System Operation
Table of Contents
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Moving the X-ray system longitudinally ............................................................................ 14
Tabletop ............................................................................................................................ 15
Moving the tabletop longitudinally/transversely ................................................................... 15
Lowering the tabletop completely with the table vertical ....................................................... 16
Tube assembly stand ....................................................................................................... 17
Setting the projection angle (oblique projection) .................................................................. 17
Setting orthogonal projection (oblique projection +/- 0°) ........................................................ 18
Reading off the projection angle ....................................................................................... 18
Tabletop ............................................................................................................................ 18
0° position of the table ................................................................................................... 19
Tilting the table up/down ................................................................................................ 19
Reading the table tilt ...................................................................................................... 20
Compression device (optional) ......................................................................................... 21
Using the compression device ......................................................................................... 21
Reading the compression level ........................................................................................ 22
Tomographic equipment (optional) ................................................................................... 22
Setting the fulcrum height .............................................................................................. 22
Switching on the fulcrum height light localizer ..................................................................... 23
Reading the fulcrum height ............................................................................................. 23
Manual tube assembly rotation ........................................................................................ 24
Moving the grid into / out of the beam path ..................................................................... 24
Setting the source-image distance ................................................................................... 25
Chapter: Setting the Image Geometry
Limiting the radiation field (collimation) ............................................................................ 27
Rectangular and /or iris collimation .................................................................................... 27
Selection / deselection .......................................................................................... 27
Setting ............................................................................................................... 28
Semitransparent wedge filters (optional) ............................................................................ 28
Selection / deselection .......................................................................................... 28
Moving the semitransparent wedge filters ................................................................. 29
CAREPROFILE, collimation without radiation (optional) ......................................................... 29
CAREPOSITION (optional) ................................................................................................ 29
Additional Cu filter ............................................................................................................ 30