Panorama Exposures
• Always leave the X-ray booth, and press the emission
button outside of it.
• In case of an emergency, release the emission button;
this will completely stop the unit.
• Warn the patient not to move during emission (while
the melody is sounding). If the patient moves, he could
be hit by the arm or the image might be ruined.
• Hold the emission button down until the exposure is
completed. If you let go of the button during the
exposure, the arm will stop and the exposure will be
aborted. To make another exposure, first carefully
guide the patient away from the X-ray unit and then
return the apparatus to its patient entry position. If the
X-ray head or the detector is in back of the patient,
turn the unit off and then carefully rotate the arm
manually before guiding the patient away from the
unit. If you perform the Ready procedure before
guiding the patient away from the unit, the arm could
hit the patient and cause an injury.
• If an error occurs during emission, the arm will stop
and the exposure will be aborted. Carefully guide the
patient away from the unit. If the X-ray head or the
detector is in back of the patient, turn the unit off and
then carefully rotate the arm manually before guiding
the patient away from the unit. If you perform the
Ready procedure before guiding the patient away from
the unit, the arm could hit the patient and cause an
injury.
• To perform a positioning method other than the
Frankfurt plane method, the arm could hit the patient
during the exposure if his head has been moved back
a little. Pay attention to this point when performing a
positioning method. If the patient has a large head, set
the unit for “No X-ray”, and do a dry run to visually
check that there is no chance of the arm hitting the
patient.
4. Hang the handswitch back in its holder.