DX-D 400
User Manual
ALWAYS SELECT THE CORRECT FIELD SIZE TO AVOID
EXCESSIVE RADIATION.
THE X-RAY BEAM AXIS AND THE REFERENCE AXIS OF THE
PLANE OF INTEREST COINCIDE AND ARE ORTHOGONAL
WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANE OF INTEREST, IN EXAMS
PERFORMED
WITH
THE
IMAGE
RECEPTOR
PERPENDICULARLY POSITIONED WITH RESPECT TO THE
TUBE-COLLIMATOR ASSEMBLY.
IN CASE OF EXAMS WHERE THE IMAGE RECEPTOR IS NOT
PERPENDICULARLY POSITIONED WITH RESPECT TO THE
TUBE-COLLIMATOR ASSEMBLY, THE X-RAY BEAM AXIS
DOES NOT COINCIDE WITH THE REFERENCE AXIS OF THE
PLANE OF INTEREST AND IT IS NOT ORTHOGONAL WITH
RESPECT TO THE PLANE OF INTEREST. THEREFORE, THE
RESULTING IMAGE WILL BE DEFORMED.
IT IS THE OPERATOR RESPONSIBILITY THE PROPER
POSITIONING OF THE PATIENT AND EQUIPMENT BEFORE
PERFORMING AN EXAM.
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