GE Logiq P5 User Manual

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Transporting Probes
Secure the probe in its holder for moving short distances. 
When transporting a probe a long distance, store it in its carrying 
case.
Storing the Probe
It is recommended that all probes be stored in the carrying case 
provided.
•  First place the probe connector into the carrying case.
•  Carefully wind the cable into the carrying case.
•  Carefully place the probe head into the carrying case. DO 
NOT use excessive force or impact the probe head.
CAUTIONDO NOT store probes in either the side pocket or the peripheral 
device’s storage area on the system. To avoid damage, store 
the probe in its carrying case. 
						

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Operator Controls
Control Panel Map 
Controls are grouped together by function for ease of use. See 
the callouts for this figure on the following page.
 Figure 3-21. Control Panel
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L
R B Pause Auto
Depth
M
Zoom
Ellipse Body PatternMeasure
M/D Cursor
Scan Area
Set
Clear Comment
Patient
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Control Panel Map (continued)
1.  Touch panel and controls
2.  Touch Panel Brightness Control
3. Video
4.  Audio On/Off and Volume
5. TGC
6. Reverse
7.  Additional Feature Keys
8. Keyboard
9. Mode/Gain Keys
10. Imaging/Measurement Keys
11 .  D e p t h
12.  Imaging Feature Keys
13.  Freeze and Print Keys
14.  Probe and Cord Holder
15. Gel Holder
Key Illumination
All the keys on the front panel, except for the keyboard, and 
some rotaries have a two-level backlight capability. The 
following backlighting indicates availability.
The keyboard area must have task lighting or equivalent to allow 
operation in a dark room.
Table 3-4: Key Illumination
Backlight CapabilityAvailability
OFF Function is not available
ON (Normal-intensity) Function is available
ON (High-intensity) Activated/ON
Blinking User input is requested 
						

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Keyboard
The standard alphanumeric keyboard has some special 
functions.
EscExit current display screen.
Help (F1 Key)Enter Online help / user manual.
Word Delete (F10 
Key)Erase word associated with comment cursor.
Arrow (F2 Key)Annotation arrow.
Grab Last (F9 Key)Activate the last selected data for edit.
Home/Set Home 
(F7 Key)Move annotation cursor to home position; shift+key to set 
current annotation cursor position as the new home position.
Text1/Text2 (F8 
Key)Switch between user text annotation overlays.
User Define 
Function (This feature is not available at this time).  
						

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Touch Panel
The Touch Panel contains exam function and mode/function 
specific controls.
Exam Function Controls
 Figure 3-22. Exam Function Controls
NOTE:  Different menus are displayed depending on which Touch Panel  
is selected.
At the bottom of the Touch Panel, there are five combination 
rotary dials/push buttons. The functionality of these rotaries 
changes, depending upon the currently displayed menu. Press 
the button to switch between controls (as with Focus Position/
Number), or rotate the dial to adjust the value.
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1.  Patient: Enter Patient screen
2.  Scan: Enter scanning mode screen
3.  Reports: Activates default report and Touch Panel of report choices.
4.  End Exam: Activates Image Management and Touch Panel with end of exam 
options.
5.  Utility: Activates the configuration system.
6.  Preset: Select the application to use.
7.  Probe Indicator: Indicates and selects the probes. 
						

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Mode/Function Specific Controls
In general, the key status is indicated at the top of the key. There 
are different types of Touch Panel keys as illustrated below:
 Figure 3-23. Mode/Function Specific Controls
1.  Toggle keys are used when the choices are on/off. 
2.  Select functions are used where the available functions are 
listed on the key (not shown).
3.  Two-Button functions are used when there are two choices 
that do not include on/off (not shown).
4.  Progress/Select keys are used for controls that have three 
or more choices. When this key is selected, a pop-up menu 
appears with the available choices.
5.  Progression keys are used to assess the impact of the 
control on the image progressively. 
6.  Sub-menu keys are used to bring up an additional menu.
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Mode, Display and Record
This group of controls provides various functions relating to the 
display mode, display orientation, image recording/saving, 
freeze, gain and cine scroll.
The Mode Controls select the desired display mode or 
combinations of display modes.
•  During dual display modes the L and R keys activate the 
Left or Right displayed image.
•  B Pause freezes the B-Mode image while keeping the 
Doppler spectrum display active.
•  The Auto keys are used to:
•  initiate an auto optimization
•  turn off the auto mode.
•  Depth controls the image display depth.
• The Reverse key toggles the left/right orientation of the scan 
image.
•  Record keys are used to activate/print the designated 
recording device (e.g. video page printer, multi-image 
camera, image archive option).
•  To activate a specific mode, press the appropriate mode 
key. Gain knobs control the gain of the displayed echoes 
during B-Mode scanning. Each mode has its own gain 
control via the larger gray knob surrounding the mode key.
Fr e e ze• The Freeze key is used to stop the acquisition of ultrasound data and freeze 
the image in system memory. Pressing Freeze a second time continues live 
image data acquisition. 
						

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Measurement and Annotation
This group of controls performs various functions related to 
making measurements, annotating and adjusting the image 
information.
•  The Comment key enables the image text editor and 
displays the annotation library Touch Panel.
Comment
Clear • The Clear key is generally used to erase or exit functions such as 
annotations/comments, measurements and zoom. Pressing the Clear key 
again returns the system to the basic mode top menu.
• The Body Pattern/Ellipse control has a dual purpose:
•  When the Body Pattern/Ellipse control is pressed, it 
enables the Body Pattern Touch Panel and displays 
the default pattern on the screen.
•  When the Body Pattern/Ellipse control is adjusted, it is 
used to activate the ellipse measurement function after 
the first distance measurement has been set and the 
second caliper is activated.
Press Set to fix the measurement after the ellipse 
adjustment is complete. The measurement is then 
displayed in the measurement result window.
Measure• The Measure key is used in all types of basic measurements. It also becomes 
the “mouse” arrow for making selections along with the Set key (to fix or finish 
a selection). When the Measure key is pressed, the measurement Touch 
Panel is displayed. 
						

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Measurement and Annotation (continued)
•  The M/D Cursor key enables Trackball control of the M-
Mode or Doppler cursor line (not angle correction) or the 
CFM window in real-time Color Flow Mode.
•  The Scan Area key enables Trackball control of the B-Mode 
image area size and position in B/W, the CFM window size 
and position in Color mode and the Zoomed area size and 
position in Zoom.
• The Zoom control has a dual purpose: 
•  When the Zoom control is pressed, it activates the 
zoom function.
•  When the Zoom control is adjusted, it is used to control 
the zoom size with the zoom function in real-time or it 
rotates the probe position indicator when in the body 
pattern function.
Set• The Set key is used for various functions, but is generally used to fix or finish 
an operation (e.g. to fix a measurement caliper).
• The Trackball is used with almost every key function in this group. Trackball 
control depends on the last key function pressed. 
						

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Monitor Display
Monitor Display
 Figure 3-24. Monitor Display Tour
1.  Institution/Hospital Name, Date, 
Time, Operator Identification.12.  Probe Identifier. Exam Study.
2.  Patient Name, Patient Identification. 13.  Imaging Parameters by Mode.
3.  Power Output Readout, System 
Status (real-time or frozen)14.  Focal Zone. The focal zone mark 
changes into a bowtie mark when 
one of the following is activated: 
Coded Excitation, B Flow, CHA 
(Phase Inversion) and CHI 
(Harmonics).