PAN ACQUISITION
5.1 SELECTING THE EXAM TYPE
· From the AIS tool bar press the PAN button to enter in the acquisition window.
· From the acquisition window (refer to AIS Operator’s manual for the description of the acquisition window) select the
patient’s type (man, woman, child) and size (small, medium, large).
· Select the type of exam and check the predened loading factors.
· Press the “0 position” button.
· The green status indicator will start blinking and the U-arm will reach the reset position.
Table of loading factors
The values of loading factors indicated below for each type of exam and for each patient size are predened; they constitute
recommendations to be applied directly to optimize operation.
Child
medium
Woman
small
Man small Woman
medium
Man
medium
Woman
large
Man large
kV mA kV mA kV mA kV mA kV mA kV mA kV mA
PANORAMIC 68 7 72 7 73 7 75 7 76 7 78 7 79 7
TMJ 63 6 69 6 70 6 72 6 73 6 75 6 76 6
SINUS 68 7 72 7 73 7 75 7 76 7 78 7 79 7
5.2 PATIENT POSITIONING
• Patient’s feet should be moved forward and brought together, so that the patient’s body is straight and slanted, he/she
should slightly hang from the handgrip (compatible with his/her physical possibility to maintain this uncomfortable position
during the examination). The purpose of this position is to stretch the spine as much as possible, in order to decrease the
artefact shadow that would be cast into the image.
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