Table Of Contents - Planmeca ProMax User Manual

Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1
2 SWITCHING X-RAY UNIT ON ............................................................................................. 1
3 MAIN PARTS ...................................................................................................................... 2
3.1 General view of cephalostat ................................................................................................... 2
3.2 Patient supports ..................................................................................................................... 3
3.3 Patient positioning controls ..................................................................................................... 4
3.4 Emergency stop button .......................................................................................................... 5
4 PREPARATIONS FOR EXPOSURE ..................................................................................... 6
4.1 Preparations on all X-ray units ............................................................................................... 6
4.2 Additional preparations on X-ray units with Dimax sensor ..................................................... 8
4.3 Additional preparations on 3D X-ray units ............................................................................ 11
4.4 Preparing Planmeca Romexis .............................................................................................. 11
4.5 Preparing patient .................................................................................................................. 12
5 CEPHALOMETRIC EXPOSURE ........................................................................................ 13
5.1 Selecting general exposure settings ..................................................................................... 13
5.2 Patient positioning in lateral projection ................................................................................. 15
5.3 Patient positioning in posteroanterior or anteroposterior projection ..................................... 19
5.4 Patient positioning in submental-vertex projection ............................................................... 23
5.5 Patient positioning in Waters' view ....................................................................................... 24
5.6 Patient positioning in AP Towne projection .......................................................................... 25
5.7 Patient positioning in oblique projection ............................................................................... 26
5.8 Positioning in hand exposure ............................................................................................... 28
5.9 Adjusting exposure values for current exposure .................................................................. 29
5.10 Selecting Dynamic Exposure Control (DEC) ........................................................................ 31
5.11 Taking an exposure .............................................................................................................. 32
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