MCQA Test procedure for Express Coil suit

Prerequisites

Table 1. Personnel requirements
Required persons	Preliminary requirements	Procedure	Finalization
1	0 minutes	30 minutes	0 minutes

Table 2. Tools and test equipment
Item	Quantity	Effectivity	Part number	Manufacturer
TL UNIFIED PHANTOM	2	-	5343347	-
LARGE CYLINDRICAL UNIFIED PHANTOM	1	-	5342679	-
HNU Phantom Positioner	1	-	5344844	-
HNU Pad	1	-	5343909	-
AA Strap	2	-	5344672 and 5344673	-

Table 3. Required conditions
Condition	Reference	Effectivity
The appropriate coil configuration file must be installed to run this tool.	-	-
If installing the coil for the first time in a system, please refer to Auto Coil Install .	-	-

Connect the HNA cable to Port B of MR System as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Connecting the HNA Coil
Position the HNA and the phantoms as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3. Make sure to use the phantom positioner and that the HNU pad is underneath the phantoms.

Figure 2. Positioning the Phantom and the HNA 1

Figure 3. Positioning the Phantom and the HNA 2
Landmark on the HNA coil marking as shown in Figure 4

Figure 4. Landmarking Coil
Perform the QA Check using Multi-Coil Quality Assurance Tool procedure.

Take note of which Test# and which Sig_Img failed(if any). To determine which coil/s has issue, refer to the matrix below.

For coil layout, refer to Figure 16, Figure 17 and Figure 19 .

Remove the anterior part from HNA coil, connect the HNA adapter, keep the phantom set as same as before, as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5. Positioning the Phantom and the HNA adapter
Landmark on the center of blue latch as show in Figure 6.

Figure 6. Landmarking Coil
Perform the QA Check using Multi-Coil Quality Assurance Tool procedure.

Take note of which Test# and which Sig_Img failed(if any). To determine which coil/s has issue, refer to the matrix below

For coil layout, refer to Figure 16 .

Connect the AA cable as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7. Connecting the AA Coil
Position the Phantoms on the cradle between marker 3 and marker 4. Make sure that the space between the phantoms is aligned with the line between marker 3 and marker 4. Place the AA coil on top of the phantoms. Make sure that the marker line between A, B are aligned with the space between the phantoms. It is as shown in Figure 8.

Figure 8. Positioning the Phantom and the AA Coil 1
Wrap the strap as shown in Figure 9.

Figure 9. Wrapping the coil
Landmark on the AA coil marking as shown in Figure 10.

Figure 10. Landmarking Coil
Perform the QA Check using Multi-Coil Quality Assurance Tool procedure, as shown in Figure 11.

Figure 11. BodyArray mode

Take note of which Test# and which Sig_Img failed(if any). To determine which coil/s has issue, refer to the matrix below.

For coil layout, refer to Figure 18 and Figure 19.

Place the AA coil on top of the phantoms. Make sure that the maker line between B, C are aligned with the space between the phantoms.It is as shown in Figure 12.

Figure 12. Positioning the Phantom and the AA Coil 1
Wrap the strap as shown in Figure 13.

Figure 13. Wrapping the coil
Landmark on the AA coil marking as shown in Figure 14.

Figure 14. Land marking Coil
Perform the QA Check using Multi-Coil Quality Assurance Tool procedure. As shown in Illustration 15.

Figure 15. BodyArrayBC Mode

Take note of which Test# and which Sig_Img failed (if any). To determine which coil/s has issue, refer to the matrix below.

For coil layout, refer to Figure 18.

The element layout for the 16Ch HNA coil is shown in Figure 16 and Figure 17 below:

Figure 16. Element Layout for 16Ch HNA Coil – Posterior

Figure 17. Element layout for 16Ch HNA Coil - Anterior
The element layout for the AA coil is shown in Figure 18 below:

Figure 18. Element layout for 9 Element AA Coil
The element layout for the PA coil is shown in Figure 19 below:

Figure 19. Element layout for PA Coil

No finalization steps.