Ultrasounds

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Viewing Ultrasounds in the Patient File

All ultrasound scans can be viewed in the Ultrasound folder. Any ultrasound may be linked to a Treatment Cycle. When viewing the scans in the Ultrasound folder, they are organized according to Treatment Cycle. You may select the cycle from the dropdown to see all the scans associated with the cycle. Ultrasounds that are not related to a cycle (eg. Diagnostic scans, sonohysts) are normally associated with Cycle "None".

You can view all ultrasounds in the patient file by selecting the Display All Treatments option.

Adding or Removing an Ultrasound

New ultrasound records can be inserted directly into the Ultrasound folder by selecting the New record icon in the toolbar. Pressing the Delete icon in the toolbar will remove the selected scan from the patient file.

Ultrasounds can also be added or removed via Treatment Plans. You can add or remove any ultrasound in Edit Treatment Plan (Treatments>Plan Details). Any scans in the treatment plan will automatically populate the Ultrasound folder.

Entering Scan Details

Complete the Scan details in the lower section.

Note: Planned ultrasounds will appear greyed out and read only if the date is in the future. If you are trying to enter information into a scan that appears read only it is either signed off or the record must be confirmed prior to data entry. Press the Scan button at the bottom of the screen and select Confirm. Alternatively, you can press F12 on your keyboard to confirm an ultrasound scan.

Select the Ultrasonographer and Investigation type from the dropdown. Available options are: Baseline, Tracking, Gestational, Saline Sonogram, Diagnostic and Other.

An External Ultrasound Site can be selected if ultrasound was done at another location without access to IDEAS.

Associate the ultrasound with the current Treatment Cycle. Select "None" if the ultrasound is not part of a treatment cycle. This treatment cycle may be changed after the ultrasound data has been entered. Therefore, in cases where the current cycle has not been entered in IDEAS or the wrong cycle has been selected, this can be changed following the scan.

Press the Follicle Tracking button at the bottom of the screen to enter follicular sizes in the scan. Select the Right or Left ovary. Two data entry modes are available for entering follicle size, Button Input and Table Input. In Button Input you simply select the follicle size from the list on the left. Table Input allows you to enter multiple dimensions for the follicle and will automatically calculate the average size. This also allows you to enter half sizes. Press Done once follicle entry is complete.

The follicle data is then summarized on the Scan Details tab. Enter Endometrial Thickness and Quality. Antral Follicle Counts may be entered directly in available fields for left and right ovary on the Scan Details tab if applicable.

Remarks can be entered either in Clinical Remarks or Persistent U/S Findings box. Clinical remarks are comments relevant to this scan. Entries in Persistent u/s findings area will be copied to the next scan.

Adding Ultrasound Images

Select the Images tab to upload images to the ultrasound record. Click the Import Images button to select images to upload from a network or external drive.

Signing Off an Ultrasound

Click the Signoff icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the ultrasound record to open the signoff window. Signing off will make the record read-only so further changes cannot be made. Signoffs may also be preformed from the User Homepage or the Signoff tab on the Management Module.

Ultrasound Report

Run either the Ultrasound Report or Ultrasound Report - Selected Scan Record from the Ultrasound folder to generate an Ultrasound Report for the patient. Select "R" in the picklist section of the screen (bottom left hand corner of IDEAS) or click the Reports icon in the toolbar while in the Ultrasound folder.

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