Servicing the GE Definium Family: Definium 6000/8000, Discovery XR650/XR656 Optima XR640/XR646
Overview
The GE Definium Family training course covers a wide variety of GE’s latest DR (Digital Radiography) systems.
The Definium Family course is a skills development course designed to provide the experienced service professional with the skills necessary to fully service and calibrate these single & dual detector systems. All Definium family products are built around the JEDI generator platform. Systems that will be covered in this course include:
- Definium 6000
- Definium 8000
- Discovery XR650
- Discovery XR656
- Optima XR640
- Optima XR646
Prerequisites
To attend this course, the service professional must have a good understanding of the principles gained through attending Phase II or two years equivalent experience in servicing RAD equipment.
Objectives
- Understand the similarities & difference between the Definium family products.
- Describe how factors are optimized to produce the highest quality digital images
- Describe the function of the basic components of each GE Definium family digital radiographic unit
- Demonstrate an understanding of the installation procedures associated with the GE Definium
- Perform the necessary digital performance monitoring and quality assurance procedures utilizing the GE Definium
- Perform all system calibrations and adjustments to maintain the highest quality images
- Evaluate circuit functions to facilitate troubleshooting
- Perform a complete and thorough preventive maintenance inspection on the unit
Tuition: $6995
Course Length: 1 Week
CEU's Awarded: 4 CEU’s
Dates:
- Oct 2-6, 2023
- Jan 29- Feb 2, 2024
- May 20-24, 2024
- Sep 23-27, 2024
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Course Outline
- Digital imaging process overview
- Basic terminology
- Definium system overview
- Discovery system overview
- Optima system overview
- Definium system operation
- Discovery system operation
- Optima system operation
- System specifications
- Lab Activities
- Basic system operation
- AWS acquisition software
- Image acquisition
- Image viewer
- Screen considerations
- Technologist digital QC
- System documentation overview Installation
- Operations
- Magic Workstation
- Service
- Schematics
- Lab Activities
- Annual physicist checks
- Image quality
- Signal to noise
- Resolution
- Contrast ratio
- MTF
- Flatfield/phantom IQ
- AOP
- System service
- Lab Activities:
- Required tools and software Remove and replace covers and system panels
- AWS
- Gantry
- Operators console
- Generator
- UNIX basics
- AWS configuration
- Site planning and installation
- Network configuration
- Ethernet config
- RT Bus
- ArcNet Bus
- CAN Network
- Troubleshooting Definium internal Networks
- System calibration
- Functional checks
- System backups
- System restore
- Lab Activities
- Component location
- Schematic location
- Physical location
- Connector locations
- Fuse location/identification
- UPS Battery check/replacement procedures UNIX Telnet session
- Preventive maintenance
- Error codes
- System diagnostics
- Lab Activities
- PM
- Diagnostics
- Image Chain – Image Detection
- IDC
- Bad Pixel correction
- Flatfield correction
- IDC
- Detector Calibration
- System service procedures
- Software reload
- ADS
- Generator
- Positioner
- Software reload
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- Troubleshooting
- Options
- Networking
- Output devices
- Laser printer
- PACS
- RWS
- CAD
- Media
- Input devices
- Modality worklist
- Lab Activities
- Load from Cold (LFC)
- Configure and test output devices
- Configure and test input devices
- Generator calibration
- Lab Activities
- AEC calibration
- Beam alignment
- Collimator format
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- Bad pixel
- Detector gain
- Positioner calibration – Table detector
- Positioner calibration – Wallstand detector
- System schematics
- AWS
- Gantry
- Generator
- Troubleshooting
- System diagnostics
- Lab Activities
- Review system diagrams and communication
- Troubleshooting
- System diagnostics
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- Access ADS Error logs
- Access OS Error logs
- Central Listing
- Test Points
- LED’s
- Networking
- Power Distribution/Supplies
- Course review
- Course evaluation
- Final exam