1. Close the collimator blades fully.
Make sure that the collimator blades are fully closed and that no patient is
present in the room. To avoid radiation on a panel, remove the panel, turn
the tube away from the panel, or cover the panel with a lead apron.
2. Make sure that no one will be exposed.
3. On the software console, go to the screen with modality controls.
Figure 25: Navigation button for modality controls
4. Click the button to start the automated workflow for warming-up of the X-
ray tube.
Figure 26: Start the automated workflow for warming-up of the X-ray
tube
A table is displayed with a list of exposures.
1.
Table with list of exposures
2.
Button to cancel the warming-up procedure
Figure 27: List of exposures for warming-up of the X-ray tube
5. Perform the exposures and wait for the timer icon to finish between
exposures.
The exposure parameters are set automatically.
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