1.5T HD 8Ch CTL Coil Setup for SNR Test

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Place the coil on the patient table and latch it to the table.
  2. Place the TL unified phantoms on the centre of the TL section of the coil as shown inFigure 1.

    Figure 1. Place the TL unified phantoms

  3. Align the phantoms to the centre in S/I and R/L directions as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3.

    Figure 2. Align the phantoms (1)

    Figure 3. Align the phantoms (2)

  4. Place the large cylindrical unified phantom on the CT section and fix the C-Spine Bridge to the hooks provided as shown in Figure 4.

    Figure 4. large cylindrical unified phantom

  5. Adjust the large cylindrical unified phantom such that it is in complete contact with the TL unified phantom (Figure 5).

    Figure 5. Adjust the large cylindrical unified phantom

  6. Adjust TL unified phantoms such that both the phantoms are in complete contact with each other as shown in Figure 6.

    Figure 6. Adjust TL unified phantoms

  7. Connect the coil to respective port of the system LPCA.
  8. Landmark the coil at the cross mark line on the C-Spine Bridge (Figure 7) and advance to scan.

    Figure 7. Landmark

  9. Perform Multi-Coil Quality Assurance Tool.

Finalization

No finalization steps.