General Information; Introduction - GE Vivid 7 Service Manual

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General Information

MONITOR CONTROLS

OPERATOR PANEL

5.25" MO DRIVE (OPTION)

DVD or CD-DRIVE

BACK-END PROCESSOR CHASSIS

FRONT BUMPER

The Vivid 7 ultrasound scanner can be used with both phased array and linear array ultrasound probes

and Doppler (Pedof) probes.

The system can be used for:

2D Gray Scale and 2D Color Flow Imaging

M-Mode Gray Scale Imaging

Color M-Mode

4D (Realtime 3D, introduced 2004)

Different combinations of the above modes

Vivid 7 is a digital beamforming system. Signal flow travels from the Probe Connector Panel to the Front

End Electronics, then to the Back-End Processor, and finally, the results are displayed on the monitor

System configuration is stored on the hard drive (inside the Back-End Processor (BEP)) and all

necessary software is loaded from the hard drive on power up.

A Physio module, the Patient I/O, is incorporated in the Back-End Processor (BEP) to provide ECG

signals to synchronize cardiac ultrasound image acquisition. Other analog signals, from devices such

as treadmills (e.g. ECG and phono), are also processed by the Patient I/O.

Figure 5-1 Vivid 7 Major Components

Section 5-2 - General Information

DOPPLER PROBE CONNECTOR

PROBE PARKING POSITION

PROBE CONNECTORS

SWIVEL LOCK & BRAKE RELEASE

BRAKE & SWIVEL RELEASE