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

Prerequisites

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

Table 4. Safety

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.	-	-

note:

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

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.

No finalization steps.