Bruker ICON - Page 5

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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