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In the example below, the Lowpass Bandwidth Filter is OFF:

Turning the filter on to 60 Hz dramatically reduces the noise and enhances the detail. It is now clear,
exactly when the beam intercepts the phantom. The periodic beam attenuation by the patient couch is now
easily recognized.

Summary of Contents for ACCU-GOLD2

Page 1: ...dddddddd ACCU GOLD2 USER GUIDE For use with all Accu Gold digitizers and Accu Gold Touch Pro...

Page 2: ...arte Road Monrovia CA 91016 4591 USA USA 626 357 7921 Fax USA 626 357 8863 email sales radcal com www radcal com Radcal Part MNL AG2 4094300 Rev N Software V2 75 ON Printed Feb 2022 Copyright 2015 201...

Page 3: ...ce 13 Trigger Level 13 IC Wave Mode ON OFF 14 Dynamic Stop Trigger 14 AGMS Pre Pulse Mode 16 End Delay 16 Setting up the Hardware 17 Making a Measurement 17 Comments 21 Measurements 22 License Files 2...

Page 4: ...display dose information when filter is out of range 40 Sessions 43 Starting a Session 43 Opening a Session 43 Importing a Session 44 Saving a Session 44 Exporting a Session 45 Exporting a Session to...

Page 5: ...UX sensors 78 Legacy Sensors 79 Compatibility 79 AGMS Solid State Multi Sensors 80 AGMS D DISCONTINUED 81 Appendix C 82 Nugget Accu Gold wireless adapter 82 Overview 82 Package contents 82 System Requ...

Page 6: ...old 98 Carrying cases Accu Gold Touch 100 Appendix H 102 Accessories 102 8154 Simulated Paddle 102 8463D Multi sensor Positioner for Pan Dental Machines 103 Appendix I Warranties and Disclosures 105 W...

Page 7: ...ave session files because they are extremely valuable when solving application issues 2 Computer System Minimum Requirements The specified performance requires a computer with the following minimum sp...

Page 8: ...was available in several versions depending on the sensors they could be used with A desire for product enhancements brought us the Accu Gold plus system A new line of sensors were designed with a sma...

Page 9: ...Gold2 AG2 software 1 Accu Gold 2 is required to interface with the Accu Gold Nugget Wi Fi solution 2 All existing Accu Gold1 legacy capabilities are available in AG2 Some have been moved or may have d...

Page 10: ...USB When the USB cable is the connection method to the digitizer Open Session Goes straight to the Open Session dialog without connecting to the digitizer Continue Bypasses the opening screen without...

Page 11: ...nect via Wi Fi The software will look for Nugget or Touch on the wireless networks list and establish a connection to it sending it the password it requires After a successful connection you will see...

Page 12: ...old Light Sensor DAPCKP DAP Check Plus The AGDM digitizer is compatible with the AGMS sensors models AGMS D and AGMS M but the AGMS sensors models AGMS D AGMS M and AGMS DM are not compatible with the...

Page 13: ...urement Other system status messages occur here depending on sensor and digitizer conditions 6 Measure Wave List and Sensors tabs that allow you to view information in more detail 7 Displays details o...

Page 14: ...not show up until a sensor is attached and enabled by pressing Connect Device Settings Menu The upper row of the Settings area is populated by the sensors that are connected AGMS DD and or ICH When mu...

Page 15: ...ode This function is only available when an ion chamber is connected and the system has been started and is ready to measure Selecting IC ON will give a warning about grounding and provides frequency...

Page 16: ...15 Ion Chamber Exposure with incorrect stop trigger Select Dynamic Stop Trigger Off New exposure with Dynamic stop trigger Off...

Page 17: ...ing The duration and pulse count are reported excluding the pre pulse region KVp is calculated over the last 60 of main exposure Dose is calculated for the entire exposure including the pre pulse regi...

Page 18: ...make a measurement from any tab Measure Wave List or Sensors To make a measurement 1 Plug the sensor s into the digitizer module 2 Plug the digitizer module into the USB port of the computer where you...

Page 19: ...igitizer If an ion chamber is connected the bias supply needs to start and stabilize 5 Check the detector status to make sure the detector is online As soon as the Ready message is displayed at the bo...

Page 20: ...ents by clicking the Up and Down arrow buttons on the left side of the Measure screen 8 Click the Main Menu drop down and choose Save Ctrl S to save your new session This will save all of the data inc...

Page 21: ...by clicking Main Menu drop down and selecting Unit Settings If additional changes are made click the drop down menu and choose Save Ctrl s 9 If you need to reposition the sensor s click the Disconnect...

Page 22: ...on the top arrow Append Snippet The following can be pasted in the comments area to aid documenting measurements Location Generator Sensor position kVp mA mAs Time s SDD cm Filt Mode Notes Copy Highl...

Page 23: ...d also be added this way NOTE The CPC date Calibration Parameters Change date is saved with the sensor information for every measurement When a sensor is sent in for annual calibration the sensor s ca...

Page 24: ...n Chamber DD Dose Diode mAs Invasive and non invasive mA mAs sensors AUX Auxiliary connector for the light sensor DAPCKP uses Accu Gold Excel software only and future sensors Aux sensors are not avail...

Page 25: ...of the real time display When a fluoroscopy exposure is initiated the dose rate will be measured and displayed in real time without the need to select a special mode The value of dose rate is updated...

Page 26: ...he spectral characteristics provide accurate measurements of Dose and Dose Rate only Under these circumstances kV HVL and Filtration are not reported and the following warning is displayed The AGMS Mu...

Page 27: ...n the beam and use an extension cable to connect it to the digitizer as shown If necessary the USB connection can be extended using active USB extensions or even USB over Ethernet NOTE To achieve the...

Page 28: ...for the values that are displayed It aggregates all sensors present in the session and selects a profile that contains all of them This is considered the Auto profile The profile choice of Measurement...

Page 29: ...Custom Profile the labels of the matrix fields become clickable After clicking on the label a drop down menu appears for selecting a different result value The Custom Profile is automatically saved w...

Page 30: ...for a complete list To create multiple custom profiles click on the pencil in the lower right corner The Custom Profile becomes changeable Click on the plus in the lower corner to add additional prof...

Page 31: ...the measurement data in a table format From this screen you can perform the following actions Exporting Data in List View Send all to Excel opens a new instance of Excel and exports all of the measur...

Page 32: ...d the order they are displayed can be selected When exporting the data the units will occupy a separate column If the Unit Position is set to Include in header the data will be exported using the same...

Page 33: ...Wave View Wave view lets you see a representation of the measurement data as a waveform From this screen you can perform the following Position your cursor on or use the mouse to scroll left to right...

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Page 35: ...ls Waveform filters Measurements made with low level signals e g low mA fluoro scatter small ion chambers may display noisy waveforms that obscure important details Accu Gold Wave View provides a drop...

Page 36: ...idth Filter is OFF Turning the filter on to 60 Hz dramatically reduces the noise and enhances the detail It is now clear exactly when the beam intercepts the phantom The periodic beam attenuation by t...

Page 37: ...m is reduced in proportion to the filter selected This can be very useful to minimize the size of Excel files containing waveforms In the case above the original waveform was reduced from 254 214 data...

Page 38: ...rest will be explained later in this document As another example assessment of performance should probably occur near the end of the exposure after the mA has stabilized Accu Gold now has a simple sel...

Page 39: ...data in Excel or a text document For the Example above When a region of interest has been selected it is possible to non destructively extract an ROI selection and preserve it as a daughter of the ori...

Page 40: ...39 Daughter designation Extracted Region...

Page 41: ...did not display multi sensor dose information when kV data could not be obtained when the reported filtration was out of range e g 40 mm Al eq for diagnostic x ray This information is now available f...

Page 42: ...exposure above Accu Gold reported the hvl to be 600 um Al In the exposure below 600 um Al was added to the beam The result was a reduction in dose of 0 50 mGy as reported by both the 6M ion chamber a...

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Page 44: ...e following actions 1 On the Accu Gold main screen click the icon in the upper left corner and select New 2 A new blank session appears Click Play and you are now ready to make a new measurement in th...

Page 45: ...n the Accu Gold main screen click and select Import Session The Open Accu Gold Session dialog appears 2 Navigate to a saved session and click Open to import the session The session will be appended to...

Page 46: ...e use the List View page 30 To export a single measurement to Excel select the measurement and click the Excel export button in Measure View or Wave View A formatted report of the measurement is expor...

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Page 48: ...rop to Excel In Measure view you may click on a data value and drag it directly to an open Excel sheet You may also copy any individual Measure data item to the clipboard and then paste it in any open...

Page 49: ...nstance of Excel next to it In Accu Gold you can see the list of measurements and a details area for the selected measurement In the details area you see the wave and measurement information The devic...

Page 50: ...Send All The linked cell in Excel is automatically set to the next row You can switch the format of the exported data by selecting it from the drop down box Accu Gold Format The standard format with a...

Page 51: ...settings will affect the output data Be sure that the settings match what the template expects When creating a template in Excel we suggest that the AG2 data be automatically put into a separate sheet...

Page 52: ...The program will sleep the Nugget as much as possible to extend battery life When waking it might take a few seconds to become active again If the Nugget Touch WiFi is in Offline state it will power o...

Page 53: ...Is Wave Mode Enabled After recording a measurement a preview of the waveform will be shown and will be automatically be downloaded unless you turn off the Auto Wave Download feature If so select Down...

Page 54: ...d Wave view Waveforms can be accessed for each exposure any order while the nugget is powered on Once the Nugget or Touch is turned off the waveform data will no longer be accessible See additional di...

Page 55: ...n To install the Accu Gold software perform the following actions 1 Insert the flash drive in the USB port on your computer 2 Launch the file Accu Gold_setup exe located in the root of the flash drive...

Page 56: ...al file and be reinstalled when it is recalibrated You can find the license on the flash drive included with your sensor For plus series sensors the calibration is built into the sensor so calibration...

Page 57: ...ammo If it is a general license 6 Click Open The file will load and a message will appear that says License file was imported Uninstalling Accu Gold To uninstall Radcal Accu Gold perform the following...

Page 58: ...into calibrated digital results The Accu Gold digitizer features multiple inputs for sensors Notes The time range is different when using a Nugget or Touch See Feature Comparison Appendix D Radcal ma...

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Page 60: ...tial 25 48 12 80 0 27 0 78 2 2 mm W Al GE Definium diag Same as Diagnostic No Paddle W Al GE Optima diag Same as Diagnostic No Paddle Custom anode filter calibrations for Philips Range of Applications...

Page 61: ...degrees Bow tie filter is OUT Generator in service mode Custom calibration for use with Radcal s Model 8463D Pan dental positioner Range of Applications Anode Filter Tube kV Filt mm hvl mm Al Paddle W...

Page 62: ...ends from 10ms to 300s Chamber 10X6 6 Min Rate 2 R s 20 nGy s Max Rate 17 R s 149 mGy s Min Dose 10 R 100 nGy Max Dose 59 kR 516 Gy Cine Specifications 0 1 R f 1 R f 1 nGy f 10 mGy f Calibration Accur...

Page 63: ...ns unnecessary It is also recommended for measuring exposure time in Auto Dose mode The range of time pulse width extends from 10ms to 300s Chamber 10X6 6M Min Rate 2 R s 20 nGy s Max Rate 10 R s 88 m...

Page 64: ...ial procedures Chamber 10X6 60 Min Rate 200 R s 2 0 nGy s Max Rate 2 R s 19 mGy s Min Dose 1 R 10 nGy Max Dose 5 9 kR 52 Gy Cine Specifications 0 01 R f 100 mR f 0 1 nGy f 1 0 mGy f Calibration Accura...

Page 65: ...curacy Energy Dependence Chamber Beam Attenuation Max beam size Construction 11 pGy m2 s 56 pGy m2 5 over rated rate specification 5 using X rays IEC RQR 8 100 kV 4 0 mm Al HVL 5 RQR 3 to RQR 10 50 kV...

Page 66: ...Chamber 10X6 3CT Min Rate 2 R s 20 nGy s Max Rate 40 R s 350 mGy s Min Dose 20 R 200 nGy Max Dose 118 kR 1 kGy Cine Specifications N A Calibration Accuracy 4 using X rays 150kVp and 10 2 mm AL HVL Ex...

Page 67: ...0 Min Rate 2 R s 20 nGy s Max Rate 17 R s 149 mGy s Min Dose 10 R 100 nGy Max Dose 59 kR 516 Gy Cine Specifications 0 1 R f 1 R f 1 nGy f 10 mGy f Calibration Accuracy 5 using X rays 150kVp and 10 2 m...

Page 68: ...or very low dose to image receptors Chamber 10X6 180 Min Rate 100 nR s 1 nGy s Max Rate 0 6 R s 4 9 mGy s Min Dose 200 nR 2 nGy Max Dose 2 0 kR 17 Gy Cine Specifications N A Calibration Accuracy 4 usi...

Page 69: ...accuracy over a wider dynamic range Chamber 10X6 1800 Min Rate 5 nR s 50 pGy s Max Rate 18 mR s 200 Gy s Min Dose 20 nR 200 pGy Max Dose 196 R 1 7 Gy Cine Specifications N A Calibration Accuracy 4 us...

Page 70: ...ystem this chamber meets 21 CFR 1020 30 k for leakage measurement requirements Chamber 10X6 500 Min Rate 62 nR s 0 6 nGy s Max Rate 130 mR s 1 2 mGy s Min Dose 1 nR 0 01 nGy Max Dose 45 R 0 4 Gy Cine...

Page 71: ...ed with or without a build up cap depending upon the application Chamber 10X6 0 6 Min Rate 20 R s 200 nGy s Max Rate 133 R s 1 17 Gy s Min Dose 100 R 1 Gy Max Dose 589 kR 5 kGy Cine Specifications N A...

Page 72: ...te 20 R s 200 nGy s Max Rate 133 R s 1 17 Gy s Min Dose 100 R 1 Gy Max Dose 589 kR 5 kGy Cine Specifications N A Calibration Accuracy 4 using X rays 150 kVp and 10 2mm Al HVL Exposure Rate Dependence...

Page 73: ...hamber 10X6 0 18 Min Rate 50 R s 500 nGy s Max Rate 720 R s 6 31 Gy s Min Dose 200 R 2 Gy Max Dose 2 MR 17 kGy Cine Specifications N A Calibration Accuracy 4 60 Co Exposure Rate Dependence 2 3 mR s to...

Page 74: ...ded by this width Key features Automatic power control extends battery lifetime Automatic zero Measurement synchronized to kV waveform 001 to 9999 mAs and 10 uA to 2A dynamic range with no range switc...

Page 75: ...when used with 9095 mA accuracy 4 of reading Limited by 0 7mA RMS noise below 18mA mAs accuracy 4 of reading Limited by 0 7mA RMS noise below 18mA Bandwidth 2 33 kHz 3 dB ON OFF ON OFF controlled from...

Page 76: ...t move relative to the sensor 2 Locate the sensor away from magnetic noise sources particularly those that might change during the exposure because the zero correction is measured several seconds befo...

Page 77: ...passively corrected for beam quality It may be used simultaneously with an AGMS D multi sensor in entrance exit exposure measurements Sensor DDX6 W Min Rate 2 R s 20 nGy s Max Rate 23 R s 205 mGy s M...

Page 78: ...m quality It may be used simultaneously with an AGMS D multi sensor in entrance exit exposure measurements It is especially recommended for low dose rate measurements e g pediatric dose rates Sensor D...

Page 79: ...erture with a 10 mm diameter Accu Gold automatically detects the presence or absence of the luminance adapter and automatically selects the appropriate units Light Sensor AGLS Resolution Luminance Ran...

Page 80: ...be fully compatible with both the original family of Accu Gold sensors legacy and the newer Accu Gold sensors As such it is a suitable replacement for the original Accu Gold digitizer in the vast maj...

Page 81: ...50 Mo Rh General 21 49 6 42 0 18 0 56 Mo Mo GE 22 48 16 44 0 24 0 51 Mo Rh GE 22 48 6 42 0 20 0 56 Rh Rh GE 25 48 12 80 0 27 0 78 W Ag General 20 38 12 80 0 17 0 78 W Rh General 20 38 12 78 0 17 0 69...

Page 82: ...e Filter Tube kV Filt um hvl mm AI 10 or 0 2 mm AI whichever is greater Rad Fluoro Dental AGMS D W AI General 40 160 2 2 24 mm Al 40 160 kV 2 5 25 40 mm Al 50 160 kV 2 40 mm 1 3 13 5 Rad Flouro Dental...

Page 83: ...ent circuitry that maintains the life of the battery by carefully controlling the charging while monitoring its temperature and voltage Radcal Part Number Accu Gold Nugget MDL AGNUGGET Charger 5V 2 0A...

Page 84: ...aining Blinking Yellow Battery Charging Solid Yellow Battery Fully Charged Long on off pause 4 sec Battery Error Wi Fi Status Meaning Orange Starting Blinking Green Wi Fi Ready Red Error Additional in...

Page 85: ...Nugget The power button will turn green If the charger is plugged in it will blink yellow The Wi Fi status light will turn on displaying green and then orange When it blinks green it is ready to conn...

Page 86: ...ll also have to connect manually For Windows 10 if you get this dialog box click on Connect using a security key instead On the computer check the Wireless Network Connection pane There you will find...

Page 87: ...OTE Internet Protocol Version 4 IPv4 must not be set to a fixed IP address IPv4 must be set to Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically Contact us if any issues a...

Page 88: ...Note firmware updates will be provided from time to time In order to install an update the charger and adapter supplied with the Nugget WILL be required The Nugget is capable of up to 40s of wave dat...

Page 89: ...iring licenses and specified low power radio stations radio stations not requiring licenses for RFID used for factory production lines as well as amateur radio stations radio stations requiring licens...

Page 90: ...Max Exposure Length without waveform 2 5 days up to 2 5 hours8 PrePulse Detection Mode yes yes FreeRun Mode yes yes9 TimeStamp for Measurement yes yes Dose Dose Rate Time Results for AGMS IC and DD y...

Page 91: ...ios Results yes yes Report dose without kV yes yes Sensor availability comparison AG V2 with USB AG V2 with Nugget AGMS multisensor yes yes AGMS multisensor yes yes Ion Chamber yes yes Dose Diode yes...

Page 92: ...ncy energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a...

Page 93: ...for use in Japan 1 2 4 Represents radio equipment using the 2 4 GHz band 2 DS OF Represents modulation system refer to Section 2 4 1 for details11 3 4 Represents estimated interference causing radius...

Page 94: ...ments exported from the Accu Gold Touch can be read by Accu_Gold 2 Version 2 46 and on All functions for displaying and manipulating measurement session data are available for the Touch measurement se...

Page 95: ...ulse Duration yes no Duration from detection of pre pulse start to main signal start Pulse Count yes yes Measurement pulse count Pulse Duty Cycle yes yes Pulse duty cycle Pulse Frequency yes yes Pulse...

Page 96: ...V Pulse Repetition Frequency yes no Pulse repetition frequency as calculated from the kV wave in the region of interest with synchronization to pulse edges when possible kV RMS Noise yes no Root mean...

Page 97: ...Pulse yes yes DAP per pulse DAP Temperature yes yes Temperature of the DAP sensor DAPChkp DAP yes yes Dose area product DAP Rate yes yes DAP rate Temperature yes yes Temperature of the DAP sensor DAP...

Page 98: ...ing for very low dose rate measurements became challenging in the presence of high levels of electromagnetic noise Special grounding accessories partially mitigated this effect but were often inconven...

Page 99: ...98 Appendix G Carrying cases Accu Gold Soft Cases Model AGSC...

Page 100: ...99 Hard Cases 40V94R Accu Gold Carry Case 2 layer 5 125 mm deep 40V94S Single Layer Carry Case 4 100 mm deep...

Page 101: ...100 Carrying cases Accu Gold Touch 40V94TP Accu Gold Carry Case 3 layer 150 mm deep 40V94E Accu Gold Touch Soft Carry Case 1 layer 125 mm deep...

Page 102: ...101 40V94D Accu Gold Touch Hard Carry Case 1 layer 125 mm deep 40V94DP Accu Gold Touch Water proof Carry Case 2 layer 150 mm deep...

Page 103: ...M are calibrated using a 2 2 mm thick polycarbonate compression paddle placed in beam for all measurements kVp dose hvl If you are making measurements where it is not practical to use the machine s p...

Page 104: ...ntal Positioner has been designed to facilitate attaching and reliably positioning an AGMS D or DM multisensor on many types of panoramic dental systems Using the Accu Gold 2 software a correct dose m...

Page 105: ...104 Test Stands and Positioners ADTS W Accu Dose Test Stand AGTS W Accu Gold Test Stand...

Page 106: ...epairs or furnishing replacement parts nor shall Radcal be liable for any defective material replaced without Radcal s consent during the period of this warranty Radcal reserves the right to perform w...

Page 107: ...meets the requirements of the EU RoHS directive for RoHS 3 The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances RoHS in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive EU Directive 2015 863 The Ac...

Page 108: ...l Is in conformity with the provisions of the following CE directives 2014 30 EU Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Directive 2014 35 EU Low Voltage Directive LVD 2011 65 EU The Restriction of the Use...

Page 109: ...6 x 90Mx DDX6 WL Is in conformity with the provisions of the following UK directives Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016 Electrical Equipment Safety Regulations 2016 The Restriction of the...

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