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Biopsy......................................................................................... 375
Precaution concerning the use of biopsy procedures ....... 375
Preparing the Biopsy guide attachment ............................ 376
Displaying the Guide zone ................................................ 379
Biopsy needle path verification ......................................... 380
Starting the biopsy procedure...

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Additional outputs .............................................................. 432
Tools.................................................................................. 435
Formats ............................................................................. 437
TCP/IP ............................................................................... 442
System...

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Patient safety ............................................................................. 476
Patient identification.......................................................... 476
Diagnostic information ...................................................... 476
Mechanical hazards .......................................................... 476
Personnel and equipment safety ............................................. 478
Explosion hazard...

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Electrical Specifications..................................................... 503
Safety ................................................................................ 503
Probe/Application overview ...................................................... 504
Index 

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Introduction
The Vivid 7/Vivid 7 PRO ultrasound unit is a high performance 
digital ultrasound imaging system.
The system provides image generation in 2D (B) Mode, Color 
Doppler, Power Doppler (Angio), M-Mode, Color M-Mode, PW 
and CW Doppler spectra, Tissue Velocity imaging and Contrast 
applications.
The fully digital architecture of the Vivid 7/Vivid 7 PRO unit 
allows optimal usage of all scanning modes and probe types, 
throughout the full...

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radio-controlled toys, and so on, should not be operated near 
the unit.
Medical staff in charge of the unit are required to instruct 
technicians, patients, and other people who may be around the 
unit, to fully comply with the above recommendations.
Indications for use 
The Vivid 7/Vivid 7 PRO ultrasound unit is intended for the 
following applications:
• Abdominal
• Cardiac
• Small Organ
• Pediatric
• Fetal
• Transesophageal
• Transrectal
•...

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Manual contents
The Vivid 7/Vivid 7 PRO Users Manual is organized to provide 
the information needed to start scanning immediately.
If not otherwise specified, the functions described in this 
manual are common to both systems.
Contents:
Introductor y infor mation
Introduction, provides the following information:
•  General overview of the user manual
•  Conventions used in the book
• Contact information
Getting started
Chapter 1, ’Getting started’...

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•  Stress Echo application
Chapter 5, ’Contrast Imaging’ on page 185, describes the 
acquisition applications related to Contrast imaging:
•  ’Left Ventricular Contrast Imaging’ on page 188
•  ’Myocardial Contrast Imaging’ on page 194
•  ’Real-Time Myocardial Contrast Imaging’ on page 202
Chapter 6, ’Cardiac Measurement and Analysis’ on 
page 209, describes the common conventions and functionality 
used for taking cardiac measurements.
Chapter 7,...

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Finding infor mation
Table of Contents, lists the main topics and their location.
Headers and Footers, give the chapter name and page 
number.
Index, provides an alphabetical and contextual list of topics. 

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Conventions used in this manual
2-column layout, the right column contains the main text. The 
left column contains notes, hints and warnings texts.
Keys and button, on the control panel are indicated by over 
and underlined text (ex. 
2D refers to the 2D mode key)
Bold type, describes button names on the screen.
Italic type: describes program windows, screens and dialogue 
boxes.
Icons, highlight safety issues as follow:
DANGERIndicates that a...