store mode on this page
 On this screen complete the needed IP info
 You would need to select STORE from the dropdown menu
 AE title, alias, IP address and Port no
 Save & exit to the above page again, test connection by highlighting the new store node and
click on test connection
 Ping and verify should say OK to indicate that the link is established
 Save and Exit this page
 Configuration of Store Key (P-buttons)
 Select Button Configuration
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 I would suggest using P3 and P4
 On this page select send: from drop down arrow select the desired destination
 Go to the detailed setup and select how the system is to store the information, i.e. 2D single
frame or cine and same for 3/4D
 I would suggest you set P3 up for single frame/ screenshot and P4 for your cine and 3/4D
volumes
 Save and exit to store all changes!
 I suggest you use P2 now for Thermal Print
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4. Guide to programming a CRL formula
 Select Utility
 Select Measure Set up
 Select measure & calc tab (see image below)
 Select application Ob and calc (see image below)
 Select User 1
 Highlight the measure column (4th column) with the cursor. (see image below). Ensure there
is a space for a chart (max 10). You will need to delete a measurement if not
 Select Add
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