Planmeca Proline XC Panoramic Calibration Manual Download Page 23

 

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NOTE: 

Make sure the red calibration block is placed onto the collimator before calibrating. (Figure 
33) 

 

 

Figure 33 

 

3.1.c  kV/mA settings for Panoramic 

 

 

 

 

BINNING 

kV 

mA 

4x4 

60 

3x3 

66 

2x2 

70 

 

3.1.d  Changing Binnings 

 

Click 

Settings

 and select 

Binning

 then the appropriate binning. 

(Figure 34) 

 

 

Figure 34 

 

Press the 

Ready

 icon after turning the radiation off or on. Take an 

exposure. 

 

NOTE:  Make sure when checking all binnings  the correct kV/mA are being used. 

 

Image will come out as showing a grey box with a black stripe in the 
center. (Figure 35) 

 

 

 

 

        Figure 35 

 

NOTE:  There is no need to close and re-open Dimax3 Tool to check all binnings. Follow 

1.3.a.iiii on pg. 23 for checking the other binnings.

 

Summary of Contents for Proline XC Panoramic

Page 1: ...PLANMECA Proline XC Pan Ceph Calibration Manual...

Page 2: ...d out according to the appropriate requirements such as IEC364 Equipment is used according to the operating instructions Planmeca pursues a policy of continual product development Although every effor...

Page 3: ...heck 18 2 3 Beam Check on the computer 20 3 Calibrating 21 3 1 Setting up the computer 21 3 1 a Dimax3 Tool 21 3 1 b Turning radiation Off On 22 3 1 b i OFF 22 3 1 b ii ON 22 3 1 c kV mA settings for...

Page 4: ...ph Head Leveling 43 2 1 Computer Setup 44 2 2 Left Right 47 2 2 a Left 47 2 2 b Right 47 2 3 Up Down 47 2 3 a Up 47 2 3 b Down 47 3 Beaver Tail 48 3 1 Left Right 49 3 2 High Low 49 3 3 Angled 51 3 3 a...

Page 5: ...Protect yourself from radiation when you are checking the beam alignment and calibrating Since radiation safety requirements vary from state to state country to country it is the responsibility of the...

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Page 7: ...t Positioning Mechanism and the Positioning lights Figure 1 Figure 1 Frankfort plane alignment tool part number 50977 used with the ball phantom for checking the position of the Frankfort plane light...

Page 8: ...ure 4 Figure 4 Panoramic mode calibration block red calibration block part number 665413 used for calibrating the panoramic sensor head Figure 5 Figure 5 2 1 b Digital Cephalometric Cephalostat calibr...

Page 9: ...s part number 651003 651005 used for aligning the ball and ring on the cephalostat Figure 7 Figure 7 2 2 Hand Tools 2 mm allen wrench 2 5 mm allen wrench 3 mm allen wrench 4 mm allen wrench Short Long...

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Page 11: ...1 Beam Alignment Removing the covers Unscrew the Tube head cover with a 3mm allen Figure 8 and remove the front cover Figure 8 Unhook the two corners of the C Arm cover and remove the cover Figure 9a...

Page 12: ...e i button in the lower left hand corner Figure 10 Figure 10 Press the down arrow and press Service Settings Figure 11 Figure 11 The password is 1701 Figure 12 Press the down arrow four times and pres...

Page 13: ...gure 13 1 1 Collimator 0 adult Now press the exposure button to see where the radiation beam is hitting the screen The beam image should appear within the borders of the rectangle markings on the alig...

Page 14: ...then re tighten the top screw If not aligned then loosen bottom screw again adjust retighten then take another exposure 1 1 b Left Right If the beam is too left or right press the left or right button...

Page 15: ...en up the three screws at left top and bottom with a 1 5 mm allen Figure 17a c Figure 17a Figure 17b Figure 17c Tighten the screws and take another exposure at the beam Repeat if still angled If align...

Page 16: ...adjusted up or down if Collimator 0 is aligned first 1 2 a Left Right If the beam is too left or right press the left or right button on the touch screen Take another exposure and check the alignment...

Page 17: ...the computer 2 1 Connecting to a computer Plug a CAT 5 into the isolated port on the keyboard processor Figure 20 20a Figure 20a Figure 20 Plug a planet cable into the base of the XC Figure 21 Figure...

Page 18: ...k All Programs and select Planmeca then select Didapi Configuration Click on Ethernet Interface The default ip address is 192 168 0 135 Click on Proline which will open Windows Notepad Put the below i...

Page 19: ...k Figure 25 Figure 25 NOTE If the sensor was calibrated first remember to remove the red calibration block from the collimator Press Panoramic which will bring you to the Beam Check Panoramic screen F...

Page 20: ...rt Click All Programs then Planmeca then Beam Check then click Proline Pan Press Ready on the touch screen then press the exposure button Figure 27 Figure 27 Image should be the same top and bottom le...

Page 21: ...up the computer Close Beam Check and open Dimax3 Tool 3 1 a Dimax3 Tool Click on Start Click All Programs then Planmeca then Dimax3 Tool Click on Settings and select Type and click on Proline Figure...

Page 22: ...re 31 Figure 31 Press all the arrows at the bottom of the touch screen turning each from white to red Figure 32 Figure 32 3 1 b ii ON Press the smile in the middle right of the right of the touch scre...

Page 23: ...Binning then the appropriate binning Figure 34 Figure 34 Press the Ready icon after turning the radiation off or on Take an exposure NOTE Make sure when checking all binnings the correct kV mA are bei...

Page 24: ...Place the ball phantom in the Patient Positioning Mechanism Figure 36 Figure 36 Alignment lasers Hold the layer right button for 1 second Figure 37 Figure 37 Adjust the layer so that it is at zero wi...

Page 25: ...up on the ball phantom This is the starting reference point Figure 39 Figure 39 Setting the kV mA Press the kV mA at the top left of the screen on the touch screen Figure 40 Figure 40 Select the 60kV...

Page 26: ...right corner on the touch screen Figure 42 Figure 42 Press Behavioral Preferences Figure 43 Figure 43 Press Auto Return This will turn the cassette holder to auto return to entry position after each e...

Page 27: ...the touch screen and take an exposure Click OK on the computer screen to evaluate the image for alignment NOTE Right click to end the measurement and give the value Calibrating and measuring image Cl...

Page 28: ...he left and right NOTE Make sure Center Ball is round before moving onto the 10th ball distances 4 3 a Center Ball NOTE Center ball will be above the midsagittal bar of the ball phantom Figure 47 Figu...

Page 29: ...thin then move the layer to the right Figure 50 Figure 50 Take another exposure and check ball size again If the right size check 10th ball 4 3 a ii Too Fat If the ball is too fat then move the layer...

Page 30: ...o the 10th Ball on the right then measure from the right end of the Center Ball to the 10th Ball Figure 52 Figure 52 4 3 b i Too Left If the distance from the Center Ball to the left is more than the...

Page 31: ...Ball to the right is more than the left then move the table toward the column Figure 54 Figure 54 4 3 b iii Moving the Table Unscrew the four screws on the table with a 4mm allen Figure 55 Figure 55...

Page 32: ...If the shadow ball is too left or right press the left or right button on the touch screen Figure 57 Figure 57 NOTE Pressing the left button will move the beam to the right and right will move the bea...

Page 33: ...Positioning Lights on again by holding the layer right button for 1 second Figure 58 Figure 58 NOTE Make sure layer is at zero when aligning positional lights If layer is not at zero need to zero out...

Page 34: ...34 Press Service Settings Figure 60 Figure 60 Press Patient positioning adjustment Figure 61 Figure 61...

Page 35: ...ait then show the number 0 Press Back until at start up screen Figure 62 Figure 62 Place the Ball Phantom into the Patient positioning mechanism with the Frankfort plane alignment tool on top of the B...

Page 36: ...ined up with the center line on the Ball phantom then finger adjust the mirror until it lines up Figure 64 Figure 64 4 4 b Frankfort Light Beam If the Frankfort light is not straight on the Frankfort...

Page 37: ...37 4 4 c Focal Layer Light Beam If the focal layer light is not straight on the Ball Phantom then finger adjust the mirror until it lines up Figure 66 Figure 66...

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Page 39: ...Cephalometric Entering Cephalometric Mode Press Pan on the touch screen and select Ceph Figure 67 Figure 67 1 Beam Alignment Primary Collimator Press the i button in the lower left hand corner Figure...

Page 40: ...rvice Settings Figure 69 Figure 69 Press the down arrow four times and press Primary Collimator Press Next until C appears on the touch screen Figure 70 Figure 70 NOTE Collimator C is a manually adjus...

Page 41: ...h the fluorescent screen attached to it One Up to Down and the other Up to the right and Down to the left Figure 71 Figure 71 1 1 Collimator C There are two screws on the back left hand side of the Ce...

Page 42: ...ght screw with a 6mm See Figure 72 Take another exposure If aligned then move onto Collimator d 1 1 c High Low Loosen the two screws on the right collimator with a 2 5mm allen Figure 73 Figure 73 Use...

Page 43: ...he beam If aligned press next until you get back to d and re check to make sure unit held adjustments 1 2 b Right If the beam is too right then press the left button on the touch screen Figure 75 Figu...

Page 44: ...Head Leveling Put the left and right ear posts into their respective holders Figure 76 Figure 76 2 1 Computer Setup Click on Start then Run Figure 77 Figure 77 Type in pmsample then click OK Figure 78...

Page 45: ...45 Uncheck Use calibration Figure 79 Figure 79 Click on Cephalo Figure 80 Figure 80 Set the kV mA to 62 kV and 6 mA Press Ready on the touch screen Figure 81 Figure 81...

Page 46: ...ould be within ring Figure 82 Figure 82 If the ball is outside the ring then remove the cover with a 2 5mm allen Figure 83 Figure 83 NOTE Will need a wrench and pliers to adjust left or right Figure 8...

Page 47: ...Figure 85 After adjusting do a new beam check and calibration 2 3 Up Down 2 3 a Up To raise the ball up loosen up the two screws on the left and tighten the screw at the triangle end See Figure 85 Af...

Page 48: ...removing the cover by unscrewing the 4mm screw with an allen Figure 86 Figure 86 Unscrew the two screws attached to the top of the beaver tall with a 4mm allen and attach that to the closest side to t...

Page 49: ...should still be in Primary Collimator showing the d collimator and the sensor alignment tool should still be on the sensor holder Press the exposure switch to see where the beaver tall is collimating...

Page 50: ...eeded Figure 89 Figure 89 Take another exposure and check alignment if still off adjust again If aligned then re tighten the screws and take a final exposure to make sure nothing has shifted 3 2 High...

Page 51: ...and take another exposure if still off adjust again If aligned then re tighten the other two screws and the two side screws if they were un tightened Take another to check that nothing has shifted 3...

Page 52: ...ember to put the sensor into the sensor holder before continuing NOTE Make sure that the x ray machine is connected to computer 4 1 Setting up beam check Press the i icon on the lower hand corner of t...

Page 53: ...Beam Check Cephalometric screen Figure 95 Figure 95 Select Proline Ceph on the computer in Beam Check Image should be the same top and bottom left and right Figure 96 Figure 96 Follow Section 1 1 a i...

Page 54: ...54 5 Calibrating Press Beam Check Cephalometric then choose Ceph Figure 97 Figure 97 Press Collimator until it shows the number 6 Figure 98 Figure 98 5 1 kV mA Binnings kV mA 4x4 60 4 3x3 60 6...

Page 55: ...holder with the point going towards the back or column Figure 99 Figure 99 NOTE Change binnings by clicking Settings and select Binnings then the appropriate binning in Dimax3tool Figure 100 Figure 1...

Page 56: ...n exposure NOTE image will come out as being a grey hatchet with black around it Figure 103 Figure 103 Press the L key on the keyboard of the computer to give calibration lines This gives the point wh...

Page 57: ...the hatchet is placed in the holder correctly 5 3 a i Raising up If hatchet is place correctly then raise the beaver tail up If the beam is too high or low loosen the three screws on the back of the...

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