Important Stress Controls - Siemens ACUSON Cypress Operator's Manual

Important Stress Controls

Important controls for the stress exam are described in Table 39.
Stress Controls
TABLE 39.
Control Description
Protocol Provides a list of the active stress stages, such as Rest or
Impost, and active views, such as
(Soft Win-
dow Knob)
FREEZE Saves several loops in temporary scrolling memory. The
number of loops saved depends on the patient's heart rate
and the length of time since the last system parameter
change. The loop counter in the upper right portion of the
screen displays the number of loops in the temporary mem-
ory.
Turn the
the loop and then press
the hard drive.
Q SAVE Saves a cardiac cycle and at the same time lets you label the
loop.
(Quick Save)
the next view in the sequence.
•SAVE Turns image saving
During Impost, when
(Save All)
Make sure that the camera icon appears when
pressed—the icon confirms that the study is being saved.
The system captures images for 2 consecutive minutes or
until the
ROI Defines the portion of the sector image that will be played
back in quad-screen format. The
(Region of
the Tools menu.
Interest)
The region of interest box may be repositioned after a loop
has been saved by playing the loop back in full-screen for-
mat and clicking the [
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knob to display individual loops. Label
PLAY LOOP
•SAVE
also automatically advances the view label to
Q SAVE
and
ON
•SAVE
key is pressed again.
•SAVE
] button.
ROI
Important Stress Controls
(long axis).
LAX
or to save the loop to
Q SAVE
as in non-stress exams.
OFF
is activated:
control is located on
ROI
is
•SAVE
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