RTI Piranha User Manual

Welcome to Ocean 2014
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Ocean 2014 User's Manual
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purchasing a Piranha as well.
If you have a tablet or laptop with Ocean 2014 pre-installed and want to get started right away, go to
the Getting started topic now.
This User's Manual does not contain everything about Ocean. If you need a more detailed knowledge of
Ocean's features, please read the Ocean Reference Manual. You can find the Reference Manual on your
Product CD under the file name "Ocean2014ReferenceManual.pdf".
The same information as in the Reference Manual is also available in Ocean 2014's built-in Help text.
NOTE:
Barracuda is not compatible with Ocean 2014. Barracuda can only be used with Ocean, not the Ocean
2014 version. When you update to Ocean 2014, your current installation of Ocean is left unchanged but
takes your user data including your database from your current Ocean installation. You must keep your
old Ocean installation if you are using Barracuda or if you have Piranha meters that aren't updated with
new firmware.
1.3 Important definitions
There are a some important definitions that are good to understand before you start to use Ocean 2014
and read this manual.
Quick Check
A separate function in Ocean 2014 that allows you to do quick measurements without any deeper
knowledge Ocean 2014 or the meter you are using. The interface is designed for a tablet (touch
screen). Full plug-and-play makes it very simple to use. You can save, export to Excel and print data.
Template
A template is document without any measurements. It may hold information about how the
measurement is going to be performed, calculations and pass/fail criteria.
Real-time display (RTD)
The real-time display is a document that allows you to setup your own measurements more trhan you
can do with Quick Check. Here can you select what to measure and fully design your own templates.
Site
A site is the place where a testing procedure (session) is performed. A site is a facility, department and a
room with its equipment.
Test
A test is a document that defines a certain test that is going to be performed. It can for example be
"kVp accuracy", "Reproducibility", "HVL" and so on. Tests cannot be used on their own, they can only be
used when the are part of a session.
Checklist
A checklist is a document that containing a list of questions or tasks that is part of the x-ray equipment
quality assurance process. Acceptable questions and answers are pre-determined and set up by the user.
Checklists cannot be used on their own, they can only be used when the are part of a session.
Session
A session is a document that defines a complete task, for example a QA session for an X-ray room. It
normally consists of a number of tests and checklists.
Acceptance limits
The pass and fail criteria set up in a test by the user.
Analysis
A calculation done on a selected number of exposures to evaluate the performance of an x-ray generator
or other equipment.
Equipment
The equipment in a room that is to be tested.

RTI Piranha Specifications

General

Brand	RTI
Model	Piranha
Category	Multimeter
Language	English