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ACUSON Sequoia™ 3.5 VB30 Needle Enhancement Quick Card

This document will help the user understand the Needle Enhancement feature using the ACUSON Sequoia™ ultrasound system.

Quick Card Needle Enhancement ACUSON Sequoia Ultrasound System 3.5 (VB30) siemens-healthineers.com/sequoia Needle Enhancement is used during special procedures when needle visualization is important. It can help with exam safety and to improve patient outcomes. SIEMENS Healthineers . Step 1 – Activate Needle Enhancement Note: • During live imaging, select the Needle Enhancement • Needle enhancement is available in Trapezoid mode icon from the Touch Screen and on the 10L4, 15L4, 18L6, and HLX transducers. • The Needle Enhancement icon will appear in the upper • Locks control panel function to prevent accidental exit left quadrant of the image from Needle Enhancement mode • Biopsy mode must be Off Step 2 18L6 Breast TIS:0.24 MI:0.67 42fps • Adjust image and needle as needed and take 95% a clip or freeze, if desired 2D Mid 0dB/DR70 c=1446 LD 3 Compound MapD/75 P3 4cm Note: The Needle Enhancement icon will Breast TIS:0.24 disappear if the image is frozen. MI:0.67 42fps 95% 2D Mid 0dB/DR70 c=1446 LD 3 Compound UA 2 MapD/T5 P3 Step 3 – Deactivate Needle Enhancement • Select the Needle Enhancement icon on the Touch Screen again to turn Needle Enhancement Off • Biopsy mode will now be available Needle Enhancement System States UI Control State Biopsy Needle Enhancement Imaging 1 Off Off Enhancement Off 2 On Off (Dithered) Enhancement Off 3 Off On Enhancement On 2 siemens-healthineers.com/ultrasound Please note: At Siemens Healthineers, we pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For the proper use of the software or hardware, please always use For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. As a leader in medical the Operator Manual or Instructions for Use (hereinafter collectively technology, we want to advance a world in which breakthroughs “Operator Manual”) issued by Siemens Healthineers. This material is in healthcare create new possibilities with a minimal impact on to be used as training material only and shall by no means substitute our planet. By consistently bringing innovations to the market, the Operator Manual. Any material used in this training will not be we enable healthcare professionals to innovate personalized care, updated on a regular basis and does not necessarily reflect the latest achieve operational excellence, and transform the system of care. version of the software and hardware available at the time of the Our portfolio, spanning in vitro and in vivo diagnostics to image- training. The Operator Manual shall be used as your main reference, guided therapy and cancer care, is crucial for clinical decision- in particular for relevant safety information like warnings and making and treatment pathways. With the unique combination of cautions. our strengths in patient twinning1, precision therapy, as well as Some functions shown in this material are optional and might not digital, data, and artificial intelligence (AI), we are well positioned be part of your system. to take on the greatest challenges in healthcare. We will continue to build on these strengths to help overcome the world’s most Certain products, product-related claims or functionalities described threatening diseases, enable efficient operations, and expand in this material (hereinafter collectively “Functionality”) may not access to care. (yet) be commercially available in your country. Due to regulatory requirements, the future availability of said functionalities in We are a team of more than 71,000 Healthineers in over 70 countries any specific country is not guaranteed. Please contact your local passionately pushing the boundaries of what is possible in Siemens Healthineers sales representative for the most current healthcare to help improve the lives of people around the world. information. The reproduction, transmission or distribution of this training or its contents is not permitted without express written authority. Offenders will be liable for damages. All names and data of patients, parameters and configuration dependent designations are fictional and examples only. All rights, including rights created by patent grant or registration of a utility model or design, are reserved. ACUSON Sequoia is a trademark of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. Siemens Healthineers Ultrasound owns the rights to all images. 1 Personalization of diagnosis, therapy selection and monitoring, after care and managing health. Siemens Healthineers Headquarters Manufacturer Siemens Healthineers AG Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. Siemensstr. 3 Ultrasound 91301 Forchheim, Germany 22010 S.E. 51st Street Phone: +49 9191 18-0 Issaquah, WA 98029, USA siemens-healthineers.com Phone: 1-888-826-9702 siemens-healthineers.com/ultrasound Published by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. · QR700014886 · 15975 1124 online only · ©Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., 2024

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