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ArtUs EXT-1H/2H & ArtUs OEM-1H/2H Ultrasound System I/O MODULE USER GUIDE Internet page: https://www.pcultrasound.com Information E-mail: info@pcultrasound.com Support E-mail: support@pcultrasound.com Rev.3.0...
ArtUs Synchronization User Guide Introduction ArtUs beamformer can be equipped with an additional I/O module which allows controlling it using an external signal-providing device, such as a signal generator. The I/O module provides several coaxial cable connectors used for getting input and providing output signals.
20 us. ArtUs OEM-1H/2H with I/O module has the same set of connectors labeled as shown in the table below: Line...
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ArtUs Synchronization User Guide • Ultrasound Frame input - system starts acquiring ultrasound data from tissue for one ultrasound frame approximately in 20 us after the rising edge of the signal Note: When using an external generator to synchronize ArtUs, the jitter of launches and signal reception by ArtUs can be up to 25 ns, i.e.
ArtUs Synchronization User Guide 4. ArtUs Sync Options Utility NOTE: If you have installed Echo Wave II 64-bit application only then you may be required to install additional Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 libraries. For additional instructions please Q&A Section. 1. Run the ArtUs Sync Options utility in Administrator mode, and select Ultrasound Line input synchronization mode, see the picture below.
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ArtUs Synchronization User Guide Please note, that after clicking the “OK” button user gets a warning message as shown below. To activate device settings user needs to run the Echo Wave II program or if Echo Wave II is already running – push the “Probe” button. 3.
ArtUs Synchronization User Guide Please note, that after clicking the “OK” button user gets a warning message as shown below. To activate device settings user needs to run Echo Wave II program or if Echo Wave II is already running – to push the “Probe” button. Note: Ultrasound Frames have one additional “passive”...
ArtUs Synchronization User Guide 6. Signal Diagrams Diagrams show external equipment input signals and corresponding outputs. Ultrasound Line Input vs Ultrasound Line Output Ultrasound Frame Input vs Ultrasound Frame Output - 9 -...
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ArtUs Synchronization User Guide ScanStart Input in Sync Mode vs Ultrasound Line Output ScanStart Input in Sync Mode vs Ultrasound Frame Output - 10 -...
ArtUs Synchronization User Guide 7. External Equipment Connection Diagram Block schematics below demonstrate how ArtUs inputs must be connected to external equipment outputs. ArtUs External equipment +2.5…+5V Input 8. Return to normal scan mode To switch the ArtUs scanner back to normal scan mode do not forget to run the ArtUs Sync Options utility in Administrator mode, clear the checkbox Enable synchronization, and click the “OK”...
ArtUs system in such scenarios. There can be several possible configurations which are described below. To use the external hardware Freeze/Run button, edit a line shown below and save the options2.txt file (located in C:\Program Files (x86)\TELEMED\Echo Wave II\Config\Options directory): accept_ultrasound_keyboard_commands_when_window_is_not_focused;1...
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ArtUs Synchronization User Guide 6. Push the OK button. Now both ArtUs devices are in external synchronization mode 7. Set the Signal Generator to pulse triggering with the frequency depending on the probe and scanning parameters (number of probe elements, depth, line density, and others, which fluence on ultrasound frame time) 8.
8. Run two Echo Wave II instances. Use each monitor to display one Echo Wave II window. Chose active probe for each instance 9. Run CopyData.exe utility (located in C:\Program Files (x86)\TELEMED\Echo Wave II\Config\Plugins\CopyData directory) 10. To get synchronous Cine files, do the next steps: 10.1.
ArtUs Synchronization User Guide 10.2. Click the Freeze/Run button on the CopyData.exe utility window or press the hardware Freeze/Run button to stop scanning 10.3. Click the Freeze button on the CopyData.exe utility window or press the hardware Freeze/Run button to start scanning 10.4.
Q: Can I run two EchoWave II instances with two beamformers attached to one computer? A: Yes, you can. To run two instances of the Echo Wave II application follow these steps: 1. Find options2.txt file in C:\Program Files (x86)\Telemed\Echo Wave II\Config\Options\ 2. Open it with notepad.exe 3.
ArtUs Synchronization User Guide Revision History Revision Revision Description of Revision Revision Author Date 2018.07.17 Initial Release A. Prysiazhniuk 2018.07.19 Was added photo of rear panel G. Volkov 2018.07.24 Added additional description G. Volkov A. Prysiazhniuk, G. 2019.04.10 Added chapter 6. Volkov 2019.05.07 Mistakes fixes...
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