Planmeca Proline XC Panoramic X-ray 43
SINUS EXPOSURE PROGRAM
User's manual
light may appear to be correctly positioned but the
patient’s head could be turned slightly to one side.
Position the patient’s head so that the Frankfort plane
coincides with or, if you are unable to slide the light far
enough down, is parallel to the Frankfort plane light
beam. To do this support the back of the patient’s
head with your hand and then adjust the tilt of the
patient’s head by raising or lowering the vertical
carriage with the height adjusting arrows. The patient’s
back should be straight. If necessary stretch and
straighten the patient’s cervical vertebrae by moving
the vertical carriage up slightly.
Touch and hold either of the focal trough positioning
keys to adjust the position of the patient positioning
mechanism until the focal trough light falls on the
region of the maxillary sinus that you wish to X-ray.
Touch the Ready field to drive the cassette carriage to
the ready position. The ready light will come on.
Ask the patient to swallow and stand as still as
possible. Move two meters (seven feet) from the unit.
Protect yourself from unnecessary radiation.
Press and hold down the exposure button on the
remote control for the duration of the exposure. At the
end of the exposure cycle the temple supports will
automatically open. The patient can then be guided
from the unit.
NOTE If the automatic cassette carriage return is
activated, see section “7.4.2 Behavioural
preferences” on page 24, the rotating
assembly will return to the ready position
before the temple supports open.
Touch the Entry field to drive the rotating assembly to
the entry position and the cassette carriage to the
loading position. This is not necessary if the cassette
carriage is set to return to the loading position
automatically.
Frankfort plane
Frankfort plane light
Focal trough light
Sinus area
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