Preface

Preface

Intended Use of the System

The intended use of the Infinia + Hawkeye 4 system is to perform general Nuclear
Medicine imaging procedures for detection of radioisotope tracer uptake in the
patient body, using a variety of scanning modes supported by various acquisition
types and by optional imaging features designed to enhance image quality in
Oncology, Cardiology, Neurology and in other clinical diagnostic imaging
applications.

The scanning modes include Planar (Static, Multi-gated, Dynamic, Whole body
scanning) and Tomographic (Tomo, Gated Tomo, CoDe, possibly with multiple
Field of View options). Acquisition types include single and multi-isotope/multi-
peak frame/single-photon. Optional imaging-enhancement features include an
assortment of collimators, gating by physiological signals, real-time automatic
body contouring, collecting CT-based data for performing attenuation correction
and CT-based functional anatomic mapping (using the Hawkeye option).

Audience

This manual is intended for trained nuclear medicine technologists, physicists

and physicians.

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Chapter Outline

WARNING

The Safety section of Chapter 1 must be read before any attempt is made
to operate the system.

The following is an outline of the Chapters included in this manual.

Chapter Description

Chapter 1 Safety and regulatory information

Chapter 2 Description of the Imaging System

Standard start-up and shutdown procedures and

emergency shutdown and restarting procedures. In
Chapters 3 & 4
addition, there is a short description of the Daily
Routine.

Procedures related to Collimators and Collimator

Chapter 5
Exchange.

Chapter 6 Patient Study Workflow

Provides an overview of the operation strategies

Chapter 7
common to all acquisition types (including Hawkeye)

Chapters 8 Data Management

Chapter 9 Dealing with emergency situations.

Quality Control procedures required to confirm image

Chapter 10
quality.

Chapter 11 Troubleshooting Guide.

Maintenance procedures required for the efficient

Chapter 12
operation of the system.

System setup to be performed by the system

Chapter 13
administrator, application specialist, or physicist.

Chapter 14 Image Viewer

Appendix A User Interface

Appendix B Hawkeye Option

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Appendix C CoDe VC Option

Appendix D Acquisition Parameters

Appendix E Factory Protocols

Appendix F Pinhole Collimator

This section provides a step-by-step description of the

steps required for acquiring Tomo images of the
Appendix G Jaszczak Phantom™ for:
• ACR accreditation
• Achieving optimal Tomo images

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Conventions Used in this Manual

The following conventions are used throughout the manual:

z Special keys on keyboards, push-buttons and switches are indicated

by bold-faced characters between angle brackets e.g. <Enter>, <SET>,
<GO/PAUSE>.

z Software buttons, called also Soft Keys are indicated by bold-faced

characters between rectangular parentheses. e.g. [OK], [Yes],
[Cancel].

z Names of icons, windows, dialogs, parameters to be selected or typed,

system tools, menus and tabs, are indicated by bold-faced, 12-point
characters. e.g. My Computer icon, Perfusion Review screen, 30 s
time, Scroll Data drop-down menu, Dual Scroll Tool, DICOM Tab.

z System messages are indicated by bold-faced, Courier New characters.

e.g. Press Y to continue.

z System parameters whose actual values must be defined by the user

are indicated by bold-faced italic characters. e.g. Type-in the Patient ID.

z Words are emphasized in italic characters to stress their importance.

z Hyperlinks are indicated by blue-faced characters. e.g. Click Figure 3-1

to display an example screen capture.

Note Notes are generally used to identify information helpful in achieving optimal
equipment performance.

Important Important notifications are used to emphasize currently effective operational

information.

All labels relating to Safety appear in Chapter 1 – Safety & Regulatory

Information. Read this section before any attempt is made to operate the system.

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