The following illustrates the effect of using stress echo hanging protocols for US studies of two-stage and four-stage stress exams.
Two-stage stress exam
Given a study with the following tags in the DICOM header:
| Group | Element | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0008 | 2120 | stage_name | pre-exercise or post-exercise |
| 0008 | 2122 | stage_number | 1 or 2 |
| 0008 | 2124 | number_of_stages | 2 |
| 0008 | 2128 | view_number | 1 to 4 |
| 0008 | 1030 | protocol name | 2 stage stress |
Over two monitors, with a 4x4 screen format, the images would be displayed as follows:
Four-stage stress exam
Given a study with the following tags in the DICOM header:
| Group | Element | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0008 | 2120 | stage_name | base, 10MCG, 20MCG or PEAK |
| 0008 | 2122 | stage_number | 1 to 4 |
| 0008 | 2124 | number_of_stages | 4 |
| 0008 | 2128 | view_number | 1 to 4 |
| 0008 | 1030 | protocol name | 4 stage stress |
Over two monitors, with a 4x4 screen format, the images would be displayed as follows:
