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Hi Nima, I’ve seen similar artifacts on a Philips system. After trying different things, I narrowed the issue down to a faulty cable connection—I could make the artifacts disappear and reappear by wiggling the cable at the base of the transducer. </div>
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Hi Nima,<br>
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I’ve seen similar artifacts on a Philips system. After trying
different things, I narrowed the issue down to a faulty cable
connection—I could make the artifacts disappear and reappear by
wiggling the cable at the base of the transducer. Not sure if it’s
the same issue in your case, though.<br>
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height="191"> <img src="cid:part2.jVPFkVhK.rgywZb6L@gmail.com"
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Xia Jiang<br>
UCLA Health<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/8/2026 9:12 AM, Nima Kasraie via
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Hey folks, Anyone want to take a shot at this intermittent
artifact that shows up on our Philips units? Obviously the
artifact seems to be tied to beam steering because it changes
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hey folks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anyone want to take a shot at this
intermittent artifact that shows up on our Philips units?<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Obviously the artifact seems to be tied to
beam steering because it changes direction with the box
geometry.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But since it is showing up on multiple
machines in the hospital, I suspect one of the following
causes:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">environmental
EMI <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">software/firmware
issue <o:p>
</o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">probe
family issue <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">network/power
grounding problem
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">shared
configuration bug<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thoughts?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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Kasraie, PhD, MSc, DABR, DABSNM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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