Index
Rev.4.4 - January, 13 2011
INDEX
1 INTRODUCTION TO THIS MANUAL........................................................................................................ 5
1.1 CONTENTS................................................................................................................................................. 5
1.2 STRUCTURE ............................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3 STYLE CONVENTIONS.................................................................................................................................. 7
1.4 ABOUT USING THIS MANUAL......................................................................................................................... 7
2 ABOUT SAFETY ....................................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 GENERAL SAFETY RULES ............................................................................................................................ 8
2.2 TURNING THE DEVICE OFF........................................................................................................................... 9
2.3 EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN .......................................................................................................................... 10
2.4 PATIENT'S AND USER'S SAFETY GUIDELINES ............................................................................................... 11
2.4.1 Patient positioning........................................................................................................................... 11
2.4.2 Patient's exit.................................................................................................................................... 11
2.4.3 Protection from ionizing radiation.................................................................................................... 11
2.5 LASER EXPOSURE (APPLIES TO DEVICES WITH POSITIONING LASER BEAM).................................................... 14
2.6 SAFETY NOTES......................................................................................................................................... 15
3 SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE OF THE DEVICE.................................................................................. 16
3.1 INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................................. 16
3.2 GUIDELINES FOR SAFETY .......................................................................................................................... 17
3.3 CHANGES IN THE DEVICE........................................................................................................................... 17
3.4 DEVICE MAINTENANCE .............................................................................................................................. 18
3.5 CLEANING AND DISINFECTION.................................................................................................................... 19
3.5.1 Chemical agents to avoid................................................................................................................ 19
3.5.2 Cleaning .......................................................................................................................................... 19
3.5.3 Disinfection...................................................................................................................................... 20
3.5.4 Sterilization...................................................................................................................................... 20
3.6 TRANSPORT AND STORAGE ....................................................................................................................... 20
3.7 DEVICE DISPOSAL..................................................................................................................................... 21
3.7.1 Information for the device owner..................................................................................................... 21
3.7.2 Information for the Disposing/Recycle centers ............................................................................... 21
4 GETTING STARTED…............................................................................................................................ 22
4.1 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SYSTEM............................................................................................................ 22
4.2WORKING PRINCIPLE ................................................................................................................................ 22
4.3 OVERALL VIEW ......................................................................................................................................... 23
4.4 SCANNER UNIT ......................................................................................................................................... 24
4.4.1 Controls placed on the scanner unit................................................................................................ 24
4.5 CONTROL BOX.......................................................................................................................................... 25
4.5.1 Main switch...................................................................................................................................... 25
4.5.2 Input panel....................................................................................................................................... 25
4.6 STANDARD ACCESSORIES ......................................................................................................................... 26
4.6.1 Cables ............................................................................................................................................. 27
4.7 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES .......................................................................................................................... 27
4.8 SYSTEM STARTUP..................................................................................................................................... 28
4.9 SYSTEM SHUTDOWN ................................................................................................................................. 28
5 PRELIMINARY PROCEDURES.............................................................................................................. 29
5.1 X-RAY SOURCE CONDITIONING.................................................................................................................. 29
5.2 DAILY CHECK........................................................................................................................................... 29
5.3 BLANK ACQUISITION.................................................................................................................................. 30
5.3.1 Invalidate blank acquisition ............................................................................................................. 30
5.4 BEAM LIMITER TEST .................................................................................................................................. 31
5.5 COMPLETELY LIFT DOWN THE ROTATING ARM............................................................................................. 31
6 SCANNING .............................................................................................................................................. 32
6.1 SCANNING A PATIENT................................................................................................................................ 32
6.1.1 Preparing the patient....................................................................................................................... 32
