Planmeca ProMax Pan/Ceph Use and care manual

PLANMECA
ProMax Pan/Ceph
Calibration Manual
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The manufacturer, assembler, and importer are responsible for the safety,
reliability and performance of the unit only if:
-Installation, calibration, modification and repairs are carried out by
qualified authorized personnel.
-Electrical installations are carried out according to the appropriate
requirements such as IEC364.
-Equipment is used according to the operating instructions
Planmeca pursues a policy of continual product development. Although every
effort is made to produce up-to-date product documentation this publication
should not be regarded as an infallible guide to current specifications. We
reserve the right to make changes without prior notice.
COPYRIGHT PLANMECA USA 2008-05
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Table of Contents
Chapter A: General Information
1. Disclaimer 7
2. Required Tools 9
2.1. Calibration Tools 9
2.2. Hand Tools 10
Chapter B: Removing Covers
1. Upper C-Arm 11
2. Tube head 12
3. Shoulder 12
4. Lower C-Arm 13
5. Patient Positioning 13
6. Fixed sensor Holder 14
Chapter C: Computer Connections
1. Ethernet 17
2. Didapi Configuration 17
Chapter D: Beam Alignment
1. Aligning Beam 20
2. Primary Collimator (61.0) 21
2.1. Pan mode X-Collimator (61.1) 23
2.1.a X-pan collimator position 24
2.1.a.i Too Narrow 25
2.1.a.ii Too Wide 26
2.2. Pan mode Y-Collimator (61.2) 26
2.2.a Too High 26
2.2.b Too Low 27
2.2.c Angled 27
2.2.c.i Angled Left/Right 30
Chapter E: Beam Check
1. Setting up Beam Check 31
2. Computer Setup 33
Chapter F: Calibration
1. Dimax 3 Tool 35
1.1 Turning Radiation ON/OFF 36
1.1.a OFF 36
1.1.b ON 37
1.2 kV/mA setting for Panoramic 37
1.3 Changing Binnings 37
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Chapter G: Ball Phantom
1. Setting up for a Ball Phantom 39
2. Setting up the Computer 41
2.1 Calibrating / measuring image 41
2.1.a. Center Ball 43
2.1.a.i Too Thin 44
2.1.a.ii Too Fat 46
2.1.b 10th Ball 48
2.1.b.i Too Left 48
2.1.b.ii Too Right 49
2.1.b.iiiMoving the Table 49
2.1.c Shadow Ball 50
2.1.c.i Too Left/Right 53
3. Position Sensor Calibration (Pots) (64.0) 54
3.1 Aligning Pots 56
3.1.a Shoulder 56
3.1.b Elbow 57
3.1.c C-Arm 58
4. Patient Positioning Lights Alignment 59
4.1 Focal Layer Light Beam 61
4.2 Frankfort Light Beam 62
4.3 Midsagittal Light Beam 62
Chapter H: Cephalometric
1. Getting into Cephalometric Mode 63
2. Removing Cephalometric Covers 64
2.1 Top Covers 64
2.2 Secondary Collimator Covers 66
3. Beam Alignment 67
3.1 Ceph Mode C-arm Rotation 68
3.1.a Ceph Mode Beam Right Position 70
3.1.a.i Too Left/Right 70
3.1.b Ceph Mode C-arm Rotation 72
3.1.b.i Too Left/Right 72
3.2 Ceph Mode Beam Position 74
3.2.a Too Left/Right 75
3.3 Ceph y-collimator calibration 76
3.3.a Too High 77
3.3.b Too Low 78
4. Ceph Head Leveling 78
4.1 Too Left 81
4.2 Too Right 82
4.3 Too Low 83
4.4 Too High 83
5. Secondary Collimator (Beaver Tail) 84
5.1 Too Left 85
5.2 Too Right 87
5.3 Too Low 88
5.4 Too High 89
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5.5 Angled 90
5.5.a Left 90
5.5.b Right 91
6. Beam Check 92
6.1 Setting up Beam Check 92
6.2 Computer Setup 94
7. Calibrating 95
7.1 kV/mA fo Cephalometric 95
7.2 Computer Setup 97
7.3 Dimax3 Tool 97
7.3.a Not Together 99
7.3.a.i Raising Up 99
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Chapter
A General Information
1DISCLAIMER
This manual contains the information required to setup and calibrate the
Planmeca ProMax Panoramic with Cephalometric X-ray unit for Digital.
WARNING
Protect yourself from radiation when you are checking the beam
alignment and calibrating. Since radiation safety requirements vary from
state to state, country to country, it is the responsibility of the installer to
ensure that the correct precautions are observed.
1.1 The display values shown in this guide are only examples
and should be interpreted as recommended values unless
otherwise specified.
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2REQUIRED TOOLS
2.1. Calibration Tools
Ball phantom (part number 10004011) used for checking the position of the
Patient positioning mechanism and the Patient positioning lights. (Figure 1)
Figure 1
Frankfort plane alignment tool (part number 50977) used with the ball
phantom for checking the position of the Frankfort plane light. (Figure 2)
Figure 2
Beam alignment tool, fluorescent screen, (part number 50972) used for
checking the position of the x-ray beam. (Figure 3)
Figure 3
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Sensor head alignment tool (part number 10002699) used for checking the
beam alignment. (Figure 4)
Figure 4
Cephalostat calibration tool, hatchet, (part number 10004246). For
calibrating the digital cephalostat. (Figure 5)
Figure 5
Left and Right ear posts (part number 651003, 651005) used for aligning the
ball and ring on the cephalometric arm. (Figure 6)
Figure 6
2.2 Hand Tools
1.5mm allen wrench
2mm allen wrench
2.5mm allen wrench
3mm allen wrench
4mm allen wrench
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