Color Flow Mode - GE Voluson Swift Instructions For Use Manual

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6.2.2 Color Flow Mode

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Optimize Tissue Imaging (
kinds of tissue depending on the patients. Use the
respective parameter. Four positions are possible: adipose, solid, cystic or normal
tissue.
Speckle Reduction Imaging ( SRI ) is an adaptive algorithm to reduce the unwanted
effects of speckle in the ultrasound image. Image speckle usually appears as a
grainy texture in otherwise uniform areas of tissue. Its appearance is related to
image system characteristics, rather than tissue characteristics, so that changes in
system settings, such as probe type, frequency, depth, and others, can change the
appearance of the speckle. Too much speckle can impair image quality and make it
difficult to see the desired detail in the image. Likewise, too much filtering of speckle
can mask or obscure desired image detail. Extra care must be taken to select the
optimal SRI level. SRI is available in B-Mode imaging and may be used with any
transducer or clinical application when image speckle appears to interfere with the
desired image detail.
Also see 'Cine Mode' on page 7-12.
Color Flow Mode (CFM) is a Doppler Mode intended to add color coded qualitative information
concerning the relative velocity and direction of fluid motion within the B-Mode image.
Color Flow (CF) is useful to see flow in a broad area. Color Flow allows visualization of flow in
the CF ROI, whereas Doppler Mode provides spectral information in a smaller area.
Color Flow is also sometimes used as a stepping stone to Doppler. You use Color Flow to
locate flow and vessels prior to activating Doppler.
OTI ) allows to fine tune the system for scanning different
OTI control to adjust the
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