Aquilion16_DCA, 14 January 2004

Data Collect Analysis

and

Channel Replacement
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 DCA - Acquisition Details
• Don’t use Scan Times 0.25s and 0.4s on 0.5s systems
• Slice Width is detector element row bundling for one row
• Slit is the opening for one slice - Slit-N is the number of slits

• Select correct GAIN under DAS Mode(Main) - see table

• DAS Mode(Ref) is fixed - DIP switch setting on Control-16
• DAS Mode(BMD) has no particular use - no BMD’s
• Extra Data Check and Data Check have particular use

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 DCA - Automatic checks

DAS test pattern

GCIF test pattern
Offset data - Detector/DAS
X-ray output
Rotation speed

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 DCA - DAS test pattern
• DAS Mode(Main) - TP
• Data Check - C16TP

OK
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 DCA - DAS test pattern
NOK

- List is shown
- /tmp/c16tp.txt

example V1.30ER810
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 DCA - GCIF test pattern
• GCIFA - SW1-4: on
• Extra Data Check - OFF
• Data Check - C16GCIF

ERROR if Extra Data Check ON

OK

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 DCA - GCIF test pattern
NOK

- List is shown
- /tmp/c16gcif.txt

example V1.30ER810
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 Offset data - Detector/DAS
• Data Check - C16OFFSET
• Conditions set automatically
• Gantry keeps turning for about 2.5 minutes item value
Scan Time 0.5
kV 120
mA 50
Slice Width 0.5mm
Slit 0.5mm
- List is shown Slit-N 16
Wedge Size DoseRed.-LL
- /tmp/c16offset.txt Focus Size Large

OK NOK Tube Rot.

Orbit Sync
ON
OFF
Tube Pos. -1
View Trigger TUBE
DAS Mode(Main) GAIN3
Tolerances - For all sixteen rows DAS Mode(Ref) GAIN7
See also "c16offset.csv" in /ct/KBProj/develop/etc/scan/dca/ DAS Mode(BMD) GAIN7
Mean Offset ON
Extra Data Check ON
- Ref. and all main detector channels: 1000 - 7000
Pre Proc Decode
Row ALL
Standard Deviation
- Ref. detector: 1 - 20 Channel Start: e0
Channel End: 896
- Bundled channels: 1 - 30 Projection Start: 1
- Channels 129 - 752: 1 - 20 Projection End: 900
Calc. Channel
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 X-ray output
• Data Check - C16OUTPUT
• Conditions set automatically
• Gantry keeps turning for about 2.5 minutes item value
Scan Time 0.5
kV 120
mA 50
Slice Width 0.5mm
Slit 0.5mm
- List is shown Slit-N 16
Wedge Size DoseRed.-LL
- /tmp/c16output.txt Focus Size Large

OK NOK Tube Rot.

Orbit Sync
ON
OFF
Tube Pos. -1
View Trigger TUBE
DAS Mode(Main) GAIN3
Tolerances - For all sixteen rows - DR wedge is used! DAS Mode(Ref) GAIN7
See also "c16output.csv" in /ct/KBProj/develop/etc/scan/dca/ DAS Mode(BMD) GAIN7
Mean Offset ON
Extra Data Check ON
- Ref. detector: 14000 - 38000
- Channels 438 - 458: 13000 - 39000 Pre Proc Decode
Row ALL

Standard Deviation Channel Start: e0

Channel End: 896
- Ref. detector: 60 - 700 Projection Start: 1
- Channels 438 - 458: 60 - 700 Projection End: 900
Calc. Channel
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 Rotation speed
• Data Check - SPEED DATA
• Select scan speed to be checked

OK

See also ”speed.csv" in /ct/KBProj/develop/etc/scan/dca/

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 Channel Replacement
In case of one or two broken channels
no matter what cause - quick repair -

• Open winterm
• Input /ct/RDDtool/STAR/STARTOOLS [Enter]
• Menu is displayed
• Select Edit REC

DO NOT USE Channel Replacement without permission

from Nasu Works

DO NOT SELECT ANY OTHER FUNCTIONS

These are for factory use only
System operation will become 11
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abnormal in case of wrong usage
 Channel Replacement
DO NOT SELECT
ANY OTHER
FUNCTIONS!

1. Select
Edit REC

2. Select
BADCHAN

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 Channel Replacement
3. Select acquisition slice thickness to edit
4. Set bad CH
5. Click Save
then Quit
No. of bad CH
- display -
0 0 0000 0 0 0000 4-3. Input
4-1. Input 1 or 2 0 0 0000 0 0 0000 ffff
(one bad channel or 0 0 0000 0 0 0000
two consecutive 0 0 0000 0 0 0000
bad channels) 0 0 0000 0 0 0000
0 0 0000 0 0 0000
4-2. Input CH #
0 0 0000 0 0 0000
(CH # at DCA – 1
0 0 0000 0 0 0000
(0 to 895ch.))
0 0 0000 0 0 0000
Integrator 0 0 0000 0 0 0000
Integrator
A setting B setting
Example
Note: Input same bad CH for both integrators
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 Channel Replacement
6. Select All Rebuild&RddWrite

7. After writing select Quit

8. System shut down or perform

ResetScanSys

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 Channel Replacement - Notes -
• If two channels are bad then input the lowest channel number
if e.g. 256 and 257 are bad then input 256
• Bundled channels - check the sinogram -
One bad channel in the channel bundling area may look like two bad
channels in the sinogram - Replacement may be successful -
Two consecutive bad channels in the channel bundling area may look like
four bad channels in the sinogram - Replacement may not be successful
• Is it OK to take calibration after set CH-Replacement?
Under evaluation
The ring artifact may be caused by filtering in the pre-processing
• Bad channel interval - should be two channels or more -
It also depends on the region
• Log channel replacement settings for later reference
- software loading - the settings are not in the back-up tool

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 Channel Replacement - Notes -
It was reported from Australia that S&V with a slice thickness for which interpolation
has been set, may cause difficulties in combination with V1.4. The difficulties could
be reproduced at the factory and have been reported to the engineering department.

Situation:
A scan with Scan&View - four rows, with a slice thickness for which interpolation has
been set, is aborted after less than half a second and an error message is shown:

Error in preprocess (timeout before collecting all projection data)

After switching off the channel interpolation the system works fine again.

Currently a cure or a workaround is not available.

Ref: /ct/RDDtool/STAR/STARTOOL - Edit REC - BADCHAN

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