1.5T HD 8-Channel Foot Ankle Coil MCQA Test Setup

Prerequisites

Table 1 Personnel requirements
Required persons	Preliminary requirements	Procedure	Finalization
1	Not Applicable	15 minutes	Not Applicable

Table 2 Tools and test equipment
Item	Quantity	Effectivity	Part number	Manufacturer
HD 8-Channel Foot Ankle Legacy Phantom Assembly	1	Legacy Phantom Set	5273235-5	-
Small, Cylindrical Unified Phantom	1	Unified Phantom Set	5342680	-
Cubical Unified Phantom	1	Unified Phantom Set	5342681	-

Table 3 Required conditions
Condition	Reference	Effectivity
This coil configuration name must be installed to run the SNR Test Tool: HD Foot Ankle.	-	-
All RF Coil-related tests must be run on a system that is well calibrated and passes all system tests. The system should have passed Install in Spec (IIS), especially White Pixel, Correlated Noise, and Multi-Coil Receive (MCR) Tool.	-	-

Coils do not ship with phantoms. Phantoms come in a Unified Phantom Set with the MR system.

Follow this process to prepare for the automated SNR (Signal-to-Noise) Test using the 1.5T HD 8-Channel Foot Ankle Coil by Invivo (M3340CD).

Place the baseplate of the coil on the table:
1. Lock the baseplate (shown below) to ensure the coil is centered on the table.
  
  Figure 1. Locking Baseplate
2. Insert the phantom as shown below.
  
  Figure 2. Inserting Phantom
Place the coil on the baseplate, and connect the coil to Port A on the Hypertronics Connector in the Low Profile Carriage Assembly (LPCA) as shown.

Figure 3. Hypertronics Connector
Establish the landmark on the top of the coil as shown and Advance to Scan.

Figure 4. Landmark Position of Coil
Run the Multi-Coil Quality Assurance Tool.

Follow this process to prepare for the automated SNR (Signal-to-Noise) test using the 1.5T HD 8-Channel Foot Ankle Coil by Invivo (M3340CD).

Place the Foot Ankle Coil baseplate on the table as shown.

Figure 5. Foot Ankle Coil Baseplate on Table
Place the Small, Cylindrical Unified Phantom horizontally and the Cubical Unified Phantom vertically, and fix the phantom to the baseplate using the Velcro® as shown.

Figure 6. Cubical Unified Phantom on Baseplate
Cover the baseplate with the coil.

Figure 7. Coil Over Baseplate
Connect the Foot Ankle Coil to Port A of the system LPCA, and landmark the coil at the crossmark on the coil handle.
1. Press Advance to Scan.
2. Run the Multi-Coil Quality Assurance Tool.
Figure 8. Crossmark on Coil Handle
After the test is completed, carefully remove the cubical then the cylindrical phantom from the baseplate to avoid damage to either phantom.

No finalization steps.