Kowa KOWA VX-20 Webcam User Manual


 
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4 Other functions
4.4 Switching xation target
This instrument automatically switches to an appropriate xation target and the position of patient’s eye xa-
tion when the photography modes are changed.
Please note that xation targets are automatically switched according to the photography mode, not accord-
ing to the state of the patient or the part required to be photographed.
This section describes how to change the xation target and the position of the patient’s eye xation.
Procedure
1
Press the “FIXATION button” on the LCD monitor.
2
Select a button from “EXT”, “CENTRAL”, “DISC”, “MACULA”, and “PERIPHERAL” buttons, which ap-
pear on the LCD monitor.
EXIT
RID: No ID
50W
Blue
SP4.0
Central
D+
50
NON-MYD
FLASHDOWN FLASH UP
VIEWER
FIXATION
USER1
USER2
USER3
EXIT
RID: No ID
50W
Blue
SP4.0
Central
D+
50
NON-MYD
FLASHDOWN FLASH UP
VIEWER
EXT
CENTRAL
MACULA
PERI
PHERAL
DISC
FIXTION
1 2
The function and main intended use of each button are shown below.
Button Fixation target and its position Common use
EXT External xation target
When you are observing under
visible light or want to guide the
patient's fixation to a part to be
photographed.
CENTRAL
Internal xation target: center of
posterior
When you want to guide the pa-
tient's xation under infrared ray
observation. The position of the
xation target is internally xed in
the instrument; therefore, stability
is increased when photographing
repeatedly.
DISC
Internal xation target: center of
optic disc
MACULA
Internal xation target: center of
macula
PERIPHERAL
Internal xation target: center of
macula, and one of eight periph-
eral points (according to the set-
ting)
When you want to perform mosa-
ic mode photography with macula
in the center under non-mydriatic
observation.
You may congure the settings to
specify an area and sequence of
photography.
For all of the above xation targets, a red and a green lamp alternatively turns on.
Important
The internal xation target is unavailable for mydriatic color photography, Red Free photography, or
uorescence angiography (observation with visible light). To use the internal xation target in these
photography mode, switch to the “LCD monitoring” mode.