Servicing the Philips Allura XPER FD Family Digital Cath Labs: FD10/FD20
Overview
The Philips Allura FD Digital Cath Lab Family course is a skills development course designed to provide the experienced service professional with the skills necessary to fully service and calibrate this single/dual detector cath lab system. The FD20 and FD10 utilize the Velara generator R7.X & R8.1) which is common in other Philips R&F rooms and the CertaRay Generator (R8.2). Calibrations are accessed through the Field Service Framework platform.
Prerequisites
To attend this course, the service professional must have completed RSTI’s Phases I-III or equivalent experience is required.
Student must bring a service PC (with admin privileges) to the class.
Objectives
- Identify all major components of the FD system and understand their function
- Demonstrate an understanding of the installation procedures associated with the Philips Allura FD family
- Perform the necessary digital performance monitoring and quality assurance procedures
- Perform all system calibrations and adjustments to maintain the highest quality images
- Replace and calibrate certified components
- Perform a complete and thorough preventive maintenance inspection on the unit
Tuition: $12995
Course Length: 2 Weeks
CEU's Awarded: 8 CEU’s
Dates:
- Dec 2-13, 2024
- Jan 13-24, 2025
- Apr 28 - May 9, 2025
- Jul 28-Aug 7, 2025
- Oct 27-Nov 7, 2025
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Course Outline
- Introduction to Philips CV
- AIAT registration
- Philips CV timeline for system releases and upgrades
- Compare & Contrast systems
- Release Overview
- R7.X
- R8.1
- R8.2
- Major system components
- M cabinet
- R cabinet
- Generator
- Velera
- CertaRay
- Detector
- FD10
- FD20
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- Table
- AD5
- AD5T
- AD7
- Tube
- MRC 0407
- MRC 0508
- TSO’s
- MPDU
- Chillers
- Tube chiller
- Detector chiller
- XPER modules
- Table
- Field Service Framework overview
- Service manual navigation
- Acronyms
- Required tools & test equipment
- System specifications
- Lab Activities
- Monitor configuration
- Control Room
- Operator Room
- User Interface
- Image acquisition
- Operator controls
- XPER module usage
- Software
- Monitor configuration
- Power distribution
- System Architecture
- Component ID
- M cabinet
- R cabinet
- Generator
- Table
- Geometry subsystem
- Can Bus
- SAN
- Geometry components
- Logging
- Overview of calibrations
- Component ID
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- B-Cabinet & K-Cabinet
- Flexvision
- CertaRay
- XSC
- HiVO
- ADU
- PoInt
- MIU
- B-Cabinet & K-Cabinet
- Lab Activities
- Terminal Emulator
- Geometry signal path
- Geometry boot process
- Movement control
- Velara Generator
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- Chiller
- Configuration
- Tube startup
- Grid switch
- Grid switch supervisor
- KV and MA generation
- Rotor circuit
- Component replacement tables
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- Lab Activities
- Grid switch supervisor software
- Collimator functions
- Bootup
- Blade axis
- Wedge filters
- Alignment
- System Interconnect diagrams
- Network configuration
- Ethernet config
- PACS
- HIS/RIS
- Lab Activities
- Table functions
- FSF navigation
- Software configuration
- Network Configuration
- Generator backup
- System Ghosting
- Board Software download
- Lab Activities
- Geometry calibrations
- Potentiometer adjustments
- Geometry calibrations
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- Positioning calibrations
- Motor Current adjustments
- Mechanical Limit Adjustments
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- Lab Activities
- Tube Change
- Physical Change
- De-aeration
- Tube calibrations
- Tube Change
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- Grid Switch calibration
- Detector Change
- Physical Change
- Detector calibrations
- Preventive maintenance
- Geometry
- Grounding checks
- Cabinet
- Conditioners
- Tube chiller
- Detector chiller
- System service procedures
- Lab Activities
- PM overview
- Image Quality testing
- System schematics
- Geometry
- System Interface
- Generator
- Troubleshooting
- Error viewing
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- System Diagnostics overview
- Troubleshooting flowcharts
- Lab Activities
- Performing diagnostics
- Bugs
- Course review
- Course evaluation
- Final exam