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Quick Manual of 4D Imaging (Version 1.0)

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Overview:
4D imaging enables the display of the real time 3D anatomical structure and adds the dimension of
‘movement’ to a 3D image by providing continuous, real-time displays of internal organs or fetus.
3D imaging provides single frame images, while 4D imaging provides continuous high volume
acquisition of 3D images. The following part is about the operating steps of 4D imaging in the
system with touch screen.

Step One: Start-up with 4D Imaging

Press【Exam】button, select the volumetric
probe VC6-2 and OB/Abdominal application
mode on the touch screen.

Tips: If the fetus is not ideally positioned, which means

there is not enough amniotic fluid covering the fetus, you
can ask the patient to have a walk around and take the
exam later, that would change the distribution of fluid and
may help the exam.

Step Three: Enter 4D Scanning Mode

Note: The following operating manual is base on the VIS After obtained a standard 4D section, Press
software version 3.0.7.1, and choose the OB application 【3D/4D】botton on the touch screen to enter
as an example. the 4D scanning mode.

Step Two: Obtain a standard 4D section

Find the central-sagittal section of the fetal
head, and make sure there is enough amniotic
fluid covering the fetal face.

Adjust the【B】button, to turn the amniotic fluid

filled area to be dark (no echo),therefore
acquire a clear image of the fetal face.

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Adjust the ROI and sample line:
The 2D imaging with ROI and sample line is
displayed in the inactivated 4D mode, only the data
in ROI is acquired for 4D imaging.

Press 【 Set 】 / 【 Update 】 to highlight the

Customized Mode
desired status icon:
If is highlighted, use the trackball to position ROI.
If is highlighted, use the trackball to resize ROI.
If is highlighted, adjust the sample line.

Tap【1】，
【2】，
【4】or , , to enter the
full, dual or quad display.

Set the parameters of Focus Pos, Image

Quality，Sweep angle and Stability to acquire a
better active 4D image view.

Note: A higher quality image can be obtained

Note:Create a Customized Exam Mode
Apart from the exam mode of Surface and
Skeleton, the system also offers a function to
create 12 customized exam modes.
After get into 4D scanning mode, adjust the
parameters in your habitual way, then press
【S】button on the keyboard, the screen will
display as below.
by running a motor of the probe at a lower
speed.
Press【Start】/【Freeze】to begin scanning.
Step Four: 4D Imaging Management
① 3D/4D
Press【Freeze】to stop scanning, the screen
and the touch screen will display as below.

A:X-axis B:Y-axis

C:Z-axis Dynamic
3D

Input a name of the new exam mode, press

【Create Exam】and【Exit】, then successfully Tap【Cine Review】or slide the trackball to the
create a customized exam mode. right to review the cine.

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 Tap【Clip Plane】and move the trackball to
observe reviews by discretionary plane.

Tap【0/45/90/180/270/360°】to set the rotation

angle, all images are automatically rotated from
the original position to the position of preset
angle, and then rotated in a reversed way in
turns.

When you adjust the size of the ROI or the
position of sample line, you can tap【Volume】,
【Curve】or【All】to reset.
② View
Tap the 6 directions or the left/right part of
【Rotate X】,【Rotate Y】,【Rotate Z】,【Move
U/D】,【Move L/R】or rotate the button to
adjust the direction of the images.

Tap【0/90/180/270°】to orientate the images.

Tap the left/right part of 【 Contrast,

Transparency, Brightness, Smoothness】or
rotate the knob below to set the 3D image.

Tap or turn the current menu to the

previous or the next page.

Tap【VolPre】or【Freeze】to return to the

inactivated 4D mode.

Tap【3D Chroma】and【B Chroma】to adjust

the color of the 3D and 2B images.
③ Edit
You can crop the image by using the
following 6 kinds of cut methods.

【Surface】is used to display the contour.

【Skeleton】is used to display the samples with the
highest intensity along the ultrasound beam.
【X-Ray】is used to display the average gray values
of the echoes along the ultrasound beam.
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Tap or【BoxIn】to remove all data outside.
Tap or【BoxOut】to remove all data inside.
Tap【EraseB】or【EraseS】to erase the data by
big or small eraser.

Tap to restore the review.

Tap to undo the last cut.

Tap to redo the last cut.

④ C-Plane
C-Plane is a function to observe the shape of
different planes of the 4D volume.
Tap【A, B, C】to select a desired image , then
the desire image on the corresponding axis is
Tap【A, B, C】to choose a ref. image, then tap
displayed on the screen.
【AB, AC, BC, ABC】to choose the display
Tap【3*3, 4*4, 5*5】to set the slice number.
mode, and you can clearly analyze the structure
Tap the left/right part of【Slice Spacing】to set
of the planes.
the spacing(0.5-2).

means to display the planes of X and Y axis.

means to display the planes of X and Z axis.

means to display the planes of Y and Z axis.

means to display the planes of X, Y axis.

8 slice lines and the corresponding number are

displayed on the main slice imaging.

Move the cursor on the slice by using the

trackball, press【Set】on the control sectional
plane to select it. If the slice is selected, its
corresponding line on the main slice imaging
turns to a full line.

⑤ M-Slice
You can observe reviews by using 2 or more
slices. For example, each layer of an irregular
tumor can be observed by applying this feature.
Step Five:Save
Press 【 Save 】 to save the 4D Image/Cine
/Volume, and the volume data can be modified
after being saved.
Tap【Exit】to return to the real-time B mode.

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