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GE Healthcare Senographe DS Acquisition System
Revision 1 Operator Manual 5307907-3-S-1EN
Maintenance
2-2 Planned maintenance performed by the Radiologic Technologist
This consists of simple Quality Control (QC) tests which ensure that the system is operating to its design
standards.
Frequency: from daily to semiannually, depending on the task.
Procedures: please refer to the Senographe DS QC manual.
2-3 Planned maintenance performed by the Medical Physicist
This consists of QC tests performed by the Medical Physicist to ensure that the system provides a high
level of mammographic quality.
Frequency: annually.
Procedures: please refer to the Senographe DS QC manual.
Gantry cover check 6
Check Manual Compression maximum force. 12
Check Gantry emergency stop buttons. 12
Control Station - UPS:
Check UPS function 6
Recalibrate UPS Battery Capacity 12
Control Station cover check 6
Acquisition Image Quality:
Image Quality Tools Flat Field Test 6
Calibrate Conversion Factor 6
Check Image Acquisition and ACR Score 6
Calibrate mAs Non-Linearity (Automatic) 6
AOP calibration: 6
AOP mode and SNR check 6
Task Title Interval
(months)
FOR TRAINING PURPOSES ONLY!
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