Appendix A Technical Description
A - 30 Instructions for Use
Application-specific Measurements
The ACUSON S1000 ultrasound system includes only the application-specific measurements
purchased for your system.
The ACUSON S2000 ultrasound system includes all application-specific measurements.
The ACUSON S3000 ultrasound system includes all application-specific measurements.
The following applications (exam types) include general measurements and exam-specific
measurement labels, body markers, annotations, and an editable report:
Abdomen, Adult Echo, Breast, Cerebrovascular, Digital, Fetal Echo, Gynecology,
Musculoskeletal, Neonatal Echo, Neonatal Head, OB, Pediatric Abdomen, Pediatric Echo,
Pediatric Hip, Pelvis, Penile, Prostate, PV-Arterial, PV-Venous, Renal, Testicle, Thyroid,
Transesophageal, and Transcranial.
Application-Specific Measurements and Calculations
Abdomen ï‚§ Ratio of the peak systolic velocity (PSV) of the renal artery to the PSV of the aorta
ï‚§ Ratio of the interquartile range to the median calculation for all measurements associated
with the assigned label
ï‚§ The patient report includes a liver evaluation section that displays shear wave velocity and
elasticity measurements from the Virtual Touch quantification function
Breast
ï‚§ The patient report includes shear wave velocity and elasticity measurements from Virtual
Touch IQ
Cerebrovascular
ï‚§ The patient report includes selections for the Internal Carotid Artery/Common Carotid Artery
(ICA/CCA) ratio
Fetal Echo ï‚§ Cardiothoracic Area Ratio: Fetal Heart Area/Fetal Thoracic Cross-Sectional Area
– Fetal Echo measurement ratios for 2D-mode LV percentage of fractional shortening and
for Doppler mitral valve E/A and Tei Index
Gynecology
Pelvis
ï‚§ Micturated volume
Pediatric ï‚§ Hip Angle 2D-mode measurement labels for % coverage or Graf method
Prostate ï‚§ Prostate volume calculation
ï‚§ Prostate-specific gravity: user preset for 1.0 or 1.05
Renal ï‚§ Ratio of the peak systolic velocity (PSV) of the renal artery to the PSV of the aorta
Thyroid ï‚§ Thyroid volume
ï‚§ Ratio of the interquartile range to the median calculation for all measurements associated
with the assigned label
ï‚§ The patient report includes shear wave velocity or elasticity measurements from Virtual
Touch IQ
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Middle Cerebral Artery/Internal Carotid Artery (MCA/ICA) Ratio