Inserting The Cassette; Saving Collimator Settings - Siemens ARCADIS Varic Operator's Manual

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Attach the cassette holder right (seen from the front) to the image intensifier
so that the centering pins (1) sit in the recesses in the front ring of the image
intensifier.
Open the spring (2) and lift it over the front ring at the image intensifier.

Inserting the cassette

Always insert the cassette up to the end stop in the cassette holder (switch 4
is automatically activated).
– When inserting the cassette, the switch (4) is activated. The mA indicator
in the exposure data field switches to mAs. The LED for the deselected
operating mode goes out.

Saving collimator settings

As the cassette is inserted, both the slot diaphragm and the iris diaphragm open
to maximum aperture.
The LED in the "Open iris diaphragm" key lights up.
If the diaphragm setting selected for fluoroscopy, pulsed fluoroscopy, DR or SUB
is to be saved, proceed as follows before inserting the cassette:
Press both keys simultaneously.
– The position of the iris diaphragm remains the same.
Press both keys simultaneously.
– The position and collimation of the slot diaphragm remain the same.
Press both keys simultaneously.
– The position and collimation of the slot diaphragm remain the same.
An acoustic signal sounds when the system has stored the positions.
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