One of the first things to optimize is the image gain. Gain is the overall brightness of the image. When an image is under gained structures are dark, details are lost, and pathology can be missed. In an over gained image false echoes will appear in structures making it difficult to differentiate pathology.
hi my name is esther and i'm going to be showing you today how to change the gain on your clarius scanner it's important to have the correct gain otherwise you could cover up information or misinformation to change the gain you simply take your finger and swipe to the right for increase gain as you can see now i'm over gained i'm actually filling in some of the vessels with artificial echoes to clear that up i swiped to the left but now as you can see i'm under gained and you can't see any of the information so you want to be sure that your overall gain is set to center so that you have a good brightness to see the area that you're scanning when you're scanning a bladder for instance you're going to experience near field artifact as well as through transmission from the bladder to turn off the auto gain you press the a and the sun to the left you turn it off and now you'll have your time gain compensation curve to adjust the near field gain you can swipe right and left but to eliminate the near field artifact swipe to the left as well as swipe to the left in the far field to laminate far field enhancement you
