Revision Date: 3/13/2019
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How to Run the Daily Stability Warmup
Setting up the Phantom
1.
Place the phantom and phantom cushion inside the either the 20, 32 or 64 channel head
coil (round end at top of coil)
2.
Secure the top half of the head coil by clicking it in and plugging in cable(s) if necessary
3.
Raise the table
7.
Turn on the laser light and set the landmark
8.
Slide the table fully into the scanner
9.
Close and flip the air seal on the scanner door
Register Phantom
1.
Press the “little person” key on the keyboard to bring up the registration screen
2.
Enter phantom information (all required fields are indicated in
bold
except required data
destination= Referring physician)
Last Name =
enter information in the following format – Stability-date-of-
scan_name-of-scanner.
e.g. “Stability082609_Prisma”
Patient ID =
copy the information from the
Last Name
field to the
Patient ID
field.
Sex =
“other”
Age = “18”
Height
= “5ft”
Weight =
“125 lbs”
Referring Physician = select “QC Group”
Patient Position =
select “Head First Supine”
3.
Click “Exam”
4.
Another box will pop up
Choose Study = Daily_Stability_Test _Prisma
Choose stability sequence based on the head coil you used (BMC_20ch,
BMC_32ch or BMC_64ch etc)
Click “Confirm”
Running Scans
1.
Press the green play button to start the first localizer
2.
First stability sequence will open itself – center the box on the phantom and then click
“the green check”
3.
The other stability sequences will automatically copy the slice locations from the first
stability sequence and will automatically start (you will not need to click continue)
4.
When scanning is complete, remove the phantom/holder and place them securely in the
phantom cabinet bin