1.5T HD Knee Array Coil Setup and SNR Test

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
Large cylindrical unified phantom	1	-	5342679	-
1.5T 8Ch T/R Knee Array Phantom positioner	1	-	5114356-12	-

Table 3. Required conditions
Condition	Reference	Effectivity
The following coil configuration names must be installed to run this tool: HD TRKnee PA, HDTRKneeService, HDTRK1chService	-	-

Place the lower section of the coil on the patient table as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Place the lower section
Align the alignment mark on the coil to Zero position on the scale as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2. Align the alignment mark
Place the large cylindrical unified phantom into the Positioner as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3. Place the large cylindrical unified phantom
Place this Phantom-positioner setup on the lower part of the coil as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4. Place this Phantom-positioner
Ensure that the phantom positioner is aligned with the posterior coil section as indicated by the marks on the positioner and the coil (Figure 5)

Figure 5. phantom positioner aligned
Carefully align the connector pins on the lower part of the Coil with the upper part of the coil and latch both the coil sections into place as in Figure 6. (The scanner will not operate if the coil sections are not latched correctly).

Figure 6. align the connector pins
Connect the coil to respective port of the system LPCA and Landmark the coil at the cross mark available near the handle of the coil (Figure 7) and advance to scan.

Figure 7. Land mark
Perform the Multi-Coil Quality Assurance Tool.

No finalization steps.