Audio Feedback; Common Functions - Signostics uscan User Manual

Do not fan too fast. As a guideline a complete
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fan should take around 3- 5 seconds.
Do not twist the transducer.
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Angle the probe so the bladder is in the middle
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of the ultrasound image.
 During acquisition, the display will show the fan
position. When the three dimensional data acquisition is
complete, the system automatically completes the scan
and displays the measured volume
A movie of the complete bladder acquisition is displayed.
Bladder Measurement Correction
Correct errors outlining the bladder as follows:
 Tap the Pencil icon (
 Tap the Pencil Redraw icon (
outline and redraw; or
 Touch the bladder outline to adjust the existing outline.
A drag circle will appear. Drag the outline to align with
the bladder wall. Adjusted outlines change color to blue
(see Fig 3.13).
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For fine adjustments, zoom in to enlarge the image then
adjust the outline.
 Tap the Play icon
check other images. Every image in a measurement can
be adjusted if required.
 If a bladder has been outlined where no bladder is
present, then drag the progress marker
the bladder, tap
 Tap End Editing to finish.

Audio Feedback

The Uscan provides audio feedback during bladder measurement as follows:
 A short double beep sounds when the system has detected a bladder and the user can start the fan of
the probe
 A buzzer sounds if a user starts fanning the probe before the system has found the bladder
 A chime sounds when the system expects the user to change direction of the fan
 A beep sounds at the completion of a successful scan
 A decaying tone sounds at the completion of a 0ml scan

Common Functions

Multiple Scans
Simply tap the Scan
or ultrasound scans to the exam.
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(Fig 3.12).
) to start outline editing.
) to delete the existing
or drag the progress marker
and select Mark Bladder End.
icon or click the probe Scan button
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to
to the end of
to add more bladder volume measurements
Fig 3.11 Acquire data
Fig 3.12 Measured volume
Fig 3.13 Adjusting outline
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