SIGNA MR355 / SIGNA MR360
Service Manual
5856356-3EN Revision 5.0
Basic Service Documentation. Copyright General Electric Company.
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Date: Jul 5, 2019 11:49:11 PM

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

Prerequisites

Table 1. Personnel requirements
Required persons	Preliminary requirements	Procedure	Finalization
1	0 minutes	15 minutes	0 minutes

Table 2. Tools and test equipment
Item	Quantity	Effectivity	Part number	Manufacturer
Small, Cylindrical Unified Phantom	1	-	5342680	-
Cubical Unified Phantom	1	-	5342681	-

Table 3. Replacement parts
Item	Quantity	Effectivity	Part number	Manufacturer
See 1.5T HD 8-Channel Foot Ankle Coil FRUs	-	-	-	-

Table 4. Safety

Warning

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.

Table 5. Required conditions
Condition	Reference	Effectivity
This coil configuration name must be installed to run the SNR Test Tool: HD Foot Ankle. Install this coil configuration with Config File Manager.	-	-

About this task

Note:

Coils do not ship with phantoms. Phantoms come in a unified phantom set with the MR system.

Procedure

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

Figure 1. Foot Ankle Coil Baseplate on Table
Place the Small, Cylindrical Unified Phantom horizontally on the baseplate as shown below.

Figure 2. Cylindrical Unified Phantom on Baseplate
Place the Cubical Unified Phantom vertically, and fix the phantom to the baseplate using the Velcro as shown below.

Figure 3. Cubical Unified Phantom on Baseplate
Cover the baseplate with the coil as shown below.

Figure 4. 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. Advance to scan.
2. Perform the MCQA Test.
Figure 5. Crossmark on Coil Handle
After the test is completed, carefully remove the Cubical Phantom out of the baseplate, then the Cylindrical Phantom to avoid damage to either phantom.

Finalization

No finalization steps.