RTI Piranha - Contents

Piranha & QABrowser Reference Manual
2014-06/5.5C
Contents
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.............................................................................................................1135.5.1 General
.............................................................................................................1145.5.2 Setting Up the Piranha for Mammography
.............................................................................................................1155.5.3 kVp, Time, and Dose Measurements with the Internal detector
.............................................................................................................1175.5.4 Dose Measurements with the Piranha Dose Probe
.............................................................................................................1185.5.5 HVL Application
.............................................................................................................1195.5.6 Quick-HVL
.............................................................................................................1195.5.7 Mammo Compensations and Corrections
..........................................................................................................1205.5.7.1 Corrections for the Compression Paddle
..........................................................................................................1205.5.7.2 Normalization
..........................................................................................................1225.5.7.3 Beam Correction Factor
..........................................................................................................1225.5.7.4 Corrections for Angular Sensitivity
.............................................................................................................1235.5.8 Average Glandular Dose, AGD (MGD)
.............................................................................................................1245.5.9 Mammographic Pre-pulses
.............................................................................................................1245.5.10 Scanning Beam Mammography
..................................................................................................... 1255.6 Dental and Panoramic Dental
.............................................................................................................1285.6.1 kVp, Time, Dose, and Dose Rate
.............................................................................................................1305.6.2 Waveforms
.............................................................................................................1315.6.3 Panoramic Systems
.............................................................................................................1335.6.4 HVL, Total Filtration, and Quick-HVL
..................................................................................................... 1345.7 CT
.............................................................................................................1345.7.1 CT kVp
.............................................................................................................1365.7.2 Parameters for CT Scanner Models
.............................................................................................................1375.7.3 Quick-HVL and Total Filtration
..................................................................................................... 1375.8 Tube Current Probes
.............................................................................................................1385.8.1 MAS-1, Invasive mAs Probe
.............................................................................................................1415.8.2 MAS-2, Non-invasive mAs Probe
..................................................................................................... 1435.9 Light Measurement
.............................................................................................................1435.9.1 Luminance - Monitor/Viewbox (cd/m²)
.............................................................................................................1455.9.2 Illuminance - Ambient Light (lx)
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................................................................................................. 148
Optional Accessories
..................................................................................................... 1486.1 Holder & HVL Stand
..................................................................................................... 1486.2 Piranha Panoramic Holder
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................................................................................................. 152
Problems and Solutions
..................................................................................................... 1527.1 Troubleshooting
..................................................................................................... 1547.2 Bluetooth
.............................................................................................................1547.2.1 Bluetooth Passkey
.............................................................................................................1567.2.2 Enable Bluetooth Passkey
..................................................................................................... 1567.3 How To Report a Problem
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................................................................................................. 158
Glossary
..................................................................................................... 169
Index