DIADOS E
T11035
Operating Manual
– Performing a Measurement
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4 Performing a Measurement
4.1 General Information for
Measurements
After turning DIADOS E on, you will first see the
PTW logo and the firmware version number; then
the measurement display appears. All settings (set-
up as well as the MODE,
RANGE
, APPL. and
FILTER
keys) of the last application are retained.
Only the measuring values are reset to zero.
4.2 Dose, Dose Rate and Dose
per Pulse Measurement
4.2.1 Preparing for a Measurement
For measurement of the dose, dose rate or dose
per pulse, DIADOS E must be set to radiological
units. If need change the unit selection in the Setup
menu.
Select application and filter/calibration factor: keys
APPL. and
ALT
+
FILTER
.
Select measuring range with
RANGE
: If the range
changes automatically during the measurement, the
readout changes to AUTO M or AUTO H.
Select operating mode with MODE.
Perform a zero adjustment (key
ZERO
, refer to
chapter 1.5.4).
Figure 14:
DIADOS E
display
for
radiological
measurements
1
Resolution:
" " greater than 0.5 %,
"*" greater than 1 %,
"**" less than 1 %
2
Unit C, Gy or R; displayed in reverse video in
pulsed mode
3
Application:
RAD
– convential radiology,
DENT
– dental application,
CT
– CT application or
MamX/X
– mammography
(MamM/M, MamM/R, MamW/A,
MamW/R, MamR/R, MamWAg)
4
Measuring range: Low, Med, High or Auto
5
Measuring value
6
Measurement status:
RDY
– ready to take a measurement,
RUN
– measurement in progress,
STA
– measurement started with START/STOP,
STP
– measurement stopped with
START/STOP,
TST
– measurement stopped by timer
7
Filter:
"Unatt."
(without
additional
filtration)
or
"Att. " (with additional filtration)
8
Battery status: full/depleted
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
