1.5T HD Vibrant Breast Array Setup for Coil SNR Test

Prerequisites

Follow this process to prepare for the automated SNR test using the 1.5T HD Vibrant Breast Array by GE/USAI (M3087JG) .

1 Legacy Phantom Setup

Procedure

  1. Position the coil on the table. See Figure 1.

    Figure 1. Positioning of the Coil

  2. Position the phantom in the coil base as shown in Figure 2.

    Figure 2. Positioning of the Phantom

  3. Landmark on the coil crosshairs. See Figure 3.

    Figure 3. Landmarking the Coil

  4. Perform the Multi-Coil Quality Assurance Tool.

2 Unified Phantom Setup

Procedure

  1. Place the coil on the patient table and insert the phantom positioner into the coil as shown in Figure 4.

    Figure 4. Coil and phantom positioner

  2. The position of the spherical phantoms from the side of the coil is as shown in Figure 5.

    Figure 5. spherical phantoms

  3. Place the phantoms on the phantom positioner as shown in the Figure 6.
  4. Connect the coil to respective port of the system LPCA.
  5. Landmark on the center of the bridge between both the chambers (Figure 6) and advance to scan.

    Figure 6. Phantoms and Landmark

  6. Perform the Multi-Coil Quality Assurance Tool.

3 What to do next

Finalization

No finalization steps.