VATECH PaX-i PCH-2500 Mode D'emploi page 41

Sensor
Frankfurt plane
4.2.4
PaX-i (PCH-2500) User Manual
After adjusting the column to suit the height of the patient,
fit the ear rods along the patient's ear canals.
CAUTION
8. Click the Ready button after the patient has been properly positioned. No
X-Ray will be emitted at this point. The CEPH sensor and the 2
enter positioning mode.
9. Proceed to section 4.3. Initiating X-Ray Exposure.
Waters View Mode
Follow the procedure below to prepare and position the patient for Waters View
mode image acquisition.
4. Acquiring CEPH Images
3. Guide the patient to the CEPH unit.
4. Adjust the height of the unit to suit the
patient by pressing the column up/down
button or switch (optional).
5. Ask the patient to stand upright facing
the secondary collimator.
Make sure that the patient's shoulders
are level and that his/her neck is relaxed.
6. Place the ear rods along the patient's
ear canals. Make sure that the ear rods
are comfortably, yet firmly in place.
7. Gently tilt the patient's head back until
his/her Frankfurt plane is perpendicular
to the floor, as shown below.
nd
collimator will
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