KNOBOLOGY (2.

5/item; out of 60)

ITEMS HD11xe ECUB7/9 NOTE

Soft/Adjustable Key Adjust the value by Adjust the value by
pressing soft Up/Down turning the soft press-
button corresponding able knob
to the function listed corresponding to the
on the display function listed on the
display

Press “Next” button Each knob has 2 soft

for more soft key key function that can
function be selected by
pressing the knob

Go to appropriate Go to appropriate
setting for some of setting for some of
particular soft key particular soft key
function function
1 Turn On the machine Press “On/Off” button Press “On/Off” button
2 Record Pt info Press “Patient” button Press “Patient” button Probe, Application and
on machine, then click on machine, then click Preset selection are
“New” option on “New” option on also available on Pt
display display Info Display
3 Choose Press “Probe” button Press “Transducer”
Probe/Transducer button
4 Choose Application Press “Setup” button Press “Transducer”
(organ system, eg button
vascular)
5 Choose Preset Press “Preset” button Press “Transducer” Press Exit to enter
(spec structure button scanning mode
eg vascular-carotid)
6 Adjust Depth Press “Depth” Turn “Depth” knob
up/down button
7 Adjust Turn “Gain 2D/M” ECUB7: Amount of gain is
Gain/Amplification knob on the Rt for 2D -press mode button presented as “Gn” on
(2D/Color/ or M mode (“2D”, “CF”, or “PW”) the display
Spectral Tracing) then turn “Gain” knob
Turn “Gain for 2D, color, or
Color/Tracing” knob tracing gain
on the Lt for Color respectively
Doppler or Spectral
Tracing ECUB9:
-turn “2D” knob for 2D
gain
-turn “CF” knob for
color gain
 -turn “PW” knob for
tracing gain
8 Adjust Slide up “TGC/LGC” slide “TGC” slider to
TGC/Compensation slide, then slide “TGC” the Rt
slider to the Rt
9 Change # of Focus “Focal Zone” soft Press “Focus” knob,
up/down button then turn
10 Change Focal Depth Press “Focus” Directly turn “Focus”
up/down button knob
11 Change Press “Fusion” yellow Press “2D”
Operating Freq (fo) button; button/knob, then
turn “Freq” soft knob
Resolution (R) for high
fo, General (G) for
mod fo, Penetration
(P) for low fo
12 Change N/A Press “Select” knob,
Line Density turn the knob and
choose “Line density”
option on the display,
then press and turn
“Select” knob again to
change the line
density
13 Change Gray Map “Map” soft up/down Press “2D”
(vs DR/Compression) button for gray map button/knob, then:
-turn “Gray Map” soft
“Compression” soft knob for gray map
up/down button for -turn “Dynamic
dynamic range Range” soft knob for
dynamic range
14 Use Dual Screen Press “Dual” button Press “Dual Screen”
button
Press “Left” and
“Right” button to Press “Dual Screen”
switch bt’n active button again to switch
display bt’n active display
15 Use Measure Press “Freeze” button, Press “Freeze” button,
and press “Caliper” and press “Measure”
button, move the button, move the
trackball, press trackball, press “Set”
“Select” button, move button, move trackball
trackball to measure, to measure, then
then press “Enter” press “Set” button
button
16 Use Zoom Turn “Zoom” knob for Turn “Zoom” knob for
(Write and Read) Write-Zoom Write-Zoom
 Press “Freeze”, then Press “Freeze”, then
turn “Zoom” knob for turn “Zoom” knob for
Read-Zoom Read-Zoom
17 Use Color Doppler; Press “Color” yellow Press “CF” (color flow)
Change size of color button knob
box
Press “Enter”, and Press “Set” button and
move the trackball, move the trackball,
and press “Enter” and press “Set” button
again to change the again to change the
size of the color box size of the color box
18 Change Steering Change to linear Change to linear
transducer, press transducer, press “CF”
“Color” yellow button, button/knob, then
then turn “Angle” turn “Angle Steer” soft
knob knob
19 Change Scale/PRF Press “Scale” up/down turn “PRF” soft knob Set the PSV ~ 2/3 max
button velocity scale

To prevent Aliasing:
-PRF<nyquist limit
(0.5*PRF)
-inc PRF for fast flow
-dec PRF for slow flow
20 Use (Color Map) Press “Color” yellow Press “CF”
Invert button, then press button/knob, then
“Map Invert” soft turn “Invert” soft knob
up/down button
21 Use Pulse Wave Press “PW” yellow Press “PW”
(PW) button button/knob

Press “Enter” button Press “PW”

to show spectral button/knob again to
tracing show spectral tracing

Turn “Angle” knob for Turn “Angle Correct”

angle correct soft knob for angle
correct
22 Change Press “PW” yellow Press “PW” Set the SV ~ 1/3 vessel
Sample Vol (SV) button, then press button/knob, then diameter
or sample gate “Gate” soft up/down turn “SV” soft knob
button
23 Use Power Doppler Press “CPA” (color Press “PD”
(PD) power angiography) button/knob
yellow button
24 Use M-mode Press “2D” yellow Press “M”
 button, then press “M- button/knob, for 2D
mode” yellow button M-mode
for 2D M-mode

Press “Color” yellow Press “M”

button, then press “M- button/knob, then
mode” yellow button press “CF”
for color M-mode button/knob for color
M-mode

Press “Active Mode”

button to switch bt’n
2D/color and M-mode
Set the Power ~ 70-
75 (rarely needed to
be changed)

Freeze – stop the

scan but not saved
vs Acquire – stop the
scan and saved the
image;

Press “Freeze” then

“Acquire” to save 2D
image

Press “Acquire”
directly to save
video

ULTRASOUND MODALITY

Continuous Wave (CW) Pulse Wave (PW) or 2D Color Doppler (CD) Power Doppler (PD)
When to Use: When to Use: When to Use: When to Use:
-Quantitative Spectral -Quantitative Spectral -Global??? -Global???
Tracing Tracing -to see superimposed -Perfusion Status
-to record VERY High -to record Moderate image representing -to see flow, but not
velocities velocities flow direction concerned about its
-able to use anatomical -to detect different -to assess where fast direction
knowledge to estimate types of flow flow are located -to see flow in small
where did Doppler info -to know exactly where -TR not that important vessel where slow flow
are received did the Doppler info is suspected
-switch from PW 2/2 are received
aliasing -waveform/tracing not
yet aliasing