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Display Monitor:
Swivels to the left and right, tilts up and down.
Speakers
Control panel:
Contains all the buttons and the alphanumeric 
keyboard used to operate the system. See 
page 29 for further details.
Probe and gel holders:
Situated on either side of the Control panel.
VCR
Probe ports:
Three active and one park phased array 
probe ports, and two pencil probe ports.
Foot brakes:
Control swivel and brake of the wheels. See 
page 22 for further details.
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CD-RW is not 
supported, only 
CD-R 
(recordable).Portable disks:
•  Magneto optical disk
• CD-ROM
Patient I/O
Black & white video printer
Console swivel operating handle:
Situated in the middle beneath the front 
handles.
•  Vivid 7: swivel and in/out displacement
•  Vivid 7 PRO: limited swivel only
Console lifting operating handle:
Situated in the left front handle.
Color video printer Legend
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Control panel
The following pictures illustrate the layout of the Vivid 7/
Vivid 7 PRO control panel. The buttons and controls are 
grouped together for ease of use. A detailed description of the 
buttons is provided on the following pages.
 Figure 1-7: The control panel (left side).
1. TGC sliders
2. Loudspeaker volume 
control
3. On/Off button
4. F1-F4 keys: (Not in use)
5. Navigation keys: 
Archiving & Reporting 
buttons Pre-
examination buttons 
Video playback
6. Function keys: System 
Configuration 
Annotation On-line 
manual
7. Alphanumeric 
keyboard
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 Figure 1-8: The control panel (right side).
8. Active mode gain
9. 2D gain
10. Scan mode selection 
keys
11. Assignable keys
12. Zoom control
13. Depth control
14. Display format keys
15. Measurement, Image 
store and menu keys
16. Soft menu rocker
17. VCR controls and print 
keys
18. Freeze keys
19. Trackball operation
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Key illumination
The keys on the control panel are illuminated according to their 
availability:
• Illumination in green: the key function is currently active.
• Illumination in yellow: the key function is available (but 
not active) in the current state of the scanner.
• No illumination: The key is not available in the current 
state of the scanner.
Power On/Off key
Navigation keys
The following buttons on the top left of the control panel are 
used for navigation between different screen or packages on 
the scanner. They are related to either pre or post-examination 
operations. Each of these operations are described in more 
detail in the following chapters.
Key Description
Turns the unit on and off.
Key Description
Displays the Search/Create patient window. 
Enables the creation of a new patient record.
Displays the Select Probe and Application dialog 
box that enables the users to select the desired 
probe and application preset for the current 
examination. For information about selecting 
probes, refer to page 53 and page 366.
Displays the Application dialog box that enables 
the users to select the appropriate application 
preset for the current examination.
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Gives access to controls for physiological traces. 
The controls appear on the assignable keys.
Displays the examination report.
Brings the scanner into the Image review mode, 
that enables the user to select images from the 
clipboard for analysis, activate the image 
browser or enter the Image Review screen 
where bigger previews of the images are shown 
for image selection. Refer to page 293 for details 
on the review of images.
Displays the Search/Create patient window if no 
patient record is currently selected. Enables the 
user to search a patient record in a patient 
archive (see page 279). If a patient record is 
selected, displays the Patient information 
screen.
Displays the Measurement worksheet where the 
user may edit or delete measurements, change 
averaging etc. Refer to page 230 for details on 
how to operate the worksheet.
Brings scanner into video playback mode that 
enables the user to look at video tape 
recordings. For further information about video 
playback control refer to page 384. Key Description
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Scan Mode Selection keys
The following keys are used to select the required scan mode, 
and to select additional tools that enhance the application’s 
capabilities. Refer to page 89 for detailed information about 
scanning.
Key Description
Displays the 2D live acquisition mode that is the 
default scanning screen for the unit. For further 
information on 2D scanning, refer to page 92.
M-Mode can be 
added from a 2D 
scan also in 
replay.Displays the M-Mode examination screen and 
enables M-Mode functions. Used for viewing 
motion patterns. For further information, refer to 
page 98.
Displays the examination screen in Color Flow 
Mapping mode. Used to display color-coded 
blood flow information. For further information, 
refer to page 104.
In replay mode 
with TVI the 
velocity trace 
mode will be 
toggled on by the 
PW key.Displays the examination screen in Pulsed Wave 
Doppler mode. Used for displaying the Doppler 
spectrum of blood flow at a selected part of the 
anatomy. For further information, refer to 
page 112.
CW mode is not 
available on all 
scanning probes.Displays the examination screen in Continuous 
Wave Doppler mode. Allows examination of 
blood flow data all along the Doppler CW cursor. 
For further information, refer to page 112.
Displays the tissue velocity overlay on 2D and M-
Mode scans. If TVI is on, the Doppler modes 
(PW/CW) will also be optimized for tissue 
velocity. For further information, refer to 
page 119.
Depending on the options installed on the 
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Basic Mode Parameter Adjustment Controls
The following controls are used to modify and adjust the unit’s 
display to best suit the user’s requirements, such as color, gain, 
zoom and image depth, according to the mode being operated 
by the user.
Controls Description
2D GainControls the total gain of the gray scale images 
in 2D Mode.
Active mode 
GainControls the total gain of other activated modes, 
such as, M-Mode, Color, PW, or CW Doppler 
mode.
TGCSliding keys that compensate for depth-related 
attenuation in an image. The upper slider 
corresponds to the smallest depth.
DepthControls the displayed depth of tissue scan. Has 
no effect in replay.
Toggles the cursor display on/off in 2D scanning 
mode.
Changes the angle of the cursor on linear 
probes. The steering angles are fixed for each 
linear probe. This key has no effect with sector 
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Freeze keys
The freeze keys are used to freeze images and cine loops in all 
modes for on-line analysis and storage for future use.
Display format keys
The following keys provide different view formats to best suit 
the user’s requirements.
Toggles the high resolution (HR) zoom on/off. 
The key has no effect in replay. The HR zoom 
concentrates the image processing to a user 
selectable portion of the image, resulting in an 
improved image quality and a higher frame rate 
in the chosen ROI
Display ZoomControls image magnification. Rotate clockwise 
to activate zoom mode and increase zoom 
factor. Rotate counterclockwise to decrease and 
turn off zoom. Zoom is available in both live and 
replay. Controls Description
Key Description
Stops or restarts all data acquisition. When scan 
is frozen, the Trackball can be used to scroll 
through the cine loop.
Activates or freezes 2D mode. In simultaneous 
mode, pressing 
2D FREEZE will activate or 
deactivate the 2D image, leaving the other mode 
display unchanged. In freeze mode, stops/starts 
the cineloop.
Key Description
Toggles the display priority of 2D-Mode or 
Doppler/M-Mode and top/bottom or side by side 
display when working in combined mode. This 
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Measurement controls
The following keys are used to take measurements and 
perform calculations.
Enables multiple image display windows in 
which two or four images can be viewed 
simultaneously. When reducing the number of 
images, the active window will always been kept.
In combined mode, switches between the mode 
specific assignable controls of the currently used 
modes.
Toggles the active window in multiple imaging 
mode. The active window is indicated by a 
highlighted frame. All imaging controls are 
normally applied only to the active window. Key Description
Key Description
Activates the Measurement & Analysis (M&A) 
calculation program. This program is context 
sensitive and will display relevant measurements 
to the current mode and application. See 
page 209 for further details on M&A.
Activates measurement tools (unassigned 
measurement). See page 209 for further details 
on M&A.