Training And User Assistance - GE LOGIQ 500 Advanced Reference Manual

Training and User Assistance

LOGIQ 500 Advanced Reference Manual
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Maintaining awareness of potentially harmful bioeffects and
being able to recognize contributing conditions is essential to
minimize the risk. Gaining experience with the system and
becoming familiar with controls affecting output by observing
the output display will improve the user's confidence to
determine the presence of risk and how to reduce it. The user
manual instructions and applications training are the best
methods for learning these basic skills. Get fully acquainted
with the user manual and review it frequently. Contact a
representative at any time to request additional training or
assistance.
As indicated by their titles, the following references are intended
to provide additional detailed information concerning bioeffects.
1. Standard for Real-Time Display of Thermal and
Mechanical Acoustic Output Indices on Diagnostic
Ultrasound Equipment, AIUM/NEMA, 1992
2. Implementation of the Principle of As Low As
Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) for Medical and
Dental Personnel, National Council on Radiation
Protection and Measurements (NCRP), Report No.107,
December 31, 1990.
3. Biological Effects of Ultrasound: Mechanisms and
Clinical Implications, NCRP Report No. 74, December
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30, 1983.
4. Exposure Criteria for Medical Diagnostic Ultrasound: I.
Criteria Based on Thermal Mechanisms, NCRP Report
No. 113, June 1, 1992.
5. Bioeffects Considerations for the Safety of Diagnostic
Ultrasound, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, AIUM,
September 1988.
6. Geneva Report on Safety and Standardization in
Medical Ultrasound, WFUMB, May 1990.
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