Siemens ACUSON Cypress Operator's Manual page 205

If the physician would like to review the loops prior to the start of the exami-
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nation or exercise stage, press the
of each loop. Press
to toggle between full-screen and quad-screen.) To exit View mode,
VIEW
press . Use the Soft Window knobs to navigate through the pages and
2D
loops.
To complete the stress echo exam for each protocol, see the steps below.
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2-Stage: see Steps
3-Stage: see Steps
Pharmacological: see Steps
2-Stage:
Prepare the timer so that it will start as soon as the patient stops exercis-
A1.
ing. Press the
TOOLS
Start but do not press <
you forget to start the timer, the system automatically starts it as soon as
you press
•SAVE
Press <
ENTER
A2.
portion of the screen.
Press to start capturing the Impost loops. (Loops are captured for
•SAVE
two minutes.) The camera icon remains in the upper right corner of the
screen to indicate that Impost loops are being captured. To start the Save
function, press the
press again to stop the Save function.
•SAVE
Note: You can change the
is saving loops. Pressing a mode key or the
function and you will have to start it again manually.
To stop the timer, press the
select Stop; to clear the timer, select Clear.
Loops captured during the Impost stage must be assigned a view label.
A3.
Press the
VIEW
Turn the
PLAY LOOP
view is displayed. Continue turning the knob until the best loop is playing.
( is the first view for the Impost stage, but loops can be labeled in any
AP4
order.) Turn the
the view counter. Continue turning the
AP4
label the remaining three views.
The box can be repositioned while in full-screen display. Use the
ROI
Trackball to move the
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VIEW
a second time for the quad-screen display. (Press
VIEW
– .
A1 A4
– .
B1 B4
–
C1 C3
function key and click the [
> until the exercise phase has ended. (If
ENTER
.)
> to start the timer. The timer is displayed in the upper right
key. When all four views have been captured,
•SAVE
and adjust the
2D GAIN
key, click the [
TOOLS
function key.
Soft Window knob clockwise until the first Impost
knob to display
PROTOCOL
.
ROI
Conducting a Stress Echo Protocol Exam
function key for a full-screen display
.
] button. Select
TIMER
s while the system
TGC
key will stop the Save
VIEW
] button, and then
TIMER
. A "1" appears next to
AP4
knob to select and
PLAY LOOP
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