3-10 System Preparation
3.11 Basic Screen and Operation
3.11.1 Basic Screen
The following diagram maps out the different areas in the screen:
Logo
Hospital name
Patient Information
Accession#
Freeze
icon
Operator Exam time
Menu area Image area
Product Mode
Exam Mode
Image Parameters
Thumbnail
preview&
zoom
window
Cine Review Area
Bodymark & Comment
Thumbnail Area of Images Saved
Information Area
The information area displays manufacturer logo, hospital name, exam date & time,
acoustic power & MI/TI, freeze icon, patient information, probe model, current exam mode,
and accession #, etc. It can be preset whether to display the operator, patient gender, age,
ID, name etc. via [Setup]-> [System Preset]-> [General]. See “12.1.2 General” for detailed
preset procedures.
Menu area
Include image menu, measurement menu, comment menu, bodymark menu and so on.
Use the trackball or the multifunctional knob to operate on the menu.
Image area
The image area displays the ultrasound images, probe mark (or activating window mark),
time line (in M mode), coordinate axis (including depth, time, velocity/frequency), focus
position (located at depth axis in the form of
), besides, the annotation, bodymark,
measurement calipers, grayscale bar are also displayed here.
Grayscale/ color bar
Displays the grayscale/ color bar corresponding to the current mode.