Trackball And <Enter> Keys; Main Knob; Time/Gain Compensation (Tgc) - Siemens ACUSON Cypress Operator's Manual

ROTATE
PRESS
DOWN
Trackball and <
ENTER
Use the Trackball to place and point cursors within the image, to draw measure-
ment traces, and to navigate through menus.
Use the < > keys to enter data that has been typed into menus. They are
ENTER
also used to respond to menu prompts. In Calculations, <
anchor the start points and end points that have been positioned by the Track-
ball.
In this manual, "click" means:
move the cursor to the desired location using the Trackball and then
press an < > key
ENTER

Main Knob

The various functions of the larger "Main" knob depends on the active mode of
the system. To move through the range of available settings for a particular con-
trol, rotate the knob. For example, the Main knob can be used to move frame-
by-frame through a loop.
The Main knob also controls one or two separate parameters per mode. Press
the knob down to activate the different parameters.
For example, in mode, the knob controls
PW
the bottom center of the screen display the two choices with Gain highlighted as
the active default control. Press the knob to select Volume; press the knob
again to re-select Gain.
Use the Main Knob to scroll up and down when the Patient Report is displayed.
Time/Gain Compensation (
The six time/gain compensation slide-pot controls adjust the depth-related gain
of the image.
2D
Slide-pot controls at the top affect the near-field to mid-field of the image.
Slide-pot controls at the bottom affect the mid-field to far-field of the image.
In general, the near-field settings should be set relatively low (to the left) and the
far-field settings should be set higher (to the right). See illustration at left.
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gain and volume. Buttons on
PW
)
TGC
Keyboard Controls
> is used to
ENTER
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