AGFA CR 85-XTM User manual

CR Mammography
User Manual
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Contents
Legal Notice ..........................................................................3
Introduction to this Manual ................................................... 4
Scope of this manual .................................................5
Warnings, Cautions, Instructions and Notes ...............6
Disclaimer ................................................................. 7
Introduction to the CR Mammography System ......................8
Configuration ........................................................... 9
Intended Use ...........................................................11
System Documentation ........................................... 12
Training .................................................................. 13
Compliance .............................................................14
Connectivity ............................................................15
Installation ..............................................................16
Installation of the CR Mammography System ...
17
Calibration of the X-Ray Modality ................ 19
X-Ray Modality Operating Guidelines .......... 22
Viewing conditions for hardcopy ..................23
Viewing conditions for softcopy ................... 24
Options and Accessories ..........................................25
Cleaning and Disinfection ....................................... 26
Safety Directions .....................................................27
Getting started ....................................................................28
Basic workflow ........................................................ 29
Micro Calcification Enhancement (MCE) and softcopy
reading stations ...................................................... 30
Micro Calcification Enhancement (MCE) and exporting
images to CD or DVD ...............................................31
Limitations ............................................................. 32
Technical data .....................................................................34
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Legal Notice
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Agfa NV, Septestraat 27, B-2640 Mortsel - Belgium
For more information on Agfa products, please visit www.agfa.com.
Agfa and the Agfa rhombus are trademarks of Agfa-Gevaert N.V., Belgium or
its affiliates. CR Mammography System, CR 30-Xm, CR 25.0, CR 75.0, CR 35-
X, CR 85-X, DX-M, NX and MUSICA are trademarks of Agfa NV, Belgium or
one of its affiliates. All other trademarks are held by their respective owners
and are used in an editorial fashion with no intention of infringement.
Agfa NV makes no warranties or representation, expressed or implied, with
respect to the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of the information
contained in this document and specifically disclaims warranties of suitability
for any particular purpose. Products and services may not be available for
your local area. Please contact your local sales representative for availability
information. Agfa NV diligently strives to provide as accurate information as
possible, but shall not be responsible for any typographical error. Agfa NV
shall under no circumstances be liable for any damage arising from the use or
inability to use any information, apparatus, method or process disclosed in
this document. Agfa NV reserves the right to make changes to this document
without prior notice. The original version of this document is in English.
Copyright 2018 Agfa NV
All rights reserved.
Published by Agfa NV
B-2640 Mortsel - Belgium.
No part of this document may be reproduced, copied, adapted or transmitted
in any form or by any means without the written permission of Agfa NV
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Introduction to this Manual
Topics:
•Scope of this manual
•Warnings, Cautions, Instructions and Notes
•Disclaimer
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Scope of this manual
This User manual describes the features of the CR Mammography System. It
explains how the different products of the CR Mammography System work
together. The manual covers the following Mammography Systems:
• Mammography Systems based on CR 35-X/CR 85-X Digitizers.
• Mammography Systems based on CR 25.0/CR 75.0 Digitizers.
• Mammography Systems based on the DX-M Digitizer.
• Mammography Systems based on CR 30-Xm Digitizer.
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Warnings, Cautions, Instructions and Notes
The following samples show how warnings, cautions, instructions and notes
appear in this document. The text explains their intended use.
Warning: Warnings are directions which, if they are not
followed, can cause fatal or serious injuries to a user,
engineer, patient or any other person or can lead to a
mistreatment.
Caution: Cautions are directions which, if they are not followed,
can cause damage to the equipment described in this manual or
any other equipment or goods and can cause environmental
pollution.
Instruction: This sign is typically used in combination with the
warning sign when providing a specific instruction. If it is followed
exactly, it should avoid the subject of the warning.
Note: Notes provide advice and highlight unusual points. A note is
not intended as an instruction.
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Disclaimer
Agfa assumes no liability for use of this document if any unauthorized
changes to the content or format have been made.
Every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information in this
document. However, Agfa assumes no responsibility or liability for errors,
inaccuracies or omissions that may appear in this document. To improve
reliability, function or design Agfa reserves the right to change the product
without further notice. This manual is provided without warranty of any kind,
implied or expressed, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
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Introduction to the CR Mammography
System
Topics:
•Configuration
•Intended Use
•System Documentation
•Training
•Compliance
•Connectivity
•Installation
•Options and Accessories
•Cleaning and Disinfection
•Safety Directions
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Configuration
The Agfa CR Mammography System consists of a digitizer, detectors, plates
and cassettes and a CR workstation. It supports hardcopy devices and softcopy
reading stations as optional components:
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1. System components
2. Optional components
3. CR Digitizer
4. CR Mammography Detectors, Plates and Cassettes
5. CR Workstation
6. Diagnostic Workstation
7. Mammography Printer and Film
Figure 1: CR Mammography System Configuration.
The CR Mammography System supports different configurations specified in
the columns of the following table:
CR Digitizer
multi-plate CR 85-XTM CR 75.0TM DX-MTM
single plate CR 35-XTM CR 25.0TM CR 30-XmTM
CR Mammography Detectors, Plates and Cassettes
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available formats are
18x24cm and
24x30cm
CR MM3.0 CR MM3.0R CR MM3.0T
CR MM2.0 CR HM5.0
CR Workstation
NX for MammographyTM
The CR MM2.0 Mammo plates and cassettes, CR MM3.0 Mammo plate and
cassette, CR MM3.xR Mammo plate and cassette and CR HM5.x Mammo
detector are generically referred to as ‘plates and cassettes’.
Combination restrictions:
Digitizer support for detectors, plates and cassettes:
• CR 25.0 and CR 75.0 support both CR MM2.0 Mammo Plates and
Cassettes and CR MM3.0 Mammo Plates and Cassettes.
• CR 35-X and CR 85-X supports CR MM3.0 Mammo Plates and Cassettes
only.
• CR 30-Xm supports CR MM3.0T Plates and Cassettes only.
• DX-M supports CR HM5.0 or CR MM3.0R Plates and Cassettes.
• Mixed use of different mammo cassettes and plates is not allowed. In
particular the mixed use of CR MM3.0R and CR HM5.0 on DX-M is not
allowed.
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