Amulti_Operation, 5 December 2003

Aquilion Asteion
MultiSlice
Software version 2.0
Operation

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 Scan console

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 Display console

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 Register Patient

Register a patient to
access exam plans
For emergency
registration select
emergency

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 Special keys and mouse

Mouse on image window

Right click and drag for ww/wl
Right click and center click and drag for image
enlarge
F1 Gantry couch slide
F2 ROI processing
F3 scale on image

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 Alt key & Right click mouse

Most of the graphics are fixed in location

New graphics are tiled over the existing ones
To access the lower layers alt key and right click and
then select lower from the menu
Alt F3 or Alt Esc are easy

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 Utilities

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 Setup - for User

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 Calibration - NRA

Display
selections

Selection
area

Acquisition
selections

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 Calibration - Air

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 Dose Reduction - wedge
Originally no DR wedge
Later systems do have DR wedge
In case DR wedge is present and enabled Dose Reduction
NRA calibration data should be acquired
- Currently not supported -

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 Calibration - BMC
Asteion Multi systems with DDR kit installed need BMC
Enable DDR in Special Configuration
Type Calinit in a winterm
Confirm that the values in the “a FOV” table are all 1
Carry out BMC - starting with a cold tube
Press BMC Generate after completion

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 Calibration

For reference only

Don’t change

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 Calibration - Maintenance

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 Calibration - Maintenance

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 Calibration - Maintenance

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 Calibration - Maintenance
Turns on FSMC/BMC

Asteion Single
Asteion Multi with DDR

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 Calibration - Focus Position

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 Backup Tool

= all licenses

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 Engineer Utility: Console

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Console
window

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 Engineer Utility: Alignment

NOT USED

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 Engineer Utility: IMGtoHD
Converts image to ACR/NEMA format
(like X-serie floppy format)
9 The selected image from the patient list is
converted in IMAGE.IMG and IMAGE.INF and
stored in /tmp directory.
NOTE:
All non-standard files in the /tmp directory are
erased during boot-up.

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 Series Key Setting

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 Option Setting - ‘Alato’

License
installation for
Alatoview
functions

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 Engineer Utility: If Remote

Asteion only

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 Slice counter

Installation NewTube

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 LicenseKey Backup / Orig. XAP /
Scheduler Tool

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 Initial setting

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 Initial setting

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 Tag setup

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 Engineer Utility: System Tool

Format MOD’s
for service

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 Special configuration

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 Engineer Utility: System Tool

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 System Change for Service
Engineer
woodpecker

Check setting for image transfer / imager / etc. afterwards

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 System Setup

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 System Setup

• Insert option MOD

• Click on ‘Load
License’

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 System Setup

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