Hi,
I recently took the echo course and I am having some trouble with getting a good setting for echo in cats. I am having to use my C11 on the cats, which I know is not ideal. It has a “cat cardiac” preset, but it is horribly dark and highly contrasty. Is there a better setting to use? Or is there a way to tweak the preset so it looks better to me? Thanks for any help. (I would love to buy the smaller phased array probe but the company I work for is not amenable) Judy
-video attached is with the C-11 added by a SonoPath specialist.
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Hi Judy, feel free to try the
Hi Judy, feel free to try the other cardiac settings, you may like the look compared to the cat cardiac. If you can, maybe upload a still pic from your machine showing your settings? What are your TGC pots set up as?
Oh, also are these cats
Oh, also are these cats mostly thin? Or variable sizes?
The cats are variable. I
The cats are variable. I will take a picture of the settings and the TGC array and post.
These are the presets I have
These are the presets I have available on my Mindray, and the associated settings. And my TGC toggles. Thanks for your help! jas
TCGs look good, I would try
TCGs look good, I would try turning off the iClear, or try adjusting the persistence. Unfortunately my Mindray is currently at the SonoPath Education center for the last day of our SDEP® abdomen training lab tomorrow. Cardiacs in general do appear more “grainy” than abdominal images I find, but it shouldn’t be dark. Does the gain not lighten it enough?
Ok, I’ll try a few things.
Ok, I’ll try a few things. It didn’t seem like turning up the gain helped. How do I adjust persistence? Thanks, jas
Sorry, I had to hijack your
Sorry, I had to hijack your original post to post my video of a cat I scanned today using the C-11 probe with small abdomen setting. Just face the probe marker toward to patient’s tail to get the proper orientation.
Oh, that’s what I’ll try!
Oh, that’s what I’ll try! the PW will be the same, right? Very pretty!
Should be, but let me know
Should be, but let me know how it works out. I’m so used to the P10, that’s all I use for cats.
Persistance is a soft key
Persistance is a soft key setting located at the top of your Mindray keyboard, you will need to toggle through the options to get to it.