User's Manual

3.2OperationofAeroDRDetector
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322 AeroDR Detector orientation
Changetheorientationof theAeroDRDetectorac-
cordingtotheexposurebodypart.
Exposewiththetriangularmarkupwardwhenexpos-
inginportrait,andwiththetriangularmarktotheside
whenexposinginlandscape.
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When exposing in portrait
X-ray
X-raydevice
Thetriangularmarkisupward
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When exposing in landscape
X-ray
X-raydevice
Thetriangular
markistotheleft
orright
IMPORTANT
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• Thesidewiththetriangularmarkistheexposuresur-
face.
• Whenexposingin landscape,the direction ofthe
triangularmarkissetaccordingtoexposureenviron-
ment.
• Radiographyisnotallowedonasubjectinahorizon-
talpositionwhenanAeroDR1717HQisused.
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323 Precautions for exposure
Duringexposuregiveadequateattentiontothefollow-
ingitems.
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High-dose exposure
• Whenhigh-doseexposuresareperformedcon-
tinuously,afterimagesofthelastexposurewill
occasionallybevisible.Theaffectofafterimages
inthisdevicecanberesolvedbyleavinglonger
intervalsbetweenexposures,somaketheinter-
valsbetweenexposureslongerthanusualwhen
performinghigh-doseexposure.
• Duringhigh-doseexposure, continualuseofa
leadorothermarkeratthe samepositioncan
cause burning inofthe afterimage.Therefore,
avoidusingitinthesameposition.Also,ifimage
burn-inisvisible,runcalibration.
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Exposure time
• Selectthemaximumexposuretimefrom0.7,1.7,
and3.2.
• AeroDRDetectorswhosemaximumexposure
timecanbesetto4.0,6.7,10.3areasfollows.
AeroDR
Detector
Serial Number
First four digits Number
AeroDR1417HQ A5DP 50198ormore
AeroDR1012HQ A5TE 51001ormore
• Theexposuretimeforactualexposuresshould
notexceedthemaximumexposuretimeyouhave
set.Otherwise,exposuremayfailorcorrectim-
agesmaynotbeabletobeobtained.
IMPORTANT
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• If youincreasethe maximum exposure time, the
AeroDRDetectormaytakelongertoexitsleepmode.
• Setexposuretimetowithin0.8secondswhen the
AeroSyncmodeisused.
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HINT
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• Usetheimageprocessingcontrollertosetthemaxi-
mumexposuretime.In some cases,themaximum
exposuretimeisxedaccordingtotheX-raydevice.
Fordetails,contactKonicaMinoltatechnicalrepresen-
tatives.
• WhenusingImagePilotastheimageprocessingcon-
troller,itisnotpossibletochangethemaximumexpo-
suretime.
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