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Chapter D - ADJUSTMENT & CALIBRATION
D-16 Planmeca Proline XC X-ray unit
PATIENT POSITIONING MECHANISM
Technical Manual
3 PATIENT POSITIONING MECHANISM
3.1 Checking the mechanism
You should take an exposure of the ball phantom to check that the patient positioning mecha-
nism is correctly positioned.
Figure 28
Move the cassette carriage to the loading position. The patient positioning lights will come on
when the carriage stops moving.
Slide the ball phantom into the patient positioning mechanism.
Adjust the position of the patient positioning mechanism to 00 with the Layer arrow fields.
Figure 29
In the darkroom open the cassette and place a film inside the cassette and then place a piece
of paper the same size on top, the paper will reduce the radiation that reaches the film. Close
the cassette.
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