1.5T 8 CH Body Coil Cable Replacement

Prerequisites

Table 1. Personnel requirements
Required persons	Preliminary requirements	Procedure	Finalization
1	Not Applicable	30 minutes	Not Applicable

Table 2. Tools and test equipment
Item	Quantity	Effectivity	Part number	Manufacturer
Standard Tool Set	1	-	-	-

Table 3. Replacement parts
Item	Quantity	Effectivity	Part number	Manufacturer
Cable Assembly	1	-	2417162	-

This procedure will replace the cable assembly on the 1.5T HD 8CH Body Array Coil (P/N: 2415366) by GE/USAI, Catalog Number M3335MC.

Unplug the Anterior Cable Interface Box (Labeled with UP) from the Anterior Body Array Coil as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Removal of Anterior Cable Interface
Remove all the 8 screws form the lower Posterior Coil cover as shown in Figure 2. Remove the cover after removing the screws.

Figure 2. Removal of 8 Screws from Posterior Coil
Remove all the four screws as shown in Fig 3 below; Unplug the RF cables labeled with CH5-CH8 and DC PIN Header Connector carefully as shown in the Figure 3.

Figure 3. Posterior Coil RF Cable and DC Wire Removal
Remove the cable from the Posterior Coil completely.
Take the new 8 Ch Body array cable assembly and connect the posterior cable assembly into the Posterior Coil side as shown in Figure 3.

Connect the RF Cables (J5-J8) and DC PIN Header connector into the Body Array Coil Feed board PCB as shown in Fig 3 as per Table 4

Apply all the four screws and tighten them as shown in Figure 3.
Place the Lower Posterior Coil Cover on the coil and tighten all the screws (8) as shown in Figure 2.
Plug the Anterior Cable Interface Box (Labeled with UP) of the new cable assembly into the Anterior Coil as shown in Figure 1.

No finalization steps.