Philips HD7 User Manual

Philips HD7

Detailed ultrasound system specifications
and transducer guide

The Philips HD7 provides you with

a rich combination of advanced

performance, efficient workflow and

elegant data management, all at a very

achievable price point.

It features design architecture

unprecedented in the evolution of

ultrasound. From the ground up and inside

out, the HD7 system is built to make your

work easier, more efficient and more

productive. Its flexible platform also enables

you to configure a HD7 to meet your exact

requirements for price, performance and

clinical application.

Applications

• Abdominal

• Small parts and superficial

• Pediatric

• Musculoskeletal

• Neonatal

• Urology

• Obstetrical

• Gynecological and fertility

• Prostate

• Vascular

– Cerebrovascular

– Peripheral vascular

– Intraoperative vascular

• Transcranial Doppler

• Cardiac

– Adult

– Pediatric

– Stress

Imaging modes

• Philips Microfine 2D focusing

• Philips Color Power Angio (CPA)

• Directional Color Power Angio

•M-mode

• Anatomical M-mode

• Color M-mode

• Pulsed Wave Doppler

• Continuous Wave Doppler

• 3D

• Color compare mode

• Dual mode

• Duplex for simultaneous 2D and Doppler

• Triplex mode for simultaneous 2D,

Doppler, and color or CPA

• 2D Optimization Signal Processing

• Tissue Harmonic Imaging (THI)

• Intelligent Doppler

• Reconstructed zoom with pan (read zoom)

• Philips high-definition zoom (write zoom)

• Panoramic

• Trapezoidal

• Pulse Inversion Harmonic

• Contrast

• Adaptive Doppler

• Adaptive Color Doppler

• Color Tissue Doppler

• Pulsed Wave Tissue Doppler

System Specifications

Control panel and user interface

• Easy-to-learn graphical user interface

• Primary controls readily accessible and logically grouped

• Commonly used secondary controls located on soft keys for

quick access; soft key functions change dynamically based on the

currently active mode, preset or system function

• Other secondary controls accessible through on-screen menus

• Alphanumeric keyboard: QWERTY keyboard with globalization key

for conversion to local language (English, French, German, Italian

and Spanish)

• User selectable keyboard input language (Roman, Japanese,

Simplified Chinese, Russian and Portuguese)

• Trackball with Select and Enter keys for easy system navigation

• Integrated stereo speakers

• Imaging mode keys: 2D, Color Power Angio imaging, M-mode,

Color Doppler, Continuous Wave Doppler (CW), Pulsed Wave

Doppler (PW)

• 2D image controls: Depth, Dual Left, Dual Right, Freeze, THI, and

Zoom Focus

• Image enhancement controls: Dynamic Range, Focus, Gain,

Persistence, Post-processing Map, and Smooth

• Patient specific optimization keys: 2D Opt, Transducer (transducer

select), and THI

• Quantitative controls: Caliper, Calc, Erase, Trackball

• Doppler or color controls: Angle and Steer, Spectral, Scale,

Baseline, Gain, Power, Volume, Duplex, and Triplex

• Image Acquisition keys: Review, Report, VCR, Acquire, and two

print keys supporting external print and video options

• Annotation controls: Text, Erase, Arrow, and Bodymarker

• Function keys: Microphone, Patient, Preset, and Setup

• Four option keys activated with additionally purchased features

such as 3D, stress echo, panoramic, and Tissue Doppler imaging

• Online Help key

• Lateral Gain Compensation (LGC) slide pot controls

• Time Gain Compensation (TGC) slide pot controls

• Review and Report keys

Gray shades

• 256 (8 bits) in 2D, M-mode and Doppler spectral analysis

Acquisition frame rate

• Greater than 230 frames per second in High Frame Rate mode

(dependent on transducer, field of view, depth and angle)

Ergonomic, user-centered design

• High mobility cart

– Designed for easy maneuverability

– Front handles for portability

– Four-wheel swivel ability

– Two-wheel swivel lock and brake

– Lightweight aluminum frame

• Control panel can be raised, lowered and rotated more than 300°

– Supports comfortable operation from standing and

sitting positions

– Improves accessibility of controls and reduces

extended reaching

• 15-inch (333 x 263 mm) high-resolution color monitor

– Raises, lowers and rotates with control panel

– Independent tilt (+15/-10 degrees) and swivel (+/- 120 degrees)

– XGA resolution (1024 x 768) 60 Hz, non-interlaced RGB

– The system output is SVGA (800 x 600) 60Hz non-interlaced

RGB

– 0.297 mm dot pitch

– Brightness control, Automatic Backlight Stability (BLS) control

(BLS ensures quick warm-up and consistent light output over

operational life.)

– Super In-Plane Switching(SI-PS) panel for superior viewing angle

and grayscale reproduction

• iSCAN Intelligent Optimization helps reduce repetitive key strokes

during exams

• Palm rest

• Back deck provides easy access to hardcopy and documentation

devices

• Built-in A/C line conditioner provides isolation from voltage

fluctuation and electrical noise interference

• Internal high-capacity impeller fans with automatic speed

adjustment to optimize cooling efficiency with minimal

audible noise

System architecture

• All-digital broadband beamformer

• Microfine 2D focusing with Dynamic Focal Tuning

• 232 dB full time input dynamic range

• 1,024 digitally-processed channels

• Continuously variable steering in 2D, color and Doppler modes

• 2D Opt signal processing with 2X multi-line parallel processing and

frequency compounding:

– Improves tissue contrast resolution and textural perception

– Sharpens lateral beam profile for finer dot size

– Reduces speckle artifacts for increased image clarity

–2D Opt key with up to five settings for patient-specific

optimization in 2D and color Doppler

• iSCAN one-touch Intelligent Optimization

– In 2D vascular, Ob/Gyn, and general imaging, one-button

automatic adjustment of:

- TGC and Receiver Gain to achieve optimal uniformity and

brightness of tissues in most exams

- Compression curve based on range of detectable tissues

• iSCAN Doppler

– One-touch optimization of spectral tracing to improve

productivity

Display annotation

• On-screen display of all pertinent imaging parameters for complete

documentation, including: transducer type and frequency range,

active clinical options and optimized presets, display depth,

TGC curve, grayscale, color map, frame rate, dynamic range,

compression and contrast enhancement, color gain, color image

mode, and hospital and patient demographic data

• Displayed data can be turned off for generating images used in

publication and presentation

• Sector width and steering markers

• 2D Opt setting and iSCAN icons

• Real-time display of Mechanical Index (MI)

• Real-time display of Thermal Index (TIb, TIc, TIs)

• Quick text–allows easy annotation at any time during an exam

• Text–places, moves, erases, modifies or appends predefined text

labels, typed text and arrows

• Body markers–displays body-part icons appropriate for the active

preset and indicates relative transducer position

– Icons selectable via trackball scroll and soft keys

• Dual orientation marker to indicate the active buffer for two-

buffer dual display

• VCR indicator–allows user to know when VCR is recording

• Annotation erased with start of new study

Image presentation

• Up or down

• Left or right

• Multiple duplex image formats (1/3-2/3, 1/2-1/2, 2 /3-1/3)

• Depth to 30 cm (exam and transducer specific)

Transducers

Transducer selection

• Electronic switching of up to four imaging transducers

• Dedicated (Pedoff) connector available for non-imaging CW and

PW transducers

• System supports up to 11 transducers to meet a wide range of

clinical needs

• Multiple user-selectable transmit focal zones; up to eight focal

zones on selected transducers

• Continuous dynamic receive focusing on all transducers

S4-2 Broadband Sector

• 4 to 2 MHz extended operating frequency range

• High-resolution imaging for abdominal, cardiac, and Ob/Gyn

applications

• Supports 2D, color, PW and CW Doppler, Tissue Harmonic

Imaging, Color Power Angio imaging, and contrast

• Biopsy kit available

s8 Broadband Sector

• 8 to 3 MHz extended operating frequency range

• High-resolution imaging for pediatric, cardiac, abdominal and

Ob/Gyn applications

• Supports 2D, color, PW and CW Doppler, and Color Power Angio

imaging

System Specifications

Transducers continued

C5-2 Broadband Curved

• 5 to 2 MHz extended operating frequency range

• High-resolution imaging for abdominal and Ob/Gyn applications

• Supports 2D, color, PW Doppler, Tissue Harmonic Imaging, Color

Power Angio imaging, and contrast

• Multi-angle biopsy kit available

C6-3 Broadband Curved

• 6 to 3 MHz extended operating frequency range

• Provides high-resolution imaging for abdominal and Ob/ Gyn

applications

• Narrow footprint for improved intercostal access

• Supports 2D, color, PW Doppler, Tissue Harmonic Imaging and

Color Power Angio imaging

• Multi-angle biopsy kit available

C8-5 Broadband Curved

• 8 to 5 MHz extended operating frequency range

• High-resolution imaging for abdominal, abdominal-vascular and

Ob/Gyn applications

• 90˚ field of view

• Supports 2D, color, PW Doppler, and Color Power Angio imaging

• Biopsy kit available

C8-4v Broadband Curved Array

• 8 to 4 MHz extended operating frequency range

• End-fire sector, 11 mm radius of curvature, 135° field of view

• Supports 2D, color, PW Doppler, and Color Power Angio imaging

• Endovaginal applications

• Biopsy kit available

E6509 Broadband Curved

• 7.5 to 5 MHz extended operating frequency range

• High-resolution endocavitary imaging for Ob/Gyn and prostate

applications

• Supports 2D, color, PW Doppler, and Color Power Angio imaging

• Biopsy kit available

L12-3 Broadband Linear

• 12 to 3 MHz extended operating frequency range

• 15° of trapezoidal imaging

• High-resolution imaging for superficial applications including

vascular, small parts, and musculoskeletal

• Supports 2D, color, Tissue Harmonic Imaging, PW Doppler, and

Color Power Angio imaging

L12-5 50 mm Broadband Linear

• Fine pitch, 256 element, high-resolution linear array

• 12 to 5 MHz extended operating frequency range

• Supports 2D, color, PW Doppler, and Color Power Angio imaging

• Trapezoidal imaging

• High-resolution superficial applications including small parts,

breast, and musculoskeletal imaging

• Biopsy kit available

15-6L Broadband Compact Linear

• 15 to 6 MHz extended operating frequency range

• 8° of trapezoidal imaging

• High-resolution imaging for intraoperative vascular applications

• Supports 2D, color, PW Doppler, and Color Power Angio imaging

D5009V Cardiac and Vascular Non-imaging

• 5.0 MHz, 9 mm diameter pencil transducer

• Non-imaging PW andCW Doppler for cardiac and

vascular applications

Imaging modes

2D Mode

• Microfine 2D Focusing

• Frame rate selection

• Eight-level digital reconstructed zoom with pan

• Variable level high-definition zoom

• Image orientation marker

• Cineloop image review (up to 1,000 B/W frames)

• Persistence, adjustable in real time and Cineloop review

• Selectable compression curves

• Sector size and steering control

• Selectable line density

• Up to eight transmit focal zones plus separation control

• Dual imaging (single and two buffer)

• Philips Chroma imaging with multiple color maps