Conventions - Siemens ACUSON Freestyle User Manual

Conventions

Read and understand these conventions used in this manual.
Warnings, Cautions, and
Notes
Probe and Transducer
Key Text
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WARNING: Warnings are intended to alert you to the
importance of following the correct operating procedures where risk
of injury to the patient or system user exists.
CAUTION: Cautions are intended to alert you to the
importance of following correct operating procedures to prevent the
risk of damage to the system.
Note: Notes contain information concerning the proper use of the
system and/or correct execution of a procedure.
In accordance with ultrasound convention, these terms can be
interchangeable. For the
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• Probe typically refers to the entire assembly of the handheld
scanning module which includes the probe transducer, electronics,
controls, and battery.
• Transducer typically refers to the scanning array at the tip of the
probe.
There are two types of Soft Keys on the system and they are
formatted differently in this manual:
• Bottom Soft Keys and their menu and sub-menu items: for
example, , ,
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• Real-time Control Bar Soft Keys and their menus and sub-menu
items: for example Freeze, Save Exam, Vascular (formatting:
bold, with gray bar).
Freestyle, in this manual:
(formatting: bold, all caps).
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