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5.3 ANATOMICAL PROGRAMMER (APR)
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Note
0232F EN 20191213
The Anatomical Programmer (APR) module is comprised of the controls which
select the Patient Size and its corresponding "Body Region / Anatomical View
/ Projection". The process is shown on the APR Display.
The APR techniques are factory pre-programmed according to different
standard technique that combines six Body Regions with their Anatomical
Views and Projections. Besides the radiographic parameters, selections of the
workstation or AEC (Density, Fields and Film / Screen Combination) can be
assigned to the APR techniques. These selections will be always common for
all the patient sizes of each Anatomical View. These techniques may be
modified and stored anew into non-volatile memory by the operator.
The APR techniques are intended only as a guide line, they are only starting
points that can be replaced by more specific protocols developed by the
operator. Accurate exposure factors are dependent among other things on grid
factors, table top absorption, screen film combinations, film processing or
detector features.
APR is activated when one of the three Patient Size (small, medium or large
size) is selected (highlighted) and it is deactivated when all of them are
deselected.
The language of the factory pre-programmed APR techniques is
configured according to the customer order and it can not be
changed by the operator.
(Refer to Appendix B for the available APR Matrix).
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