Icon System Manual T02985_02_03 5
Table of Contents
5 MRI System Operation ................................................................................ 63
5.1
Switching
ON and OFF
....................................................................................... 63
5.1.1 Definition of Scanner Operation States ............................................................... 63
5.1.2
Switching ON
...................................................................................................... 64
5.1.3
Switching OFF
.................................................................................................... 64
5.2
Prepare and Run Scans
..................................................................................... 65
5.2.1
Introduction
......................................................................................................... 65
5.2.2
Basic Workflow
................................................................................................... 66
5.2.3
Mounting the Animal Beds to the
Basic
Holder
................................................ 67
5.2.4
Connecting RF Coils
.......................................................................................... 71
5.2.5
Positioning
........................................................................................................... 73
5.2.6
Tuning of RF Coils
.............................................................................................. 77
5.2.7
Scanning
............................................................................................................. 79
5.3 In- and Output Trigger .......................................................................................... 82
5.3.1
Input trigger
.......................................................................................................... 82
5.3.2
Output trigger
...................................................................................................... 82
5.3.3 Trigger Connection Points ................................................................................... 83
5.4
Data Storage and Retrieval
............................................................................... 83
6 Quality Assurance....................................................................................... 84
6.1 Quality Phantoms ................................................................................................. 85
6.2 Placing the Phantoms .......................................................................................... 85