Advanced Cardiac Calculations (Amcal Option); Overview - GE LOGIQ 500 Advanced Reference Manual

Advanced Cardiac Calculations
Advanced Cardiac Calculations

Overview

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This option provides additional measurement, calculation and
report capabilities to the Left-Ventricular calculations not found
in the basic cardiac option package.
Added to the basic package is the Gibson, Single Plane–DISC
and Bi-Plane–DISC methods of LV calculations. A page of
measurements is also added to the cardiac calculation menu.
This page varies with scan mode. Additional scan mode
measurement categories are:
B-Mode Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX), Parasternal
Short Axis (PSAX) Aortic Valve, PSAX Mitral
Valve, PSAX Papillary Muscles, Apical 4
chamber, Apical 2 chamber
M-Mode Left/Right Ventricles, Mitral Valve, Aortic Valve,
Pulmonic Valve, Tricuspid Valve
D-Mode Mitral Valve, Aortic Valve, Pulmonic Valve,
Tricuspid Valve
The number and type of measurements vary for each
calculation. The formulas used are shown in the calculation
specification tables in this chapter.
(AMCAL option)
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