Nx Workstation In A Nutshell - AGFA CR 30-X Service Manual

Functional Description
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Explanation of one scan cycle:
1) The user inserts the cassette with image plate (IP) into the digitizer
2) The chip reader reads the image plate data
3) The user enters the patient data at the the NX workstation and selects
the ID button to send the data to the digitizer
4) The cassette unit opens the cassette and pulls out the tray with IP
5) The transport unit drives the image plate to the slow scan unit
6) Via calibration board the digitizer determines the position of the polygon
mirror to synchronize scanning and digitizing.
7) The laser beam which is generated in the optic module scans the image
plate, while the slow scan unit drives the image plate
8) The blue emitted light is collected by the light collecter
9) The PMT converts light to current, which is converted to digital pixels by
the PMI board.
10) The digital image data are sent via FireWire Interface to the NX
workstation
11) The image plate is driven back by slow scan unit and transport unit to
the erasure unit: Several LED arrays erase the image plate.
12) The tranport unit puts the image plate back into the tray, and pushes the
image plate with tray into the cassette.
13) The cassette unit closes the cassette.
14) The red blinking LED at the front panel changes to green, indicating that
the scan cycle is finished.
15) The user removes the image plate for the next exposure.

NX Workstation in a Nutshell

The NX Workstation is a WIN2003 Server or WIN XP based Processing
Station with the NX software installed.
Every incoming image runs through an image processing (MUSICA).
The processed images are stored on the internal hard disk of the
NX Workstation. However, the NX Workstation can only provide a limited
amount of storage capacity. The final archiving must be realized either by
printed hardcopies or a PACS.
Moreover, the NX Workstation decodes the routing data and sends the image
data to the selected destinations (e.g. Printer, PACS).
For the NX Workstation a lot of licensed software options (e.g. Interactive
Image Processing, Annotation, Smart Print, etc.) can be purchased.
The CR30-X cannot be run together with ADC QS workstations.
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