Planmeca ProMax X-ray User Manual

ProMax X-ray Unit with Dimax3 TOC - 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
User's Manual
1 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................1
1.1 Unit symbols ................................................................................................................................ 2
2 WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS ...............................................................................3
3 DIGITAL PROMAX X-RAY SYSTEM - MAIN PARTS ....................................................5
4 SWITCHING THE UNIT ON ..........................................................................................9
5 PROGRAMS ..............................................................................................................10
5.1 Panoramic exposure programs .................................................................................................. 11
5.1.1 Standard panoramic exposure program ....................................................................... 11
5.1.2 Advanced panoramic exposure programs .................................................................... 12
5.2 Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) exposure programs ................................................................. 14
5.2.1 Standard TMJ programs ............................................................................................... 14
5.2.2 Advanced TMJ programs ............................................................................................. 16
5.3 Sinus exposure programs .......................................................................................................... 17
5.3.1 Standard Sinus exposure program ............................................................................... 17
5.3.2 Advanced Sinus exposure programs ............................................................................ 18
5.4 Tomographic exposure programs .............................................................................................. 20
5.4.1 Tomographic exposure programs ................................................................................. 20
5.4.2 Jaw shape and size in tomography exposure .............................................................. 25
6 PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXPOSURE .......................................................................29
6.1 Moving the sensor head from cephalostat to C-arm .................................................................. 29
6.2 Preparing the patient ................................................................................................................. 31
7 PATIENT POSITIONING CONTROLS .........................................................................32
8 CONTROL PANEL .....................................................................................................34
8.1 General settings ......................................................................................................................... 34
8.1.1 Selecting kilovolt and milliampere values ..................................................................... 34
8.1.2 Programming quick button values ................................................................................ 35
8.1.3 Selecting patient entry position ..................................................................................... 36
8.1.4 Selecting patient size ....................................................................................................36
8.2 Selecting panoramic exposure program .................................................................................... 37
8.2.1 Selecting segmentation (optional) ................................................................................ 39
8.2.2 Selecting jaw shape & size ........................................................................................... 40
8.3 Selecting temporomandibular joint (TMJ) exposure program .................................................... 41
8.3.1 Selecting jaw size ......................................................................................................... 42
8.3.2 Adjusting position and imaging angle ........................................................................... 43
8.4 Selecting sinus exposure program ............................................................................................44
8.5 Selecting tomographic (Tomo) exposure program .................................................................... 46
8.5.1 Selecting target area .................................................................................................... 49
8.6 Information displays ................................................................................................................... 51
8.6.1 User preference settings .............................................................................................. 51
8.6.2 Feature program control ............................................................................................... 58
8.6.3 Special functions .......................................................................................................... 60
9 DYNAMIC EXPOSURE CONTROL (optional) ...........................................................63
9.1 Using the DEC function ............................................................................................................. 63

Planmeca ProMax X-ray Specifications

General

Brand	Planmeca
Model	ProMax X-ray
Category	Medical Equipment
Language	English