5. Measurements with the Barracuda System
Dental and Panoramic Dental
Barracuda & QABrowser Reference Manual
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In this case the radiation beam centre is about 4 mm from the centre line indicated by
the thin centre black line. Move the detector about 4 mm to get it in the beam was the
cure for this case, to be able to pass check measurement criteria.
6. Press the rewind button on the panoramic unit to take back the unit to start position
after each scan that not make a successfully check. When the system passes the
test, you can trust the kV reading.
7. The MPD changes automatically back to the previous selected kV range after the
Position Check. As default this is range 55 - 105 kV, R2[4] as indicated by a [4] on
the front of the MPD case as well as on the QABrowser screen.
8. Press the rewind button on the panoramic unit to take back the unit to start position.
9. Select kV, mA, and scan time.
10. Start the scan. A little triangle in the RTD indicates that the Barracuda detects the
radiation. It is not needed to use the whole scan for the purpose of measure the kV
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