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SONOLINE Prima
Digital Ultrasound System

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OPERATING CONSOLE
The SONOLINE® Prima system employs an
innovative operating console ergonomically
designed to facilitate easy operation and
shortened learning cycles.
Alphanumeric Keyboard
• Full QWERTY keyboard supporting international
character sets for patient data entry, image annotation
and system programming
Control Panel
• Membrane control panel with two-level backlit
imaging controls and adjustable overhead lighting
Monitor
• 12-inch (30-cm) high-resolution monochrome monitor
with tilt and swivel
• Tilt and swivel lock to secure monitor during transit
• Removable monitor for easy transit
Transducer Ports
• Up to three transducers can be connected
simultaneously.
• Two active curved or linear array ports
• One active conventional sector port
Transducer Storage
• On-board storage for specialty transducers and cable
management provides easy access and increased
security.
• Four transducer holders integrated into console with
a unique locking design to secure transducer and
cables during transit
System Input/Output
• Composite Video Input (BNC)
• Composite Video Output (BNC)
• RS-232C (25-pin female D-Sub) for report printer or
off-line analysis station
• Footswitch
• ECG (option)
Footswitch
• Dual-pedal footswitch
• Left pedal: freeze/unfreeze
• Right pedal: user-programmable for print, M Mode,
endocavity transducer frequencies, or image planes
on endorectal transducer
SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
SONOLINE Prima incorporates the latest
advances in wide bandwidth, multi-impedance
matched transducer technology, 360-degree
digital scan converter and dual echo
processing design to provide improved
resolution, exceptional tissue contrast and
increased clinical accuracy.
• Full field panoramic digital scan converter, 512x512x7
bit memory, 355-degree display with circular scanning
transducers
• 32-channel dynamic receive beamformer
• 256 shades of gray
• Overall dynamic range: 140 dB
• Dynamic receive focusing and dynamic aperture
control for improved resolution and signal/noise ratio
• Adjustable persistence, edge enhancement and user-
editable gray maps
Image Display Modes
• Single Imaging Modes
- B Modes (B. 2B, B+B.4B)
- M Mode
• Mixed Modes
- B+M Modes with various display formats:
Horizontal 50-50, 2/3-1/3: Vertical 40-60
- A+B, A+M Mode
Image Screen Display
• Display of all exam-related parameters: patient name:
patient ID: hospital name: operator name: referring
physician: date and time: transducer name and
frequency: transducer orientation: trackball status:
exam type: DGC curve (if selected): ECG heart rate
(with ECG option)
• On-screen display of all relevant imaging parameters:
output power: receive gain: dynamic range:
persistence: edge enhance: imaging angle / scan
width: frame rate: line density: gray map type: gray
bar: depth scale including offset: focal zone markers:
freeze indicator: mechanical index (MI): bone thermal
index (TIB) and soft tissue thermal index (TIS), as
applicable
• The display of on-screen imaging parameters can be
turned off if desired.
• Magnification
- Pan, read and write zoom in real-time and frozen
image
• Image Orientation
- Left / right (horizontal) flip in B, 2B, B+B. and 4B
Mode and of the B image in B+M Mode
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- Up / down (vertical) flip in B, 2B, B+B, 4B, and
B+M Mode for endocavity transducers through
transducer preset menu
- 90-degree rotation (selectable steps: 0, 90, 180,
270 degrees)
• Image Polarity
- Negative (white on black)
- Positive (black on white)
Pictograms
• Up to 60 user-selectable standard and exam-specific
body symbols. Transducer position and orientation
may be indicated with a transducer marker in the
pictogram.
• Orientation symbols for endocavity transducers
Annotation
• Allows the user to annotate anywhere on image
screen, standardize views and label abbreviations.
User can program word lists and sort by most
frequently used words.
• A predefined annotation list ranging from 10 to 65
terms, depending on application is available for the
user. Users can choose terms from a preprogrammed
library of common terms or define their own terms
for unlimited flexibility.
System Presets and User QuickSets
• User-definable system set up through preset menus
or QuickSet function for customization of exam-
specific transducer settings, canned text and phrase
library, pictogram list, and user measurements,
formulas and reports
• All presets and QuickSets can be stored on diskette.
IMAGING PARAMETERS
By continuously optimizing the receive delays,
aperture size and frequency content,
DYNAMIC RECEIVE FOCUS creates a more
perfect acoustic lens. The result is a
remarkable improvement in axial and lateral
resolution. DYNAMIC APERTURE CONTROL
automatically matches the precise number of
active transducer elements to the focal zone
range, to keep the beam intensity constant
and remove image arti facts due to uneven
focusing. MULTIIMPEDANCE MATCHED
TRANSDUCERS with 128 elements
significantly increase the diagnostic
information from returning signals.
• Transmit Power: displayed in decibals or percent
(user-selectable)
• Receive Gain: overall system receive gain combined
with DGC totals 60 dB
• DGC (Depth Gain Compensation) Control: eight DGC
slides controls to optimize receive gain, user-definable
for specific application
• Grayscale
- B and M Mode: selectable 256, 128, 64, 32, 16,
8, 4, or 2 gray shades
• Pre-processing
- Edge enhancement in four steps
- Image persistence in four steps
- Dynamic range 35 to 66 dB in 1 dB steps
• Post-processing
- Six types of gray maps
- Five of six gray maps user-editable
• Transmit Focus
- Electronic arrays: one, two, or four user-
positionable focal zones
- Conventional sector: fixed focus
• Dynamic Receive Focus
- Image angle can be adjusted for curved array
and sector transducers. Selectable angles are
transducer-dependent.
- Image width can be adjusted for linear
transducers. Selectable widths are transducer-
dependent.
TRANSDUCER TECHNOLOGY
HIGH FIDELITY transducer array technology
provides high-density transducers with 128
elements for optimal design performance.
Multi-frequency transducers allow the user
to shift the transmit frequency upward for
high resolution and downward for more
penetration, increasing the versatility of each
transducer at the push of a button.
Transducer Frequencies
• 2.6, 3.5, 5.0, 6.0, 6.5, 7.5 MHz
Image Depth of View
• Selectable in one-centimeter increments
- 2.6 MHz: 6 to 24 cm
- 3.5 MHz: 6 to 24 cm
- 5.0 MHz: 4 to 16 cm
- 6.0 MHz: 4 to 16 cm
- 6.5 MHz: 4 to 13 cm
- 7.5 MHz: 3 to 12 cm
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M-MODE EXAM-SPECIFIC MEASUREMENTS AND

REPORTS
M-mode display is a particularly useful way
of looking at motion within the heart. Obstetrics (basic package)
SONOLINE Prima heightens the clinical use • Measurements: OFD: TAD: MSD: CRL: BPD: HC:
of M Mode with simultaneous 2D split-screen AC: APAD: FL: FHR: four user-defined measurement
imaging displays. labels
• Calculations: EFW: Clinical MA: US MA: Clinical EDC:
• Available on all imaging transducers US EDC: HC/AC: FL/AC: FL/BPD: Cl
• User-selectable display formats: 50-50, 2/3-1/3, or • Reports: allows automatic visualization and
40-60 documentation of measured and calculated data
- Multi-measurement averaging
Sweep speed and line density - Multiple author selection
- User-defined tables and formulas
PAL/CCIR: Speed 1 Speed 2 Speed 3 Speed 4 - Qualitative descriptions
Time for full screen sweep: 1.8 sec 3.6 sec 7.2 sec 14.4 sec
Acoustic Lines per second: 200 I/s 100 I/s 50 I/s 25 I/s - User-defined phrase library
- Pictogram display
NTSC/EIA: Speed 1 Speed 2 Speed 3 Speed 4
Time for full screen sweep: 1.5 sec 3.0 sec 6.0 sec 12.0 sec Gynecology
Acoustic Lines per second: 240 I/s 120 I/s 60 I/s 30 I/s
• Measurements
- Gyn and fertility protocol: uterus: ovary (L / R):
multi-follicle measurement as distance, area or
volume (6L, 6R): cervix: endometrium
- User-defined measurement labels
MEASUREMENTS AND CALCULATIONS - Follicular averaging methods — up to three
distance averages
• Support of general and exam-specific measurements • Reports: allows automatic visualization and
on real-time, frozen, CINE or VCR-playback images documentation of measured and calculated data
• B- and M-mode caliper: up to four distance or two - Qualitative description
area/circumference caliper measurements per image - User-defined phrase library
• 2D Measurements
- Distance/depth Urology
- Circumference (two-point ellipse or trace) • Measurements
- Area (two-point ellipse or trace) - Prostate volume
- One plane volume (W x H or two-point ellipse) - Stepwise volume
- Ratio (A/B and (A-B)/A) - Residual urine volume
• Volume Measurements - Incremental volume for prostate brachytherapy
- Two plane volume (W x H x L. two-point ellipse, • Reports: allows automatic visualization and
trace or point-to-point) documentation of measured and calculated data
- Stepwise volume - PSA/ PSAD entry and calculation
- Volume ratios - Qualitative description
• M-mode Measurements - User-defined phrase library
- Distance - Pictogram display
- Time - Drawing function to indicate specific structures
- Heart rate of interest
- Slope
- Ratio (A/B and (A-B)/A) Surgery
• Measurements
- Endorectal volume
- Residual urine volume
- Stepwise volume

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• Reports: allows automatic visualization and IMAGE REVIEW, DOCUMENTATION AND

documentation of measured and calculated data
- Qualitative description
STORAGE
- User-defined phrase library
- Pictogram display
CINE Review
• Up to 31 2D frames
- Drawing function to indicate specific structures
• Replay in continuous, variable speed or frame-by-
of interest
frame mode
• Up to 546 seconds (EIA) or 656 seconds (CCIR) of
Orthopedics
M-mode data storage and replay
• Infant hip classification and graphical display according
• Editing capability: The user is able to edit the CINE
to Dr. Graf
loop from either the beginning or the end in order
• Hip angle measurement
to display selected frames.
• Angle measurement
• Qualitative description
• User-defined phrase library
3.5-inch Diskette Drive
• Standard, high-density (1.44 MB) PC disk compatible
• Pictogram display
• Allows storage and retrieval of:
- System software
Cardiology
- User-defined presets
• Stroke volume
- QuickSets
• Ejection fraction
- Images
• Fractional shortening
- Patient data and reports
• Qualitative description
• Images can be stored in "System" format for
• User-defined phrase library
subsequent evaluation on the Prima and "TIFF"
(tagged image file format) for incorporation into
Small Parts and ENT
common PC-based presentation and writing
• Thyroid volume
programs.

Documentation Devices
ENHANCED OBSTETRICAL CALCULATIONS • B&W video printer (standard): SONY UP 890 MD
AND REPORT PACKAGE (Standard) • VCR option (external)
- SV0 9500 MD (NTSC/EIA)
Adds enhanced features to the basic obstetrical - SV0 9500 MDP (PAL/CCIR)
measurement package with: • Multi-format camera option (external)
- CCM601 (EIA)
• Additional Measurements and Calculations: humerus - CCM 601 (CCIR)
length: ulnar length: clavicle length: binocular distance:
tibia length: foot length: yolk sac diameter: nuchal
thickness: cervical length: cistema magna distance: SYSTEM SOFTWARE
lateral ventricular width: hemispheric width:
transcerebellar diameter: renal dimension: amniotic • User-selectable operation in English, German, French
fluid index: BPD by TCD: TCD / AC ratio: LVW / HW or Spanish
ratio: CorBPD (corrected BPD): two displays of EFW • Standard software includes complete operating
• Other features include: system with factory-defined system settings for all
- Twin gestational measurements and reports applications.
- Dedicated early gestational report
- Additional user-defined tables and formulas (one
table/formula per parameter)
- Four user-defined measurements
- Fetal growth graphs and growth trend analysis

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SYSTEM ACCESSORIES ELECTRICAL/VIDEO SPECIFICATION

• 31-frame CINE Module Option • Power Connection
- Allows storage of up to 31 2D images: replay in - 115 V Version: 98-132 V: 3 A: 47-63 Hz
continuous, variable or frame-by-frame mode - 230 V Version: 196-264 V: 1 .5 A: 47-63 Hz
- Allows up to 546 sec (EIA) or 656 sec (CCIR) of • Power Consumption: maximum 345 VA (including
M-mode data storage and replay internal documentation devices)
• ECG Module Option • Power Cable
- Single / dual trigger in B Mode and B+B Mode - 115 V Version: 1 1 '6" (3.5 m): SJT type with
- ECG trace display in B Mode and M Mode hospital grade 3-pin plug
- Heart rate display - 230 V Version: 1 1 '6" (3.5 m): Harmonized type
• Dual-pedal Footswitch with CEE 7-7 Schuko plug
- Left pedal: freeze / unfreeze • TV Standards
- Right pedal: user-programmable for print, M - CCIR: 625 lines: 50 frames/sec
Mode, endocavity transducer frequencies, or - EIA: 525 lines: 60 frames/sec
image planes on endorectal transducer • Temperature
- Operating: +10° C to +40° C
- Storage: -20° C to +60° C
SYSTEM DIMENSION • Humidity - Operation: 20 to 85%, non-condensing
• Altitude - Operation: maximum 9800' (3000 m)
• Width: 19" (483 mm) • Heat dissipation - 1178 BTU/hr
• Height
- 50.8" (1290mm)
with VCR bay SAFETY/REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
- 46.3" (1176 mm)
without VCR bay • 115VVersion: UL2601-1: CSA22.2 No. 601.1:
• Depth: 23.6" (600 ANSI/AAMI ES1 (1985), FDA 510(K)
mm) • 230 V Version: CE Mark certifying compliance with:
• Weight (excluding - Medical Device Directive
internal - EMC Directive
documentation - IEC 601-1
devices) - EN 29001
- 190 lb (86 kg) - EN 46001
with VCR bay - EN 55011 Class B
- 177 lb (80 kg) - FDA 510(K)
without VCR bay

Siemens reserves the right to modify the design and specifications contained herein without prior notice. Please contact your local Siemens
Medical Systems Sales Representative for the most current information.

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SONOLINE Prima Curved Linear Mechanical Specialty

Transducer 3.5C40S 5.0C40S 7.5L75S 7.5L45S 3.5SI15 3.5/5.0SI 5.0/7.5Micro 6.5EV13S Endo-V Endo-PII

Technology Curved Curved Linear Linear Mechanical Mechanical Mechanical Curved Mechanical Mechanical
Frequency 2.6/3.5/5.0 MHz 5.0 MHz 5.0/7.5 MHz 5.0/7.5 MHz 3.5 MHz 3.5/5.0 MHz 5.0/6.0/7.5 MHz 5.0/6.5 MHz 5.0/6.0/7.5 MHz 5.0/6.0/7.5 MHz
Multiple Frequencies yes no yes no no yes yes yes yes yes
Aperture 77mm 64mm 77mm 45mm 15mm 3.5MHz-15 mm 8mm 35mm 8mm 8mm
5.0 MHZ-10 mm
Frame Rates 12-74 fps 15-93 fps 11-69 fps 11-69 fps 18-36 fps 6-24 fps 10-34 fps 11-69 fps 10-17 fps 10-17 fps
Max Sector Angle/Width 89° 60° 67mm 39mm 100° 100° 100° 133° 220° 355°
Imaging Depths 60-240 mm 40-160 mm 30-120 mm 30-120 mm 30-240 mm 30-240 mm 40-160 mm 30-130 mm 40-160 mm 40-160 m
Elements 128 128 128 128 3 crystals 3 crystals 2 crystals 128 2 crystals 2 crystal
Biopsy Guide yes no yes yes yes yes no yes yes yes
Water Path no yes yes yes yes yes no no no yes

Abdominal l l l l
Obstetrics l l l m
Endovaginal l l
Endorectal l
Breast l l
Thyroid l l
Testicular l l
Pediatrics m l
Orthopedic l m
Cardiac l
Intraoperative
Neonatal m l
Emergency Room l l m l l m l l
l Primary m Secondary

Dynamic Receive Focus Dual-echo Processing Wide Bandwidth Transducers Dynamic Aperture Control

Dynamic Receive Focus automatically
provides a continuous receive focus
throughout the entire field of view. By
continuously optimizing receive delays,
aperture size and frequency content,
Dynamic Receive Focus creates a more
perfect acoustic lens. The result is a
remarkable improvement in axial and
lateral resolution.
Dual-echo Processing automatically Wide Bandwidth Transducers
doubles the number of available receive automatically improve resolution and
focal zone positions at any display depth. penetration simultaneously. Highly-
Dual-echo Processing improves the damped transducers seek to improve
system imaging by paralleling the image quality and system resolution.
sequential processes of 1) electronically Damping transducer vibration to improve
setting the receive focal zone position, axial resolution changes the bandwidth,
and 2) actually receiving the echo signals. or the range of frequencies transmitted.
While one portion of the system The greater the damping, the wider the
electronics is preparing the receive focus range of frequencies. Wide Bandwidth
for the next focal zone position, another Transducers typically transmit a range
part is receiving the echo signals from of higher and lower frequencies that
the previous receive focal zone position. spans at least 60% of the center
Dual-echo Processing effectively operating frequency (COF). As the body's
removes uneven focusing artifacts while tissues naturally absorb higher ultrasonic
maintaining high image frame rates. frequencies faster than lower
frequencies, Wide Bandwidth
Transducers automatically provide the
optimum frequency needed to image in
both the near and far fields.
Dynamic Aperture Control automatically
functions on receive signals to remove
beam focusing artifacts. Multi-element
focusing forms a curved wave front to
focus the ultrasound beam. The diameter
of this wave front is the effective
transducer aperture. SONOLINE
ultrasound systems automatically match
the precise number of working
transducer elements to the focal zone
range to keep the beam intensity
constant. Dynamic Aperture Control
produces a uniform beam regardless of
the focal zone position, removing image
artifacts due to uneven focusing.
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