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February 5, 2004
FFDM-S Service Manual
Troubleshooting Image Quality
DirectRay components, when operating incorrectly, can yield a variety of
unacceptable imaging artifacts. These artifacts can come from anywhere along the
chain of image capture, conversion, and display. The tables in this topic suggest the
causes and corrective responses for particular problems.
A key step in analysis is to isolate the artifact to the component that is producing
it. First, similar appearing artifacts can come from anywhere in the overall image
chain. Second, the tendency to assume that the artifact is coming from the least
known component must be avoided. For example, artifacts that appear to be
coming from the DirectRay Detector may actually be coming from the output device
or processing.
Isolation is the first step and should be done by using internally-generated image
patterns in the image chain to determine where exactly the artifact is being
produced (“what is/what is not” the artifact analysis).
The following tables provide direction for cause and corrective action for those
artifacts that have been validated as coming from DirectRay components.
For troubleshooting questions, contact Direct Radiography Corp. Support.
Table 6-1. Line Artifacts
Problem
Cause
Recommended Action
Line Parallel to the Short Axis Seam:
•
Seam correction algorithm not turned on;
wrong algorithm selected.
•
Detector gain not calibrated properly.
•
Seam (lines 1535 and 1536) needs to be
mapped out.
Source lines:
•
DirectRay Detector not calibrated
properly.
•
Line needs to be mapped out.
Perform DirectRay Detector calibration
procedure (refer to “When to Calibrate the
DirectRay Detector” on page 6-1).
•
Perform DirectRay Detector calibration
procedure.
•
Contact Direct Radiography Corp.
Support for information on bad pixel
correction.
Line Parallel to the Long Axis
Line ends at seam or line partially defective
(gate lines).
•
Detector not calibrated properly.
•
Line needs to be mapped out.
•
Perform DirectRay Detector calibration
procedure.
•
Contact Direct Radiography Corp.
Support for information on bad pixel
correction.
Line Runs Through Seam
•
Read out problem; HV setting time too
short.
•
Hard copy device or processor artifact.
•
Follow applicable problem solving.
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