Chapter 15
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GE Healthcare
Senographe DS Acquisition System
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Operator Manual 5307907-3-S-1EN
Maintenance
2-2
Planned maintenance performed by the Radiologic Technologist
This consists of simple Quality Control (QC) tests which ensure that the system is operating to its design
standards.
Frequency: from daily to semiannually, depending on the task.
Procedures: please refer to the Senographe DS QC manual.
2-3
Planned maintenance performed by the Medical Physicist
This consists of QC tests performed by the Medical Physicist to ensure that the system provides a high
level of mammographic quality.
Frequency: annually.
Procedures: please refer to the Senographe DS QC manual.
Gantry cover check
6
Check Manual Compression maximum force.
12
Check Gantry emergency stop buttons.
12
Control Station - UPS:
Check UPS function
6
Recalibrate UPS Battery Capacity
12
Control Station cover check
6
Acquisition Image Quality:
Image Quality Tools Flat Field Test
6
Calibrate Conversion Factor
6
Check Image Acquisition and ACR Score
6
Calibrate mAs Non-Linearity (Automatic)
6
AOP calibration:
6
AOP mode and SNR check
6
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