Mechanical Calibration Tasks

Indexing the Exact Arms

ThisprocedureindexesthemechanicalaxesoftheExactArmsforthe
kVsourceandthekVandMVdetectors.Thethreearmjointsuse
encodersthatdonothaveabsolutepositions.Iftheencodercountis
lostduetoapowerfailurewhilethearmismovingordeliberately
deletedbythecontrolsystemifamismatchbetweenPROandSPROis
detectedthenthearmencodersmustbereindexed.Thecalibration
processidentifiestheabsoluteangularreferenceposition(theindex
pulse)oftheshoulder,elbow,wristandhandlateralpositions.Ifit
fails,theaxiscannotidentifyitsposition.Formoreinformation,refer
totheExactArmReferenceGuide.
Animportanthardwaredeviceforcalibratingisthehandpendant.For
informationonhowtousethehandpendant,refertotheOnBoard
ImagerReferenceGuide.
WARNING: If any of the mechanical axes is not calibrated, no clinical
movements are allowed. If the mechanical calibration is incorrect, there is a risk
of irradiating the wrong area with the kV or MV beam.
The authorized person who carries out the calibration is responsible for the
correct calibration.

Tocalibratethemechanicalaxes:
1.

Dependingonthearmtobecalibrated,rotatethegantrytooneof
thefollowingpositions:

ForthekVdetector:90degrees(allscales)

ForthekVsource:270degrees(allscales)

FortheMVdetector:0degrees(IEC61217andVarianIEC
scales)or180(Varianscale)

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2.

Selectthearmtobecalibratedbypressingoneofthefollowing
keysonthehandpendant:

MVD/P1fortheMVdetector

kVD/P3forthekVdetector

kVS/P4forthekVsource

3.

PresstheMODEkey.Asubmenuappearsinthehandpendant
display.

4.

PresstheP3key.

5.

PresstheP1key.Anasteriskappears.Repeat4times.Asubmenu
appearsonthehandpendantdisplay.

6.

PresstheP2keyinordertochooseMechAxisVel.

7.

BringthekVsourceorthekVdetectorortheMVdetectortothe
calibrationposition(accuracymustbewithin1).
a. Shoulderupperarm:180forthekVsource/kVdetector/
MV detector
b. Upperarmelbowforearm:90forthekVsource/kV
detector/MV detector
c. Forearmwristhand:180forthekV source
d. Forearmwristhand:270forthekVdetector/MV detector

Forabirdseyeviewofthecalibrationpositionofthe
kV source,seeFigure 22.

Forabirdseyeviewofthecalibrationpositionofthe
kV detector,seeFigure 23.

ForasideviewofthecalibrationpositionoftheMV detector,
seeFigure 24.

8.

WhenyouarecalibratingthekVsource,skipthisstep.
However,whenyouarecalibratingthekV detectoror
MV detector,takethefollowingadditionalstepforlateral
calibration:

Manuallymovethedetectorholderbetweenthetwomarkings
onthetoothedrack,seeFigure 25.

9.

PressCLRtogobacktothepreviousmenu.

10. PresstheP1key.

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11. DeflecttheVRTthumbwheel.

Theaxismovesuntilthezeroimpulseindexisfound.On
successfulcalibration,themessageCalibration succeeded
appears.Ifthecalibrationmessagedoesnotappear/fails,repeat
step 6.andstep 7.
12. Repeatstep 11.usingtheLNG(longitudinal)thumbwheelandthe

LAT(lateral)thumbwheelfortheremainingaxes.

13. WhencalibratingthekVdetector,repeatstep 11.usingtheANG

thumbwheel.
Note: Withoutuserinteractions,handpendantmenusautomaticallytimeout

afterafewseconds.

Isocenter
180.0

180.0

90.0

Figure 22 Indexing the Exact Arm kV Source Arm

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90.0
180.0

270.0

Isocenter

Detector laterally centered

Figure 23 Indexing the Exact Arm kV Detector Arm

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270.0

Isocenter

180.0

Detector laterally centered

90.0

Figure 24 Indexing the Exact Arm MV Detector Arm

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1. Wrist 2. Marking

Figure 25 Toothed Rack Hand Lateral Position for Detector, Marking

Note: Iftheaxiscannotbecalibratedafterrepeatedattempts,thatis,the

calibrationmessageCalibration failedappears,youmustcontact
Varianservice.

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