Medlab sono user guide
This simple user manual should be the starting point and a minimal knowledge base for anyone who wants to operate the sonograph in medlab.
Full documentation is available in medlab.
Boot
Turn on the red switch on the far left side of the operator panel
Take a look on the panel under the screen - every LED should be on
Do NOT touch any other button in the area
Subject preparation
Undress subject as appropriate
Put some sonogel on the subject where appropriate
Put sono head to the subject, so the insides should be visible on the screen
Object measurements
B mode - depth(y) x longitude(x)
The skin surface is on the top of the screen
Horizontal axis displays centered longitude
M mode - depth (y) x time (x)
Vertical axis is depth
Horizontal axis is time seprated by line each 1 sec
Doppler - TODO
Tips and tricks
Freeze - pause image
Next to Gain (lower right)
Distance measurement
M mode
Cursor is displayed on the screen
Use trackball to navigate to starting point
Press Channel 1
Navigate to the end point
Press Channel 1
(Repeat with Channel 2 is appropriate)
B mode
Basically the same as M mode
Trace
Draw on screen
Trackball on starting point
Channel 1
Trackball draws line
Channel 1 closes the circuit
Repeat with Channel 2 if appropriate
Press Trace again to leave
Ellipse - draw ellipse
Trackball on one end of primary axis
Channel 1
Trackball to the end of primary axis
Channel 1
Use trackball to modify the secondary axis of the ellipse/circle drawn
Repeat with Channel 2 if appropriate
Press Ellipse to leave
Notes - Type text on screen
Press Char
Trackball on position
Type the text
Repeat ^^
Compatible with measurement mode
Press Char to clear the text
Recording: the machine has composite video output. There is an USB grabber connected. Use mplayer to view and something like cheese (from Gnome) to capture, or VLC to view and capture/encode/store at once.