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C. Oscilloscope Connection
The phantom is equipped with a special feature that allows
the end user to check whether there is latency between the
position of the MRI moving target and the release of the beam
based on MRI imaging of the this target.
To accomplish this task the phantom is equipped with:
I.
An assembly containing two optical switches, which is
housed inside of the main linear actuator of the phantom.
When the lead screw of the linear motor crosses the
optical switches it provides two electrical signals that can
be analyzed on an oscilloscope. The signal from each
individual optical switch is a square wave as shown
below.