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5 Preliminary procedures
5 Preliminary procedures
This chapter describes the procedures to perform compulsorily before starting scanning patients.
There are three of these procedures:
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X-Ray source conditioning;
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Daily check ;
✔ Blank acquisition ;
This chapter also describes the following functionality:
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Beam limiter test
X-Ray source conditioning and Blank acquisition must be performed every two weeks (14 days), while Daily
check is mandatory every day, before patients acquisitions.
If these procedures are not performed the software will disable the scan functions.
Operating modes are described in detail in the same named chapter from the "NNT User Manual" document.
5.1 X-Ray Source Conditioning
The conditioning procedure is necessary in order to prepare the x-ray source for its routine working.
It is compulsorily and automatically required by the NNT software every two weeks.
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Figure 7: Initial NNT screenshot with request of X-Ray Source Conditioning