Service Manual MrInspire 2200

MrJ2200, MrInspire
P/N 01-2000-01
SERVICE MANUAL
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The installation and service of equipment described herein is to be performed by qualified
personnel who are employed by PARAMED or one of its affiliates or who are otherwise
authorized by PARAMED or one of its affiliates to provide such services.
Assemblers and other persons who are not employed by or otherwise directly affiliated with
or authorized by PARAMED or one of its affiliates are directed to contact one of the local
offices of PARAMED or one of its affiliates before attempting installation or service
procedures.
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Table of contents
Table of contents ................................................................................................................................ 3
Part 1 Introduction............................................................................................................................. 8
1 Scope of the document ........................................................................................................ 8
2 How is structured this document ..................................................................................... 8
2.1 Trouble shooting strategy contents ............................................................................ 8
2.2 Procedures contents .......................................................................................................... 9
2.3 Repair instructions contents .......................................................................................... 9
3 Main architecture of MrJ2200 System.......................................................................... 10
Part 2 Thermal control ................................................................................................................... 14
4 Trouble shooting strategy ................................................................................................. 14
4.1 Main Subsystem functioning ........................................................................................ 14
4.2 Main Hardware description ........................................................................................... 17
4.2.1 NTC TERM Connection Diagram.............................................................................. 17
4.2.2 CNT TERM LEDs and Display indications ............................................................. 19
5 Procedure................................................................................................................................. 21
5.1 Check of the CNT Term Correct functioning .......................................................... 21
5.1.1 Necessary tools ............................................................................................................. 21
5.1.2 Execution ......................................................................................................................... 21
6 Magnet temperature check............................................................................................... 23
6.1 Purpose................................................................................................................................. 23
6.2 Work Conditions ................................................................................................................ 23
6.3 Procedure............................................................................................................................. 23
Part 3 RF Transmission .................................................................................................................. 25
7.1 RF Transmission chain cabling .................................................................................... 26
7.2 Hardware information ..................................................................................................... 27
7.2.1 RFA Amplifier unit general description................................................................. 27
7.2.2 RFA Amplifier RF Connections ................................................................................. 29
7.2.3 RFA Amplifier unit diagnostic ................................................................................... 30
7.2.4 System Error Codes..................................................................................................... 31
7.3 RF Amplifier Testing ........................................................................................................ 33
7.3.1 Necessary tools ............................................................................................................. 33
7.3.2 Work conditions ............................................................................................................ 33
7.3.3 Execution ......................................................................................................................... 33
7.4 Transmission Coil Calibration ...................................................................................... 35
7.4.1 Work conditions ............................................................................................................ 35
7.4.2 Necessary tools ............................................................................................................. 35
7.4.3 Preparation ..................................................................................................................... 37
7.4.4 Procedure using the Via Bravo MRI Analyzer .................................................. 38
7.4.5 Procedure using the Will’Tek Analyzer ............................................................... 38
7.4.6 Procedure using the Agilent Spectrum Analyzer ............................................ 40
7.4.7 Upper coil calibration .................................................................................................. 41
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7.4.8 Lower coil calibration .................................................................................................. 44
7.4.9 Check with both the transmission coils ............................................................... 45
7.5 RF Pulse Amplitude Check (Spectrometer Output) ............................................. 45
7.5.1 Work conditions ............................................................................................................ 45
Rack switched on .......................................................................................................................... 45
7.5.2 Check procedure ........................................................................................................... 45
7.6 RF Pulse Amplitude Check (RFA Output) ................................................................ 46
7.6.1 Work conditions ............................................................................................................ 46
Rack switched on .......................................................................................................................... 46
7.6.2 Check procedure ........................................................................................................... 46
7.7 RF Pulse Amplitude Check (gantry) .......................................................................... 47
7.7.1 Work conditions ............................................................................................................ 47
Rack switched on .......................................................................................................................... 47
7.7.2 Check procedure ........................................................................................................... 47
7.8 Repairing the RF Amplifier Unit .................................................................................. 50
Part 4 Gradients ................................................................................................................................ 52
8.1 Gradient cabling ................................................................................................................ 53
8.2 Impedance Automatic Calibration.............................................................................. 56
8.2.1 Work Conditions ............................................................................................................ 56
8.2.2 Procedure......................................................................................................................... 57
8.3 Hardware Gain Manual Calibration ............................................................................ 59
8.3.1 Work Conditions ............................................................................................................ 59
8.3.2 Procedure......................................................................................................................... 59
8.4 Front-panel and Back-Panel Description ................................................................. 63
8.4.1 PS - CCI Module Front Panel (Power Supply and B0 Amp) ......................... 63
8.4.2 CCI Module Front Panel (X, Y, Z amps – Figure 55) ...................................... 66
8.4.3 Back-Panel (Figure 56) .............................................................................................. 68
8.5 Signals Connector Description .................................................................................... 70
8.6 Installation Guide ............................................................................................................. 71
8.6.1 Back-Panel connections ............................................................................................. 71
8.6.2 Power Supply Dip-Switch Setting .......................................................................... 71
8.6.3 Amps Dip-Switch Setting .......................................................................................... 71
8.6.4 Power Supply and Amps Startup ........................................................................... 72
8.6.5 LED meaning .................................................................................................................. 74
8.6.6 Calibration using trimmers ....................................................................................... 76
8.6.7 Amps Options ................................................................................................................. 77
8.7 Check of the correct gradient cabling ...................................................................... 80
8.7.1 Work conditions ............................................................................................................ 80
8.7.2 Execution ......................................................................................................................... 80
Part 5 Magnet .................................................................................................................................... 81
9 Shimming ................................................................................................................................ 81
9.1 Preparation ......................................................................................................................... 81
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9.1.1 Tools needed .................................................................................................................. 81
9.1.2 Preparation ..................................................................................................................... 81
9.1.3 Software Installation ................................................................................................... 83
9.1.4 Half-moon Probe Array and cablings check ....................................................... 84
9.2 Shimming Procedure ....................................................................................................... 85
9.2.1 Notes ................................................................................................................................. 93
Part 6 Receiving chain .................................................................................................................... 95
10 Trouble shooting strategy ............................................................................................. 95
10.1 Receiving chain cabling .............................................................................................. 96
10.2 VAR1 and VAR2 chain check .................................................................................... 99
10.2.1 Work Conditions ........................................................................................................ 99
10.2.2 Procedure..................................................................................................................... 99
10.3 Check of the receiving coils.................................................................................... 101
10.3.1 Test preparation...................................................................................................... 101
10.3.2 Execution ................................................................................................................... 101
10.4 Coil Signal to Noise (S/N) Ratio Evaluation ..................................................... 103
10.4.1 Knee coil .................................................................................................................... 105
10.4.2 Hand coil .................................................................................................................... 106
10.4.3 Hip Coil ....................................................................................................................... 106
10.4.4 C-Max Coil ................................................................................................................. 107
10.4.5 S-MAX coil ................................................................................................................. 108
10.4.6 L-Spine Small Coil .................................................................................................. 108
10.4.7 L-Spine Large Coil .................................................................................................. 109
10.4.8 TMJ Coil ...................................................................................................................... 109
10.5 VARICAP Calibration .................................................................................................. 110
10.6 NMR signal check at the preamps output ......................................................... 111
10.7 Receiving Coils Cables Pin Out .............................................................................. 112
Part 7 PC Client and PC Server System Control................................................................. 125
11 Trouble shooting strategy ........................................................................................... 125
11.1 General functioning ................................................................................................... 125
11.2 Cabling between PC Client Console and MRI-BOX Console ....................... 125
11.3 Connection test between MRI-BOX Console and Touch Screen Monitor
126
11.3.1 Work Conditions ...................................................................................................... 127
11.3.2 Preparation ............................................................................................................... 127
11.3.3 Procedure................................................................................................................... 127
11.3.4 Possible issues ......................................................................................................... 128
11.4 PC Server Console sockets ..................................................................................... 129
11.5 Client – Server remote connection...................................................................... 130
12 SW Installation Procedures ........................................................................................ 132
12.1 How to restore ghost images................................................................................. 132
12.1.1 Acronis Software ..................................................................................................... 132
12.1.2 Restore using a Windows installation CD or repair disc.......................... 134
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12.2 SW installation manual procedure ....................................................................... 135
12.3 Server PC (MRI-BOX) installation ........................................................................ 135
12.3.1 2.1 BIOS Settings................................................................................................... 135
12.3.2 Windows Installation ............................................................................................. 140
12.3.3 Drivers Installation ................................................................................................ 141
12.3.4 MRIBOX Client Software Installation .............................................................. 146
12.3.5 UltraVNC installation ............................................................................................. 147
12.3.6 Configurazione di Windows ................................................................................ 151
Part 8 MRI-BOX Console .............................................................................................................. 160
13 HW Structure ................................................................................................................... 160
13.1 External Cable Connection ...................................................................................... 164
Part 9 Calibrations And Quality Assurance ........................................................................... 166
14 System Calibrations ...................................................................................................... 166
14.1 General ........................................................................................................................... 166
14.2 Central Frequency Calibration Procedure ......................................................... 166
14.3 Gradient Offset Calibration Procedure ............................................................... 168
14.4 Gradient Gains Calibration ...................................................................................... 171
14.5 Automatic Gradient Gains Calibration ................................................................ 177
14.5.1 General ....................................................................................................................... 177
14.5.2 Files Needed ............................................................................................................. 177
14.5.3 Procedure................................................................................................................... 177
14.6 MRI-BOX Calibrations Data Recovery ................................................................ 180
14.6.1 General ....................................................................................................................... 180
14.6.2 Needed files .............................................................................................................. 180
14.6.3 Procedure................................................................................................................... 180
15 System Quality Assurance .......................................................................................... 184
15.1 Percent Signal Ghosting Measurement and Gradients Cables
Arrangement ................................................................................................................................ 184
15.1.1 General ....................................................................................................................... 184
15.1.2 Percent Signal Ghosting measurement ......................................................... 184
15.1.3 Gradient Cables arrangement ........................................................................... 185
15.2 DailyQA Software Installation And Guide ......................................................... 186
15.2.1 Needed files and equipment .............................................................................. 186
15.2.2 Guide ........................................................................................................................... 189
15.3 ACRTest Software....................................................................................................... 193
15.3.1 General ....................................................................................................................... 193
15.3.2 Files Needed ............................................................................................................. 193
15.3.3 How to install ........................................................................................................... 193
15.3.4 ACRTest execution ................................................................................................. 193
15.3.5 GUI Description ....................................................................................................... 194
15.3.6 How to uninstall ...................................................................................................... 198
Part 8 Ordinary Maintenance Procedure ............................................................................... 199
16 General ............................................................................................................................... 199
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16.1 Frequency calibration................................................................................................ 199
16.2 Gradient offset calibration ...................................................................................... 199
16.3 Gradient gains calibration ....................................................................................... 200
16.4 TAR 90 RF Calibration check .................................................................................. 200
16.5 Coils S/N evaluation .................................................................................................. 200
16.6 Cuscions and accessories status check ............................................................. 200
16.7 Warning labels ............................................................................................................. 200
16.8 Database cleanup ....................................................................................................... 200
16.9 Database compression ............................................................................................. 200
16.10 Quality check form ..................................................................................................... 201
16.11 Electrical measurements ......................................................................................... 202
Part 10 Trouble Shooting Index ............................................................................................... 203
17 Trouble Diagnosis Table............................................................................................... 203
18 RFA Amplifier ANALOGIC AN8110 Specifications extract ............................... 205
Part 12 Image Quality .................................................................................................................. 209
19 Artifacts .............................................................................................................................. 209
19.1 Noisy Images ............................................................................................................... 209
19.2 RF Artifacts ................................................................................................................... 211
19.3 Spikes ............................................................................................................................. 213
19.4 Saturation ...................................................................................................................... 215
19.5 Ghosting ......................................................................................................................... 216
19.5.1 Backfolding (Phase-Wrap Aliasing) ................................................................. 216
19.5.2 Magnetic Noise ........................................................................................................ 216
19.5.3 Potential bad gradient cables arrangement ................................................. 217
19.5.4 Potential spikes in the gradient pulse (spectrometer output) .............. 217
19.5.5 Quadrature Ghost................................................................................................... 218
19.6 Patient Movement Artefact ..................................................................................... 218
19.6.1 Flow Artifact.............................................................................................................. 219
19.6.2 Respiratory Artifact................................................................................................ 219
19.7 Geometrical Distortions ........................................................................................... 220
19.7.1 Half Gradient ............................................................................................................ 220
19.7.2 Bad gradient gains calibrations ........................................................................ 220
19.7.3 B0 magnetic field non-homogeneity ............................................................... 221
19.7.4 Metallic Artifacts (susceptibility) ...................................................................... 221
19.7.5 Missing gradient(s) ................................................................................................ 222
19.8 Truncation artifact (Ringing, Gibbs artifact) .................................................... 223
19.9 Chemical Shift.............................................................................................................. 223
19.10 Slice Overlap ................................................................................................................ 224
Part 13 Service Informations ..................................................................................................... 226
20 Service Information Issue and Management ...................................................... 226
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Part 1 Introduction
1 Scope of the document

This document aims to provide a reference guide for the troubleshooting, diagnostic and repair
actions to be performed on a MrJ2200 Equipment(P/N 01-2000-01). P/N 01-2000-01 trade
name is MrInspire in the U.S. market, MrJ2200 in the rest of the world; in the following the P/N
01-2000-01 will be identified with the MrJ2200 name.
2 How is structured this document

In order to make the diagnosis and recover any trouble the equipment should encounter, two
level of knowledge are necessary.
The first is relevant to the whole system functional architecture.
All the parts present in the system are necessary for different processes. In any case is possible
to classify them under functional main groups.
The main functional groups overlap the different functional chains composing the system that
are:
– Transmitting gradient driving,
– Transmitting coil driving,
– Receiving driving,
– Thermal control,
– System control, images processing, visualization and storing,
– External connectivity.
The second level is relevant to the troubleshooting and test of the subsystems functionalities
and their restoring procedure.
This means how to perform the necessary investigation through a functional chain in order to
isolate the cause of a failure:
Therefore for each functional chain of the equipment the necessary information are described
divided in the following categories:
– Troubleshooting strategy
– Procedures
– Repair Instructions
2.1 Trouble shooting strategy contents
The diagnostic strategy is described in these sections.
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A flowchart is designed as a general guideline for selecting the appropriate trouble-shooting
procedures.
The objective of the accompanying descriptions is not to give detailed step-by-step instructions
into the finer art of trouble-shooting, but to offer a means of guiding you, given a particular
problem, to the right test procedure, briefly and simply. If more detailed instructions are
necessary, then the technician will be referred to the appropriate procedures in the section
"Test Procedures“.
2.2 Procedures contents
Here the technician will find detailed test instructions. You will also find descriptions for
“standard procedures” useful to act properly on the system. This section also gives the
necessary explanation useful to correctly understand the test results.
Furthermore in this section you will find general information relevant to parts location, fuse
ratings, power supply information, measuring points and descriptions of LEDs etc.
2.3 Repair instructions contents
Once performed the system diagnostic and have correctly evaluated the test results, the
procedures for repairing, replacement and subsequent necessary adjustments are described in
this section.
NOTE
The authorized service engineer is in charge of verifying the presence of all screws in order to
keep the not accessible parts out of reach of user.
In case of missing or not fixed screws, they must be recovered or fixed.
After a maintenance, if it is necessary to remove screws, they must be recovered and fixed
correctly.
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3 Main architecture of MrJ2200 System
1 Gantry
2 Patient table
3 Table sliding system
4 Magnet basement
5 Electronic cabinet
6 Client Monitor
7 Client Computer
8 Shielding cage
9 MDD components
Figure 1 MrJ2200 System Architecture
Actually the MrJ2200 system (Figure 1) is composed by the following main hardware
components
• Gantry o Magnetic Unit P/N 01-0300-00 (Figure 5) mainly composed by:

o Magnet P/N 01-0245-00
o Gradient Coil, Up P/N 01-1263-00, Down 01-0195-00
o RF Transmission Coil P/N 01-0043-00
o Heating panels and sensors
o RX RF Preamplifier P/N 01-0045-02
o Magnet Covers Kit P/N 01-4201-00
o Touch Screen Monitor (real-time positioner) P/N 01-4328-00
• RX RF Coils,
o Knee P/N 01-2003-02
o Shoulder P/N 01-2004-02 (Optional)
o Hip P/N 01-2005-02
o Hand P/N 01-2006-02
o S-MAX Shoulder P/N 01-2012-01
o Cervical P/N 01-2002-02 (xT configuration only)
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o L-Spine Small P/N 01-2015-02 (xT configuration only)
o L-Spine Large P/N 01-2016-02 (xT configuration only)
o TMJ P/N 01-2001-01 (xT Plus configuration only)
o Knee Large 01-2020-01 (optional)
o VS P/N 01-2019-01 (MrV configuration only)
o VL P/N 01-2017-01 (MrV configuration only)
o VXL P/N 01-2018-01 (MrV configuration only)
• Penetration Panel P/N 01-1742-01
• Electronic Unit P/N 01-2009-01 (Figure 2) composed by
o CNT-TERM Unit P/N 01-0196-00
o Tecmag Apollo spectrometer P/N 01-0514-00 (S/N 2086, 2089, 2090 only, please
refer to MrJ service manual for troubleshooting)
o Paramed MRI-BOX spectrometer P/N 01-1800-00
o PC Server Console P/N 01-0747-01 (S/N 2086, 2089, 2090 only, please refer to MrJ
service manual for troubleshooting)
o GRA Amplifier P/N 01-4279-01
o RFA Amplifier P/N 01-0398-00,
o Electronic Rack P/N 01-0403-01,
• PC Client Console P/N 01-0621-00 (Figure 3)
o PC interface P/N 01-4808-00
o Monitor Unit P/N 01-4497-00
• Equipment Cables
o Internal Cables Kit P/N 01-0601-01
o External Cables Kit P/N 01-0584-01
o Optical Fiber cable 2X62,5/125 10mt (external) P/N 01-0600-00
Software configuration and version (see also SW installation chapter):
• 1A2rev1 SW version
• Drivers for Optic connection
• Ultr@VNC,
• NRG Console System (version 18, 18xT, 19 according to the NrgLicence configuration)
• Acronis True Image
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NOTE
As like other MRI Systems, MrJ2200 equipment is susceptible to RF interference with external
fields.
Therefore is necessary to place part of the system inside a shielding cage with an attenuation
level major than 80dB
Moreover the Shielding cage shall permit to maintain a constant audio-visual contact between the
operator and the patient during MRI acquisition.
The shielding cage is not part of the MrJ2200 Equipment supply but an optional shielding cage is
suggested.
Figure 2 Electronic Cabinet Figure 3 PC Client Console
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Figure 4 RF Shielding Cage
Figure 5 Magnetic Unit with covers, patient bed and real-time positioner
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Part 2 Thermal control
4 Trouble shooting strategy

4.1 Main Subsystem functioning
The hardware Thermal Control Chain is composed by the following main items:
• CNT-TERM Unit P/N 01-0196-00,
• Sensor Conditioning Unit (NTC Board) P/N 01-0837-00,
• Thermal Sensors,
• Heaters,
• Caulk covering.
Temp Sensors
Temp Sensors
Fast Fast
CNT-TERM Heaters Penetration Heaters
Magnetic Unit
Panel connection
Unit
panels
01-1742-01
P/N 01-0196-00
Heaters Heaters
Enable Temp Sensors

Power
Supply
Fast
Heaters
Heaters
Braker
Yoke Heaters and Auxiliary Fast
Gradient Heaters Heaters
Sensor Up and Down Resistance
Conditioning Resistances 48,5 Ohm
Unit
RF Amplifiers
and Gradient P/N 01-0837-00
Amplifier
Thermostat
control
P/N 01-1233-00
Yoke sensor
P/N 01-1234-00 Up sensor Dw sensor
Figure 6 Thermal Control block diagram
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The Thermal Control subsystem is aiming to maintain the magnet temperature in a value
strictly around 36° C with a fine tolerance of ±0.01°C.
To achieve this regulation a control unit, the CNT TERM located inside the electronic rack,
provide current to a numbers of resistance placed in contact to the magnet. In fact the heating
is obtained by means of three peculiar kind of heating resistances:
• Up and Down heaters, two heating dishes placed inside the magnet gantry under the
gradient coil,
• Yoke heaters, made of resistances stick to thin metal plates for heating coupling with
the magnet,
• Fast heaters, auxiliary resistances stick to thin metal plates as well, working only in
during magnet warm up.
In order to avoid heat dispersion all the magnetic unit is covered with caulk material as visible
in figure 9. where it is also clearly visible the location of the heating group.
The frequency of the magnet is inversely related to its temperature. If a black out of current
occurs and the magnet needs to be reheated to achieve its temperature, a slight change in its
frequency shall happen. Typically such events do not impact on the equipment normal
functioning because at every scout the equipment calibrates its frequency. In case the
frequency variation will be higher than the calibration range of the device, it should be
necessary to recheck the central frequency and set the relevant parameter correctly.
The temperature is controlled through a feedback mechanism that takes as inputs the
resistance variation of three temperature resistive sensors (thermistor). This information reach
the CNT Term decoded in a voltage variation trough the Sensors Conditioning Unit.
A fourth thermostat sensor placed among the Fast Heaters resistance acts as a temperature
limiter switch on the Fast Heater power supply. This in order to avoid that, in case of Thermal
Control Unit failure, the temperature shall increase over 40°C.
Figure 7 Up and Down Heaters Resistance
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Figure 8 One of the Yoke Heaters Group Figure 9 The Fast Heaters group
The Yoke and Fast heaters groups are placed in contact to the naked magnet, under the caulk
covering, in the places indicated by figure 10 and 11.
Group
19
Group
16
Group
18
Group
17
Figure 10 Yoke heaters groups positioning
Group 23
Figure 11 Fast heaters groups positioning
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4.2 Main Hardware description
As comprehensible from the block diagram presented in the beginning of this chapter, the mind
who the thermal control is demanded to is the CNT TERM Unit.
As previously said, this subsystem is controlling the thermal regulation of the magnet by means
of the feedback of few sensors driven by the NTC board (sensor Conditioning Unit). This
feedback is obtained through three independent channels.
A display in the front side of the CNT TERM Unit gives the sensed temperature sampled at any
second. Moreover it displays the power given to any of the tree channels (Up, Yoke and Down)
in percent to the maximum.
The CNT Term has two main states of functioning: Warming Up and Feedback Regulation.
The Warming Up state clearly happens when the equipment need to heat the cold magnet and
to reach the steady state temperature as quickly as possible. To achieve this, the Fast Heaters
are activated until the reaching of the minimum temperature in the range of validity.
In the Feedback Regulation state the CNT TERM maintains constant the temperature through a
PID regulation.
During functioning some events may cause alarms to be shown on the display of the unit.
Some alarms also act deactivating the CNT Term exit “enable” switching off the Electronic unit
power modules: the RF and Gradients amplifiers.
4.2.1 NTC TERM Connection Diagram
J1 USB Connection
J2 Temperature Sensors Connectors
J3 Temperature and power analogic output
J4 Heaters Power out
J5 Enable Tension socket
J6 Fast Heaters Power out
J7 Main Power, Switch and fuse
M1 Led Output
In order to protect the equipment from over current hazard, F 5A (standard IEC127) fuses are
mounted on. Never use different kind of fuses.
Fuses are located into J7 connector.
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Figure 12 NTC TERM Connection schema
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4.2.2 CNT TERM LEDs and Display indications
Figure 13 CNT-Term Frontal Layout
The RUN Led flashes during normal functioning and remains lit still during warm up. The RUN
led remains lit still also whenever an alarm occurs.
The HOT Led lights up in case of too much high temperature of one of the channels.
The COLD Led lights up in case of too much low temperature of one of the channels.
The LINE Led lights up when the module is under power.
The CNT Term is able to maintain the temperature range set in factory. In case of system
malfunction few alarms should be displayed on its display in order to make easier the
troubleshooting.
Heaters Alarm
In case of CNT-Term Mosfet over temperature a mechanical thermostat unplug the heaters
power exits of the unit. This event is also detected by the control board that will display “Alarm
– Hot Heater”.
Power Supply Alarm

During functioning the heaters power supply tension is continuously checked. If it runs out of
range the heaters power exits will be disabled and the display will show “Alarm - Power Fail”
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Short circuit Alarm
During functioning the heaters power supply current drained by the load is also continuously
checked. In case of short circuit the heaters power exits are disabled and the enable output is
disabled causing the power off of the RF Amplifier and of the Gradient Amplifiers. The CNT
Term will show “Alarm – Short Load” in the display. To reset this faulty status is necessary to
switch the NTC Term off and on (once eliminated the short).
Over Temperature alarm

The thermal control is performed within a rigid range set in factory. If ever the detected
temperature should be higher then the upper limit permitted the Over Temperature alarm take
place. In this case the Led HOT lights up, the heaters power exits are disabled and the Enable
output go down, switching off the RF Amplifier and of the Gradient Amplifiers. On the display
the message “Alarm – Too Hot” is shown.
Under temperature alarm

The thermal control is performed within a rigid range set in factory. If ever the detected
temperature should be under the lower limit permitted the Under Temperature alarm take
place. In this case the Led COLD lights up, the power output to the heaters increase and the
display shows “Alarm – Too Cold”.
NTC Open alarm

In case of disconnection or opening of the NTC Board the NTC Term disables the heaters power
exits, disables the Enable output switching off the RF Amplifier and of the Gradient Amplifiers
and shows the message “Alarm – NTC Open” on the display.
Warm Up alarm
If ever the temperature becomes lover than 36°C and the NTC Term enables the Fast Heaters
the warm up condition takes place displaying “Alarm – Warm Up”.
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5 Procedure
5.1 Check of the CNT Term Correct functioning
5.1.1 Necessary tools

• Tester,
• Screw drivers and allen tools set.
5.1.2 Execution
By means of the tester check the following resistance values in the places shown in table:
Temperature Sensor resistance values

The sensors rate is 250 Ohm each Celsius Degree inreasing with the higher
temperature
Type Range Location
Yoke 6,8 KOhm at Unplug the connection Yoke in the Sensor

36°C Conditioning Unit and measure the resistance value
in the cable plug (pin 2-3)
Up 6,2 KOhm at Unplug the connection Up in the Sensor

Down 6,2 KOhm at Unplug the connection Up in the Sensor

Heaters Resistance Values
Type Range Location
Fast Heater 93 – 100 Ohm Remove the sky covering in the bottom back side
of the magnet. Unplug the relevant connector and
measure the resistance in the plug directly
connected to the heater (pin 2-3).
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Up Power 15 – 18 Ohm Remove the plastic covers of the magnet plates.
Looking the magnet find in the upper right side the
Up Power cable. Unplug the relevant connector and
measure the resistance in the plug directly
connected to the heater (pin 1-2)
Down Power 15 -18 Ohm Remove the plastic covers of the magnet plates.
Looking the magnet find in the lower right side the
Down Power cable. Unplug the relevant connector
and measure the resistance in the plug directly
Yoke Up Right 84 – 89 Ohm Remove the plastic covers of the magnet plates.
Looking the magnet find in the upper right side the
Yoke Up Right cable. Unplug the relevant connector
Yoke Up Left 84 – 89 Ohm Remove the plastic covers of the magnet plates.
Looking the magnet find in the upper left side the
Yoke Up Left cable. Unplug the relevant connector
Yoke Down Right 84 – 89 Ohm Remove the plastic covers of the magnet plates.
Looking the magnet find in the lower right side the
Yoke Down Right cable. Unplug the relevant
connector and measure the resistance in the plug
directly connected to the heater (pin 1-2)
Yoke Down Left 84 – 89 Ohm Remove the plastic covers of the magnet plates.
Looking the magnet find in the lower left side the
Yoke Down Left cable. Unplug the relevant
connector and measure the resistance in the plug
directly connected to the heater (pin 1-2)
Heaters DC Tension Value in full charge condition (Warm up)
Type Range Location
Up Power 46 V Right magnet connection panel
Down Power 46 V Right magnet connection panel
Yoke 46 V Right magnet connection panel
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6 Magnet temperature check
6.1 Purpose
The purpose of this procedure is to ensure the actual achievement and the stability of the
magnet temperature (36°).
6.2 Work Conditions
Power supply provided for at least one day

Rack and spectrometer connected
6.3 Procedure
Connect one end of the USB cable to the CNT-Term (Monitor 1 socket) and the other end to an
available USB sochet on the spectrometer
Figure 14 Monitor 1 socket
On the server PC open the C:\mribox_files\Plot CNT Term folder and run the CNT_Term
application. A data acquisition and visualization window will appear.
Select the acquisition COM port.
As soon as the Start button is pressed, in the upper part of the interface the CNT-Term output
data stream will appear, as well as the Power and Temperature graphs for Yoke, Up and
Down channels. The 6 graphs can be enabled or disabled in case of need.
The graph scale can be modified.
It is necessary that the temperature is constantly equal to 36°C and the power values are less
than 100%.
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Figure 15 CNT-Term Plot
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Part 3 RF Transmission

The hardware RF Transmission Chain is composed by the following main items:
TX
NMR Console Unit RFA Amplifier

01-1800-00 01-0398-00
TX
Gate
Penetration Panel
01-1742-01
TX
TX Up
Up and Down Magnetic Unit

Transmission Coil 01-0300-01
01-0043-00 TX Dw
Figure 16 RF Transmission Chain block diagram
The RF Transmission Signal is generated by the Paramed MRI-BOX Spctrometer console unit
accordingly to the sequence launched.
Once enhanced by the RFA Amplifier it reaches the Magnetic unit through the filter panel.
In the magnetic unit the signal is directed to two Transmission Coils placed in the upper and
lower plates of the magnet gantry. This coil should be considered as antennae.
The Transmission Coils present two circuits that perform the tuning of the coil.
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7.1 RF Transmission chain cabling
Opening the Electronic Unit back door you will be able to see the RF chain cable connections.
As said in the previous paragraph, the RF signal is generated by the MRI-BOX Spectrometer.
The signal is outputted to its TX-I BNC socket and is driven to the RF Amplifier RF Input BNC
socket through a 6dB attenuator.
The 6dB attenuator is plugged directly to the MRI-BOX TX-I socket as visible in figure…
The RF Amplifier takes also as input the Gate Signal generated by the MRI-BOX for timing
purposes. The signal is sourced from the DLINE socket on MRI-BOX side and reaches the
Gating Input connector on RF Amplifier panel via the 01-4219-00 cable.
Figure 17 TX-I RF output on MRI-BOX. Notice the 6dB

Figure 18 RF Input on RF Amplifier back panel.
attenuator.
Figure 19 Gating Input on RF Amplifier Figure 20 TX Connection on Electronic Unit
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Figure 21 TX External connection on Penetration
Figure 22 TX Input on Magnet Unit side
Panel on RF Amplifier
The Output signal on RF amplifier runs from the socket RF Output to the electronic unit
connection panel.
The two cables transport the TX signal to the magnetic unit through the filter panel are the
following:
Cable P/N Description From To
01-0585-00 CABLE TX (EXTERNAL) Electronic Unit Penetration Panel
01-0602-00 CABLE TX (INTERNAL) Penetration Panel Magnetic Unit
7.2 Hardware information
7.2.1 RFA Amplifier unit general description
This amplifier is a class 1, ordinary equipment and with continuous operation.

Class 1 equipment is defined as equipment in which protection against electric shock does not
rely on BASIC INSULATION only, but which includes an additional safety precaution in that
means are provided for the connection of the equipment to the protective earth conductor in
the fixed wiring of the installation in such a way that ACCESSIBLE METAL PARTS cannot
become LIVE in the event of a failure of the BASIC INSULATION.
An ordinary equipment is defined as equipment that is protected against ingress of water.
The AN8110 is a stand-alone RF power amplifier intended for use in a Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI) MrJ2200 system. Amplifier connections and indicators are straightforward for
easy operation.
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All I/O connectors, controls and indicators are placed on the front panel as shown in figure
• System status and diagnostic LEDs.
• N-type RF Output connector (J4).
• BNC RF Input connector (J3).
• BNC connector for forward power sample (J2A).
• BNC connector for reflected power sample (J2B).
• BNC connector for gating (GATING INPUT).
• Connector for communication between the remote controller (MRI system) and the
AN8110 (PARALLEL AND SERIAL INTERFACE).
• Fault / Overload RESET button (RESET).
Figure 6 RFA Amplifier AN8110 whole unit
The AC power components are mounted on the rear panel as shown in Figure.
• AC power terminal block.
• AC power switch and circuit breaker.
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Figure 24 RFA Amplifier AN8110 rear panel – Power contacts and switch
For RFA amplifier Specification refers to Appendix 1.
7.2.2 RFA Amplifier RF Connections
The following table describes the RF signals and connectors used or provided by the AN8110 in
the front panel.
Connector Type I/O Description

RF IN BNC Input 0 dBm nominal RF input
RF OUT N Output 2.5/3.0 kW PEP RF pulse output
GATING BNC Input TTL pulse gating signal
FORWARD MONITOR BNC Output Forward RF sample -40 ± 1.0 dB
coupling attenuation.
REFLECTED MONITOR BNC Output Reflected RF sample 25 dB directivity
referred to -40 dB coupling.
Table 1 AN8110 RF Connection
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7.2.3 RFA Amplifier unit diagnostic
The RFA Amplifier Unit does not require any hardware setting.
The RFA Amplifier panel presents a series of LEDs useful to monitor the correct functioning of
the device.
Actually when the system is functioning correctly the Power led lights on green, the led Diag
flashes for while and then switches off, while Ready lights on green.
Whenever a failure of the device occurs, the led Ready switches off and Fault lights on yellow.
In this case, the led Diag flashes in a sequence that should be used for diagnostic purposes.
The led Gate during correct functioning flashes with synchrony to the gate input signal. Its
appearance depends by the input gate duty cycle and frequency.
Figure 25 Diagnostic LED s on RFA Panel
LED COLOR DESCRIPTION

POWER GREEN On when the main breaker is turned on, indicating the
stand-by power is active.
STANDBY GREEN
READY GREEN Come on when system is in run mode.
FAULT YELLOW Equipment fault/overload condition. Shut down internal
circuitry until RESET manually or through Remote Interface.
Refer to system error codes for specific condition.
DIAGNOSTIC YELLOW Blinking indicating the start up process.
GATE GREEN Indicating the gating signal.
Table 2 LED description
In the panel close to the gate input it is also present a restart button to be pressed whenever
should be necessary to force a reset of the system.
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When a system failure occurs, the AN8110 attempts to determine whether it is due to an
internal hardware problem or a user condition. This decision is based upon a review of sensor
readings and an algorithm stored in programmable logic on the Control Board.
In case of system fault the LEDs described above can be observed to troubleshoot the problem.
The LED Diag flashes with a light code made of tree figures.
The first figure with one flash means a system block that could be restored by means of a
system reset. Two flashes mean a system failure not recoverable with a reset.
A Fault or overload indication results in the following actions:
• External Gating is disabled, preventing RF Output,
• HV is turned off,
• Attempted resets (manual, external, or automatic) will return the amplifier to READY
status if the fault or overload condition has been corrected. The system will continue to
FAULT if there is a permanent component failure.
7.2.4 System Error Codes
The error code is defined in terms of quarter-second time units. The READY LED will flash a
THREEDIGIT code and the number flashes will determine the digits. There will be a 1 second
pause between the three digits and the error code will repeat every 3 seconds. The ERROR
CODEs are categorized as follows:
The FIRST digits are categorized as
1 - Overload
2 - Fault
The second and third digit represents the appropriate fault or overload condition.
For example: for a JUNCTION TEMPERATURE OVERLOAD, the READY LED will flash 1 time – 1
second pause, 1 time – 1 second pause, 5 times and this will be repeated every 3 seconds.
FAULTS DESCRIPTION FLASH CODES

-15V is too low 3-5
-15V is too high 5-1
+15V is too low 3-4
+15V is too high 4-6
28V power supply output is too low 3-3
28V power supply output is too high 4-5
HV Low - High voltage drops outside the set window 3-2
due to excessive average current drawn from the
power supply
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HV High - High voltage too high due to a component 4-4
failure
Device Fault - Failure of one of the banks of RF FETs in 1-2
RF Module
PSU Fault - Excessive current from HB supply due to a 1-4
component or Power supply heat sink temperature is
too high
Duty Cycle - External gaiting duty cycle as exceeded 1-3
the specification
I Peak Ovld - Over current drawn from the main power 2-2
supply due to excessive peak RF power at frequencies
other than specified
Case to junction temperature is too high 4-1
Ctrl EE err - Calibration data integrity does not check 5-2
out and cannot be restored by the software
ADC Error - A/D converter failed inside the 5-3
microcontroller
Microprocessor has failed 2-3
RF module heat sink temperature is too high 3-6
Peak Power - Excessive forward peak RF power 1-6
Average Pwr High - Excessive average RF power 4-2
delivered to the load
Reflection Power - Excessive reflected power from the 2-1
load
GATE width Long 2-4
Excessive junction temperature for RF FETs 1-5
Bias Low - Bias adjustment is lower than the set limit 3-1
Bias High - Bias adjustment is higher than the set limit 4-3
Dev2 fault 5-5
Battery Low 7-1
Table 3 RFA unit troubleshooting
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7.3 RF Amplifier Testing
• Oscilloscope
• Screw drivers set
7.3.2 Work conditions
• Rack switched on
• PC Server remotely connected form PC Client
• 100mm geo phantom into the knee coil
7.3.3 Execution
Scope of this procedure is to evaluate the correct RF amplifier functioning. For this purpose, by
means of an oscilloscope, the output signal of a note RF input is observed. The test sequence
must be run from the MRI-BOX Client interface.
These are the relevant steps:

Connect the oscilloscope the RF Forward Monitor BNC connector on the RFA panel
Make sure that the DLINE cable is connected to the RFA Gating Input.
Connect a 6dB attenuator to the connection cable between the TX-I output (MRI-BOX) and the
RF Input (RFA). Check that all the RFA connections.
Figure 26 RFA back panel
From the PC Client console remotely connected to the PC Server unit, launch on server the
MRIBox_Client application.
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Open the SE.c file (\\127.0.01\Sequenze\TESTRF folder) and load the \TESTRF.txt data
file from the dropdown menu.
Press the CalibTXFreq button so that the magnet frequency is automatically set.
Select Compile All -> Load sequence -> Start Sequence to run the sequence.
Make sure that two SINC pulses are visible. The amplitude of the second pulse must be greater
than the one of the first pulse (see the picture below).
Figure 27 SINC pulses on the oscilloscope
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7.4 Transmission Coil Calibration
Check and eventually calibrate the transmission coils so that th coils resonance frequency is the
same as the magnet frequency. The gain must be lower than -25dB.
Figure 28 Transmission coil
• System off
• Bed removed
• Vector Impedance Analyzer instrument (such as the VIA Bravo MRI analyzer,
Will’Tek, Agilent Spectrum Analyzer)
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• 4 Jumpers
• 2 BNC caps 100 Ω
• 1 BNC cable 50 Ω (2 meters)
• I-BNC Adapter
• N-BNC Adapter
• Reflectometer
• BNC cap 50 Ω
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7.4.3 Preparation
Place two jumpers on JP1 and JP2 tuning circuit.
Figure 29 Tuning Circuits location
Remove the covers on the magnetic unit.

In this way you uncover the transmission coils. This coil present two smaller circuits named tuning
circuit and capacitors circuit.
Central frequency Attenuation module

fine tuning value tuning
Figure 30 Tuning Circuit Figure 31 Capacitors Circuit
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7.4.4 Procedure using the Via Bravo MRI Analyzer
Connect the MRI 6015-0250 filter, and the Unifive US301508 Power Supply to the Via Bravo.
Press the ON button to turn the Via Bravo on, set the frequency value (10KHz lower than the
actual value). For instance if the actual value is 9.425, digit 9415, without decimal point.
Press ENTER. Press F3.
Set Plot Width to 100 Points using the FREQ arrow keys.
Press ENTER.
Set Plot Width to 80 Points With Big Numbers using the FREQ arrow keys.
Press ENTER. Press F3.
The device will be set to Plot Width: 100 Points

Press ENTER.
Using the FREQ arrow keys, select 100 Points No Big Numbers.
Press ENTER.
If the signal is not visible on the display, adjust the scale using the WIDTH buttons.
7.4.5 Procedure using the Will’Tek Analyzer
Perform the following connections (see the picture below):

Reflectometer Input to Wiil’tek RF Out
Reflectometer Output to Wiil’tek RF In
Connect a 50 Ω BNC Cap to the Reflectometer ZL socket
Connect the Reflectometer ZX socket to the magnet TX input
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Figure 32 Connections to the Will’Tek analyzer
Perform the following instructions on the device keyboard:
Figure 33 Will’Tek analyzer display and keyboard
1. RCL button
2. Settings button
3. Real Settings button
4. Select MRJTX using the arrow keys
5. Enter button
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6. Cent button
7. Select the frequency value. Make sure that the selected value is 10KHz lower than the
actual value if the measurement is performed on one coil only. For instance if the actual value
is 9.425, digit 9.415.
8. MHz button
Press the Main, Level, Scale (default 5) buttons to adjust the scale.
7.4.6 Procedure using the Agilent Spectrum Analyzer
Perform the following connections (see the picture below):

Reflectometer Input to Agilent TG SOURCE socket
Reflectometer Output to Agilent RF IN 50Ω socket
Connect a 50 Ω BNC Cap to the Reflectometer ZL socket
Connect the Reflectometer ZX socket to the magnet TX input
Figure 34 Connections to the Agilent spectrum analyzer
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The spectrum analyzer is set by default in order to correctly calibrate the TX coils.
If the available spectrum analyzer is not configured yet, perform the following actions:
1. Press the MODE button and select Tracking generator.

2. Press the BW/Avg button and make sure that BW, the video bandwidth and VBW/RBW are
set to Auto.
3. Press the Meas, enable the TG amplitude and set it to -12dBm with 0dBm attenuation.
4. Press the Det/Display button and set the detector to Auto.
5. Press the Sweep/Trig button and select continuous Sweep.
6. Press the SPAN button and set the span to 300kHz approximately.
7. Press the AMPLITUDE button and set the Scale/Div to 5
8. Select the frequency value. Make sure that the selected value is 10KHz lower than the
actual value if the measurement is performed on one coil only. For instance if the actual value
is 9.425, digit 9.415.
7.4.7 Upper coil calibration
In order to calibrate the Upper Coil act in this way:

On the right inner side of the magnet you find the cables TX Up (Upper coil) and TX Dw
(Lower Coil) connected through a T-BNC derivation with the cable that takes the signal from
the magnet panel.
Unplug TX Dw Cable and place a 100Ω cap on its place.
Connect another 100Ω cap to the T-BNC adapter.
Connect the BNC-N adapter to the magnet TX input, then connect it to the analyzer.
Analyze the coil response with the instrument and consider that three different scenarios can
take place:
1) The coil frequency is greater than the magnet frequency. The capacitors values must
be increased, considering that:
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Figure 35 Coil frequency greater than the magnet frequency
a) for slight frequency variations, the C9 and C11, C10 and C12 capacitors values in the
Tuning Circuit (bigger one, on the left side of Figure 25) must be increased, by unscrewing
the circuit from the coil and soldering capacitors.
b) for big frequency variations, the C15 and C17, C16 and C18, C22 and C20, C21 and
C19 capacitors values in the Capacitors Circuit (smaller one, on the right side of Figure 22)
must be increased, by unscrewing the circuit from the coil and soldering capacitors.
c) for fine frequency adjustment, act on C2, C3, C4, C5 turning clockwise with an non-
magnetic screwdriver. In order to achieve the fine regulation act on the variable capacitors
present on the tuning circuit varying them of half a round at time. Please take care that all
these capacitors must be varied of the same quantities, i.e. if you give to one half a round, you
have to give half a round to all the variable capacitors of the board.
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2) The coil frequency is lower than the magnet frequency. The capacitors values must be
decreased, considering that:
Figure 36 Coil frequency lower than the magnet frequency
3) The coil frequency is equal to magnet frequency. No action is needed on the capacitors.
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Figure 37 Coil frequency equal to the magnet frequency
Regardless of the three cases just analyzed, to get more gain, adjust the C1 and C6 variable
capacitors, keeping in mind that the peak becomes deeper by turning counter-clockwise.
7.4.8 Lower coil calibration
Remove the 100 Ω cap from the BNC TX Dw cable.

Disconnect the TX Up cable and connect to it the 100 Ω cap.
Connect the TX Dw cable to the T adapter.
Repeat all the steps relevant to the upper coil calibration.
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7.4.9 Check with both the transmission coils
Remove the 100 Ω caps and connect the TX Up cable to the T adapter.
Place two jumpers on JP1 and JP2 on both the tuning circuits.
Set on the Analyzer the correct magnet frequency and check the good calibration with both coils
connected.
Once checked the coil calibration control the system connection and remember to
remove the jumpers.
NOTE
Please remember that inside the Equipment System Book you can find the capacitors value of
the calibration performed in factory.
This calibration it is not necessary on site during installation or ordinary maintenance.
7.5 RF Pulse Amplitude Check (Spectrometer Output)
Rack switched on
PC Server remotely connected form PC Client
An oscilloscope is needed, as well as a T-adapter and a 50Ω terminator.
7.5.2 Check procedure
Connect the coaxial cable to an oscilloscope input and set the impedance to 50Ω.
Connect the other cable end to the TX_I socket on the MRI-BOX back-panel.
Run the MRIBox_Client application, open the SE.c file
(\\127.0.01\Sequenze\TESTRF folder) and select the \TESTRF.txt data file.
Press the ShowCalibResultButton and set the TXAmpl90 and TXAmpl180 values to 76. Select
Compile All -> Load sequence -> Start Sequence to run the sequence.
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Verify on the oscilloscope that the sinc amplitude is ≥ 400 mV.
Figure 38 SINC Pulse amplitude (Ibox TX-I output)
Restore the TXAmpl90 value to 80 and TXAmpl180 value to 60.
7.6 RF Pulse Amplitude Check (RFA Output)
Rack switched on
An oscilloscope is needed, as well as a T-adapter, N-BNC adapter and a 50Ω terminator.
Connect the coaxial cable to an oscilloscope input and set the impedance to 50Ω.
Connect the other cable end to the RF-OUT output on the RFA back-panel.
Press the ShowCalibResultButton and set the TXAmpl90 and TXAmpl180 values to 98.45.
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Verify on the oscilloscope that the sinc amplitude is ≥ 24.5 V.
Figure 39 SINC Pulse amplitude (RFA output)
7.7 RF Pulse Amplitude Check (gantry)
Rack switched on
An oscilloscope is needed.
Transmission coils correctly calibrated.
Connect the coaxial cable to an oscilloscope input (without setting the impedance to 50Ω).
Connect the other cable end to the test coil in the magnet center along the Y magnet axis.
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Figure 40 Pick-up coil (50Ω cable and BNC connector)
Figure 41 Pick-up coil into the gantry

Press the ShowCalibResultButton and set the TXAmpl90 and TXAmpl180 values to 88.5.
Verify on the oscilloscope that the sinc amplitude is ≥ 9 V.
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Figure 42 SINC Pulse amplitude (gantry)
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7.8 Repairing the RF Amplifier Unit
WARNING
Hazardous high voltages are present inside the cabinet of this instrument. Making contact with
any such voltage levels could cause injury or even death. Preventive maintenance shall be
performed by user’s qualified personnel only and should follow the preventive section in this
manual.
The AN8110 contains high voltages. The system should be disconnected from the main power
and all high voltage locations discharged before performing maintenance inside the chassis.
The AN8110 RF Amplifier is a class 1, ordinary equipment and with continuous operation. This
equipment is not suitable for use in the presence of a FLAMMABLE ANAESTHETIC MIXTURE
WITH AIR or WITH OXYGEN or NITROUS OXIDE
WARNING
Before operate on this device please read carefully the alert signs present on the equipment
and reported in the present chapter.
The following warnings, cautions, labels and silk-screening appear on the Front Panel of the
AN8110 system.
CAUTION ACHTUNG ATTENTION

POWER MUST BE OFF ABNAHME DIESER COUPER L’ALIMENTATION
5 MINUTES MINIMUM ABDECKUNG AU MOUNS 5 MINUTES
PRIOR TO REMOVAL FRÜHESTENS 5 MINUTEN AVANT D’ENLEVER
OF THIS NACH ABSCHALTEN CE PANNEAU
PANEL DER
NETZPANNUNG
PROTECTIVE EARTH
ATTENTION
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DANGEROUS VOLTAGE
AC VOLTAGE ~
WARNING
Use of ACCESSORIES, transducers, and cables other than those specified may result in
increased EMISSION and/or decreased IMMUNITY of the AN8110.
Once removed the RF Amplifier unit from the electronic cabinet, in order to open it, note that
the upper panel is divided in two units.
The back part of the upper panel is removable just unscrewing all the relevant screws.
The front part of the upper panel is swinging on two hinge screw. To open this part remove all
the relevant lateral side screws and also remove completely the front panel of the device.
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Part 4 Gradients
WARNING
Adhere to the precautions in the Safety Summary at the beginning of this manual.
Dangerous voltages capable of causing loss of life are present both inside and outside the
Gradient Amplifier unit. Use extreme caution when accessing, handling, testing and adjusting.
Work under extremely clean conditions: If a single loose particle of metal is left inside an
amplifier or falls in through an opening it may cause a failure. Do not perform soldering or metal
working operations where there is a danger of particles getting into the amplifier. Keep unused
amplifiers in clean containers or bags
The hardware Gradient Chain is composed by the following main items:
NMR Console Unit GRA Amplifier Penetration Panel

01-1800-00 01-4279-01 01-1742-01
Down Gradient Coil

01-0195-00 Magnetic Unit
Up Gradient Coil 01-0300-00
01-1263-00
The Magnetic Gradients are generated by means of high intensity currents flowing into the
gradient coils inside the gantry. These currents are activated for periods of time dependent by
the acquisition sequences needs.
Gradients are generated in each of the tree axis X, Y and Z. For this purpose both the gradient
circuit, upper and downer, are made of three coils, one for each axis.
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The current is driven by the MRI-BOX and generated by the GRA Amplifier and flows through
the filter panel to the proper contacts on the magnetic units.
8.1 Gradient cabling
The gradient cables to be connected during the installation are the following:
Cable P/N Description From To
01-0597-01 CABLE X (EXTERNAL) Electronic Unit Penetration Panel
01-0598-01 CABLE Y (EXTERNAL) Electronic Unit Penetration Panel
01-0599-01 CABLE Z (EXTERNAL) Electronic Unit Penetration Panel
01-0613-01 CABLE X (INTERNAL) Penetration Panel Magnetic Unit
01-0614-01 CABLE Y (INTERNAL) Penetration Panel Magnetic Unit
01-0615-01 CABLE Z (INTERNAL) Penetration Panel Magnetic Unit
Table 4 Gradients cables to be connected during installation
The gradient signal is generated from the MRI-BOX in the picture below.
Figure 43 Gradients source on the MRI-BOX
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At this point the analogical signal obtained is driven to the GRA amplifier modules via their
socket connectors. The 10MHz sync signal is generated by the MRI-BOX and provided to the
GRA via BNC.
Figure 44 10MHz Sync Output
Figure 45 Gradient Amplifier back panel
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The external gradient cables are then connected to the Penetration Panel and then to the
magnetic unit.
X, Y, Z
gradient cables
Figure 46 Gradient Cables connection on Penetration Panel External Side
X, Y, Z
gradient cables
Figure 47 Gradient Cables connection on Penetration Panel Internal Side
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GND gradient X, Y, Z
cables gradient cables
Figure 48 Gradient Cables connection on Magnetic Unit Side
Into the magnetic unit current reach the upper and lower Gradient coils in order to generate
the magnetic gradient.
8.2 Impedance Automatic Calibration
8.2.1 Work Conditions
Cabinet turned on.

Server PC turned on.
Power supply module Dip-Switches in the OFF position.
Figure 49 GRA power supply dip-switches
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Gradient modules Dip-Switches in the OFF position, except for I-V Mode and A–D Input that
must be set to ON (see the following picture).
Figure 50 GRA modules dip-switches
Power supply ON/OFF button set to ON.
Figure 51 On/Off button
8.2.2 Procedure
On the X gradient module, lower the Rear Load – Normal Dip-Switch (see the following
picture).
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Figure 52 GRA module Err-Load
Press the X module Reset button. As soon as the impedance has been properly calibrated on
the X module, the related red Err-Load LED turns off (see the following picture).
Figure 53 GRA module after calibration
Raise the Read Load–Normal Dip-Switch. If the Normal green led is turned on, the X
gradient module is ready. (see the picture below).
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Figure 54 GRA module ready
Repeat the procedure for the Y and Z gradient modules.
8.3 Hardware Gain Manual Calibration
Server PC and Electronic unit must be turned on.

An oscilloscope is needed.
8.3.2 Procedure
Connect the oscilloscope to the GRA monitor I output on the front panel.
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Figure 55 Connection to the monitor I output
Connect to the server PC and on the Server PC Desktop double click on the MRIBOX_Client
icon: click on Connect to Server (green icon) and select Ok.
Press the Open Sequence button
Open the TESTGRA folder and double-click on the GRA.c file.

In the dropdown menu select \TESTGRA
Select SystemParameters
select Gradient Global Gains and make sure that the global digital gains are set to
X = 0.50, Y = 0.50, Z = 0.50.
Figure 56 Gradient Global Gains Window
Select Gradient XYZ Filters Gains and make sure that the preemphasis values are set to 0.
Select ShowCalibResultButton
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and make sure that the gradient offset values are set to 0.
Otherwise, inside the Tarature folder, open the MRIBOX_CalibResulSetting_ref.txt file and
MRIBOX_CalibResulSetting.txt, and set all the gradient offset values to 0.0.
If those values have been changed, reboot the server PC for them to take effect and open the
GRA sequence again before performing the calibration.
Select Compile All -> Load sequence -> Start Sequence to run the sequence
According to the GRA model (80A or 120A) to be calibrated, the gradient pulse amlitude must
be set to a certain value.
The 120A GRA module are marked with the CC1002 label (see the picture below).
Figure 57 120A model front panel
Each GRA module must be calibrated by adjusting the G-Sig trimmer in the fron panel,
according to the following table.
Module 80A Model 120A Model

X 4.5V 3.2V
Y 4.5V 3.2V
Z 4.5V 3.5V
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Figure 58 Gradient pulse on the oscilloscope
As soon as the procedure has been completed, set the digital gains according to the following
table:
Module 80A Model 120A Model

X 0.73 0.825
Y 0.73 0.825
Z 0.73 0.8
Set the preemphasis values as shown in the following picture:
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Figure 59 Gradient XYZ Filters Gain
Reboot the spectrometer.
8.4 Front-panel and Back-Panel Description
8.4.1 PS - CCI Module Front Panel (Power Supply and B0 Amp)
B0 Amp (Upper Part – Figure 54)

Reset amp control reset button (red led)
On/Off amp ON/OFF button (green led)
RS232 RS232 serial port for firmware updates and connection to PC
HR-Reset BO amp control reset dip-switch
DSP-Boostrap firmwa re update dip-switch (1)
I-V Input current/voltage reaction dip-switch (1)
A – D Mode analog/digital input dip-switch (1)
Off-On Default OFF/ON selection after power supply turn on
Int – Ext Sync internal/external sync dip-switch
Spare dip-switch (not in use yet)
Read Load – Normal load acquisition/normal dip-switch
Off – On Feedback OFF/ON feedback dip-switch
Trim – Mem Load memory/trimmer load selection dip-switch
Ind inductance adjustment trimmer (from 25uH to 2mH)
Rac AC resistance adjustment trimmer (from 0R to 2R)
Rdc DC resistance adjustment trimmer (from 0R to 2R)
G-sig Input signal attenuation trimmer
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G-off not in use
Err - Load load error led (red)
Over - I overcurrent (>6A RMS) or current protection led (red)
Over – V voltage clamp led (red)
Over – T High temperature (>70°C) led (red)
Err – Sync sync signal low/missing led (red)
Built – In system voltage ok led (green)
Normal amp ready led (green)
Monitor I output current monitor bnc 10V/10A
Monitor V output voltage monitor bnc 10V/200V
Power Supply Unit (Lower Part – Figure 54)

Reset power supply control reset button (red led)
On/Off power supply ON/OFF button (green led)
HR-Reset power supply control reset dip-switch
DSP-Bootstrap firmwa re update dip-switch (1)
Ipfc PFC maximum current adjustment trimmer (1)
Ki DC/DC integral gain trimmer (1)
Kp DC/DC proportional gain trimmer (1)
Iout DC/DC output current calibration trimmer (1)
Vout DC/DC output voltage calibration trimmer (1)
Imode - pfc PFC current limitation red LED (2)
Imode - out DC/DC current limitation red LED (2)
Over – Vout High Vout red LED (>180Vdc) (2)
Vac - ok Vac input in the correct range (green led)
Note:
(1) factory setting (DO NOT CHANGE)
(2) feature still to be implemented
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Figure 60 PS - CCI Module Front Panel (Power Supply and B0 Amp)
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8.4.2 CCI Module Front Panel (X, Y, Z amps – Figure 55)
Reset power supply control reset button (red led)

On/Off power supply ON/OFF button (green led)
HR-Reset power supply control reset dip-switch
DSP- Boostrap firmwa re update dip-switch (1)
I - V Mode current/voltage reaction dip-switch (1)
A – D Input analog/digital input dip-switch (1)
Off-On Default OFF/ON selection after power supply turn on
Int – Ext Sink internal/external sync dip-switch
Spare dip-switch (not in use yet)
Read Load – Normal load acquisition/normal dip-switch
Off – On Feedback OFF/ON feedback dip-switch
Trim – Mem Load memory/trimmer load selection dip-switch
Ind inductance adjustment trimmer (from 25uH to 10mH)
Rac AC resistance adjustment trimmer (from 0R to 10R)
Rdc DC resistance adjustment trimmer (from 0R to 10R)
G-sig Input signal attenuation trimmer
G-off not in use
Err - Load load error led (red)
Over - I overcurrent (>60A RMS) or current protection led (red)
Over – V red led
Normal amp ready led (green)
Monitor I output current monitor bnc 10V/100A
Monitor V output voltage monitor bnc 10V/200V
Note:
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Figure 61 CCI Module Front Panel
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8.4.3 Back-Panel (Figure 56)
Back-Panel “Alimentatore & Amplificatore B0”

JP9 (TRIG IN) trigger input BNC
JP7 (SYNC IN) 10MHz sync input BNC
JP1 230Vac power line/GND input terminal
JP5 18V aux power supply output terminal
JP2 B0 amp load terminal
J3 power supply control remote signal D-Sub connector (not handled yet)
J4 B0 amp control remote signal D-Sub connector (not handled yet)
J5 B0 amp analog input D-Sub connector
U4 (can0,can1,can2) power supply channel selection dip-switch (1)
U5 (can0,can1,can2) B0 channel selection dip-switch (1)
HR-Reset sync and trigger control reset dip-switch (1)
Sy_en sync and trigger control enable dip-switch (1)
Back-Panel “Amplificatore X”
J3 X Amp control remote signal D-Sub connector (not handled yet)
J1 X Amp analog input D-Sub
U1 (can0,can1,can2) X Amp channel selection dip-switch (1)
Back-Panel “Amplificatore Y”
J3 Y Amp control remote signal D-Sub connector (not handled yet)
J1 Y Amp analog input D-Sub
U1 (can0,can1,can2) Y Amp channel selection dip-switch (1)
Back-Panel “Amplificatore Z”
J3 Z Amp control remote signal D-Sub connector (not handled yet)
J1 Z Amp analog input D-Sub
U1 (can0,can1,can2) Z Amp channel selection dip-switch (1)
Note:
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Figure 62 Back Panel
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8.5 Signals Connector Description
• Analog D-Sub female connector (J1 for X, Y, Z Amps, J5 for B0 Amp)
Figure 63 Analog D-Sub female connector (J1 for X, Y, Z Amps, J5 for B0 Amp)
• control remote signal D-Sub male connector (J3 for X, Y, Z Amps, J4 for B0 Amp)
Figure 64 Control remote signal D-Sub male connector (J3 for X, Y, Z Amps, J4 for B0 Amp)
• power supply control remote signal D-Sub male connector (J3)
Figure 65 Power supply control remote signal D-Sub male connector (J3)
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8.6 Installation Guide
8.6.1 Back-Panel connections
Remove the plexiglass cover and perform the following actions:

• Connect the 230Vac power line and the GND to the JP1 terminal
• Connect the B0 Amp Load to the JP2 terminal, paying attention to the polarity
• Connect the 18V aux power supply to the JP5 terminal, paying attention to the polarity
• Connect the X Amp Load, paying attention to the polarity
• Connect the Y Amp Load, paying attention to the polarity
• Connect the Z Amp Load, paying attention to the polarity
Assemble the plexiglass cover again and perform the following actions:
• Connect the 10MHz Sync BNC to JP7
• Connect the trigger BNC to JP9
• Connect the power supply control remote signal D-Sub male connector to J3 (not handled yet)
• Connect the B0 amp analog input D-Sub female connector to J5
• Connect the B0 amp control remote signal D-Sub male connector to J4 (not handled yet)
• Connect the X Amp analog input D-Sub female connector to J1
• Connect the X Amp control remote signal D-Sub male connector to J3 (not handled yet)
• Connect the Y Amp analog input D-Sub female connector to J1
• Connect the Y Amp control remote signal D-Sub male connector to J3 (not handled yet)
• Connect the Z Amp analog input D-Sub female connector to J1
• Connect the Z Amp control remote signal D-Sub male connector to J3 (not handled yet)
8.6.2 Power Supply Dip-Switch Setting
• Make sure that the PS-CCI power supply console (lower part) is set as shown in the picture
below:
Figure 66 Power Supply Dip-Switch Setting
8.6.3 Amps Dip-Switch Setting
Amps Load Acquisition Dip-Switch Setting.

• Make sure that the CCI X,Y,Z amps and PS - CCI B0 amp console (upper part) is set as shown in
the picture below:
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Figure 67 Amps Dip-Switch Setting (part 1)
• Set the Read Load-Normal Dip-Switch to ON in the CCI X,Y,Z amps console and in the PS-CCI
B0 amp console
Figure 68 Amps Dip-Switch Setting (part 2)
8.6.4 Power Supply and Amps Startup
Provide the 230Vac power supply and make sure that:

• The Built-In green led on the PS - CCI console (lower part) is turned on
• The Vac-ok green led on the PS - CCI console (lower part) is turned on
Press the ON/OFF button on the PS-CCI console (lower part) to turn the power supply unit on
and make sure that:
• the Built-In and Normal green leds on the B0 Amp PS – CCI console (lower part) are turned
on
• the Err-Load red led on the B0 Amp PS - CCI console (lower part) is turned on
• the Built-In and Normal green leds on the X Amp CCI console are turned on
• the Err-Load red led on the X Amp CCI console is turned on
• the Built-In and Normal green leds on the Y Amp CCI console are turned on
• the Err-Load red led on the Y Amp CCI console is turned on
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• the Built-In and Normal green leds on the Z Amp CCI console are turned on
• the Err-Load red led on the Z Amp CCI console is turned on
Start the X amp load acquisition procedure by pressing the ON/OFF button on the X Amp CCI
console and make sure that:
• the Err-Load led on the X Amp CCI console is switched off
• the Normal led on the X Amp CCI console is switched off
Start the Y amp load acquisition procedure by pressing the ON/OFF button on the Y Amp CCI
• the Err-Load led on the Y Amp CCI console is switched off
• the Normal led on the Y Amp CCI console is switched off
Start the Z amp load acquisition procedure by pressing the ON/OFF button on the Z Amp CCI
• the Err-Load led on the Z Amp CCI console is switched off
• the Normal led on the Z Amp CCI console is switched off
Start the B0 amp load acquisition procedure by pressing the ON/OFF button on the PS-CCI
console (upper part) and make sure that:
• the Err-Load led on the PS-CCI console (upper part) is switched off
• the Normal led on the PS-CCI console (upper part) is switched off
Dip-switch setting for the normal work condition

• Set the Read Load – Normal dip-switch to OFF on the X, Y, Z Amps CCI console and on the
B0 Amp PS-CCI
Figure 69 Dip-switch setting for the normal work condition
• Press the Reset button on the X, Y, Z Amps CCI console for the new setting to take effect
• Press the Reset button on the B0 Amp PS-CCI console for the new setting to take effect
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8.6.5 LED meaning
On the PS – CCI front-panel (lower part) there are 9 power supply status leds
Reset red led on the reset button. Normally it is turned off. If turned on, the power
supply control is in reset mode
On / Off led on the ON/OFF button. It is turned off when the power supply is turned
off and viceversa
Imode - pfc warning red led. Normally it is turned off. It is turned on if the pfc is in the
power limitation status (2)
Imode – out warning red led. Normally it is turned off. It turns on as soon as the DC/DC is
in the current limitation status (2)
Over – Vout error red led. Normally it is turned off. It turns after a long overtension
(>180Vdc) on the 160V bus (2)
Over – T error red led. Normally it is turned off. It turns on because of high
temperature inside the module (>70°C)
Err – Sync error red led. Normally it is turned off. It turns on in case of wrong sync
frequency (2)
Built – In gree led. Normally it is turned on. It turns off as soon as the control voltage
is out of range
Vac – Ok green led. It turns off because the input voltage is out of range (<190Vac or
>260Vac), or in case of errors.
On the PS – CCI (upper part) there are 9 B0 Amp status leds
Reset red led on the reset button. Normally it is switched off. It turns on as soon as
the amp control is in the reset status
On / Off green led on the on/off button. It is turned off when the amp is turned off
and viceversa
Err – Load red led ready/error during the load acquisition procedure. Normally it is
turned on (ready). If it isturned on even after the load acquisition, the R and
L values may be out of range (R > 10R or L > 10mH)
Error red led during the ordinary device use. Normally it is turned off. It
turns on as soon as a bridge is unbalanced or if the load value is far (> ±
10%) from the one got during the load procedure
Over – I error red led. Normally it is switched off. It turns on as soon as the
instantaneous output current is > ± 9.5A or the output RMS current is
greater than 6A.
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Over – V warning red led. Normally it is switched off. It turns on as soon as the amp is
in a voltage clamp status
Over – T error red led. Normally it is switched off. It turns on in case of temperatures
greater than 70°C inside the module
Err – Sync error red led. Normally it is switched off. It turns on in case of wrong sync
frequency
Built – In green led. Normally it is turned on. It switches off as soon as the service
tensioni s out of range
Normal green warning/error led. It is turned off becaus the 80Vdc bus voltage is out
of range (<40Vdc) or in case of an error
On the CCI front-panel there are 9 X, Y, Z amps status leds
Reset red led on the reset button. Normally it is switched off. It turns on as soon as
the amp control is in the reset status
On / Off green led on the ON/OFF button. It is turned off when the amp is turned off
and viceversa
Err – Load red led. ready/errore during the load acquisition procedure. Normally it is
turned on (ready). If it is still turned on even after the load acquisition, the R
and L acquired values are out of range (R > 2R or L > 2mH)
Error red led during the ordinary device use. Normally it is switched off. It
turns on as soon as the bridge is unbalanced or if the load value is far (> ±
10%) from the one got during the load procedure
Over – I error red led. Normally it is switched off. It turns on as soon as the
instantaneous output current is > ± 95A, or the RMS output current is
greater than 60A
Over – V warning red led. Normally it is switched off. It turns on in case of voltage
clamp
Over – T error red led. Normally it is switched off. It turns on in case of temperatures
greater than 70°C inside the module
Err – Sync error red led. Normally it is switched off. It turns on if the sync frequency is
wrong (<41 KHz or >39 KHz)
Built – In green led. Normally it is turned on. It turns off as soon as the control voltage
is out of range
Normal green led. Normally it is turned on. It turns off because the 160Vdc bus
voltage is out of range (<80Vdc), or in case of an error
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8.6.6 Calibration using trimmers
On the PS – CCI front-panel (lower part) there are 5 trimmers that can be used to
calibrate the power supply
Ipfc pfc power limitation calibration trimmer (1)

Ki DC/DC K integrative calibration trimmer (1)
Kp DC/DC K proportional calibration trimmer (1)
Iout DC/DC current limitation calibration trimmer (1)
Vout DC/DC Vbus (160V) calibration trimmer (1)
Note:
On the PS – CCI front-panel (upper part) there are 5 trimmers that can be used for the
B0 amplifier calibration
Ind inductance trimmer (from 25uH to 10mH) in case of manual load

compensation (Mem – Trim Load Dip-Switch set to ON)
Rac AC resistance trimmer (from 0R to 10R) in case of manual load compensation

(Mem – Trim Load Dip-Switch set to ON)
Rdc DC resistance trimmer (from 0R to 10R) in case of manual load

G-sig input signal attenuation trimmer
G-off not implemented yet
On the CCI front-panel there are 5 trimmers that can be used for the X, Y, Z amps
calibration
Ind inductance trimmer (from 25uH to 2mH) in case of manual load

Rac AC resistance trimmer (from 0R to 2R) in case of manual load compensation

Rdc DC resistance trimmer (from 0R to 2R) in case of manual load compensation

G-sig input signal attenuation trimmer
G-off not implemented yet
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8.6.7 Amps Options
• On - Off Default
Using this dip-switch, the default status (ON/OFF) of each amp can be set after turning on
OFF default status dip-switch configuration

Switch the power supply off using the ON/OFF button
Set the On / Off Default dip-switch to OFF on the amp console
Figure 70 OFF default status dip-switch configuration
Turn the power supply on, and make sure that the green led on the ON/OFF button remains
switched off
ON default status dip-switch configuration

Set the On / Off Default dip-switch to ON on the amp console
Figure 71 ON default status dip-switch configuration
Turn the power supply on, and make sure that the green led on the ON/OFF button is turned on
• Trim – Mem Load
The automatic or manual amp load compensation can be selected using the Trim-Mem Load dip-
switch. The manual compensation is based on the Ind, Rac, Rdc trimmers adjustment. The
automatic compensation is based on the values calculated during the load acquisition procedure
and saved in the memory.
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Manual compensation
Set the Trim-Mem Load dip-switch to ON
Figure 72 Manual compensation
Press the Reset button for the new setting to take effect
Automatic compensation
Set the Trim-Mem Load dip-switch to OFF
Figure 73 Automatic compensation
• Int - Ext Synk
The internal/external sync can be set using the Int-Ext Synk dip-switch.
Internal sync
Set the Int-Ext Synk dip-switch to ON
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Figure 74 Internal sync (part 1)
Figure 75 Internal sync (part 2)
External sync
Set the Int-Ext Synk dip-switch to OFF
Figure 76 External sync
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8.7 Check of the correct gradient cabling
• Rack switched on,

• PC Server remotely connected form PC Client.
8.7.2 Execution
Connect the knee coil to the equipment.

Place the soft knee phantom in the coil and centre them in the magnet. The soft phantom shall
be positioned in the X direction (patient head/feet direction) with the tap toward right, i.e the
head direction.
Start the NRGConsole program on PC Console accessing with the following login:
Login maintenance
Password paramed
Create a patient named “Cabling Test” and run a Scout with calibration.
Once received the images check that the visualization in terms of axial, coronal and sagittal
reference is correct as it is in reality.
If you see strange swapping probably two gradient cable, along the signal chain, have been
swapped as well.
For the cabling way description please refer to the Troubleshooting section.
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Part 5 Magnet
9 Shimming
9.1 Preparation
9.1.1 Tools needed
MFC 3045 Magnetic Field Camera with MFC 3048 Probe (half-moon probe array)
MFC 3048 probe holder
PC (WindowsXP or Windows7 Operating System)
RS232 to USB adapter (the probe doesn’t work if it is directly connected to the serial port)
Allen Key Set, big slot screwdriver
Non magnetic T-wrench, extended key (provided with the magnet)
Shimming Software is included into the SI-PAR-0055 MrJ2200 Shimming zipped folder,
available on both Paramed server and support.paramed.it website.
9.1.2 Preparation
- Remove the Down transmission coil

- Assemble the shimming tools as shown in the following picture, keeping in mind that the
power supply should be placed outside the RF cage.
Figure 77 Physical representation of the MFC-3045 system
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- Connect the PC to the RS-232 socket via USB adapter.
- Place the half-moon probe array in the Down gradient coil, so that the first probe is down
and all probes are facing the right side of the magnet. On the magnet holder basement the
Right (R), Left (L), Superior (S), Inferior (I) labels can be found: they can be considered as
a reference (head right supine patient position). If it is correctly assembled, the white lock
should be placed next to the notch number 1.
Figure 78 Place the half-moon probe array in the Down gradient coil
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9.1.3 Software Installation
The software must be installed on a service PC, not on the MrJ2200 client PC.
Install the LVRTE861STD.exe, visa462full.exe, WMFCTool v8.0.2 Installer.exe files
following the specified order.
Open the Mechanical Shimming MrJ folder and install the Octave-3.2.3-3_i686-pc-
mingw32_gcc4.4.0_setup.exe, and make sure that the Octave Forge component is installed.
Inside the root of the C:\ drive, create a new folder and rename it to Shimming.
Into the Shimming folder copy the NewSite_DownPositionCamera_ITv1.2 or
NewSite_DownPositionCamera_USv1.2, according to the operating system language.
Figure 79 Shimming software installation path
If not present, an Octave Desktop shortcut should be created and change the Start In path to
C:\Shimming, as shown in the picture below.
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Figure 80 Octave Shortcut properties
9.1.4 Half-moon Probe Array and cablings check
Run the WMFCTools_v8_0_2 application, select Configuration and make sure that the file
format is set to MFC 3045.
Figure 81 WMFCTools configuration
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Select Measurements -> Run Mode -> Search -> Run to launch a frequency search in order
to make sure that the connections are ok and the RS232 to USB adapter is working properly.
After 15 seconds, a table where 16 frequency measurements (16 probes) are included will appear.
Make a note of the Mean Value found (see the picture below).
Figure 82 Measurements Window: Search Run Mode
In the Run Mode dropdown menu, select Single and set the frequency value in Modulation
Center Frequency. Perform another measurement and make sure that the program performs 16
measurements. Otherwise the setup is not correct.
9.2 Shimming Procedure
Make sure that the magnet has not been mechanically shimmed yet.
To do that, find the C:\Shimming\xxxx_DownPositionCamera_ITv1.2 folder on the MrJ2200
client or server PC, where xxxx is the system serial number. If the folder is present, copy that
folder into the C:\Shimming folder on the service PC. If the shimming software version is later
than the one on the service PC, update and overwrite the *.m files.
If the magnet has not been mechanically shimmed, on the service PC create a copy of the
NewSite_DownPositionCamera_ITv1.2 or NewSite_DownPositionCamera_USv1.2 inside
the Shimming folder, and rename it to xxxx_DownPositionCamera_ITv1.2, where xxxx is
the serial number of the system to be shimmed.
Inside the xxxx_DownPositionCamera_ITv1.2 there are the infTurns.dat and SupTurns.dat

where the history of the screws adjustment is archived. By default the Bb, Bd, Bf and Bh screws
are disabled, since in the old magnets the gradient coil didn’t allow their movement.
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In the new gradient coils indentations have been done in order to allow the T-wrench to turn
them.
If the magnet has never been mechanically shimmed:
- open the infTurns.dat file and replace all the -0.01 values with -18
- open the supTurns.dat file and replace all the 0.01 values with 18
The xxxx_DownPositionCamera_ITv1.2 represents the shimming history and, as soon as the

procedure has been completed, must be copied on both client and server PC and archived on the
Support website.
Set the Run Mode to Multi and set the Number Of Measurements to 12.
Figure 83 Measurements Window: Multi Run Mode
Select Start, then select xxxx_DownPositionCamera_ITv1.2 and rename the file to

YYYYMMDD_XX as destination folder, where YYYYMMDD is the date and XX is the
measurement number.
Enter the cage and press START on the on the remote controller to start the first measurement.
The red led means that the half-moon probe array is acquiring. Rotate the half-moon probe array
counterclockwise until the next notch is reached (the number of the notch represents the
measurement). Press START again on the remote controller.
As soon as the half-moon probe array is moved, make sure that the big shielded cable connected
to it, doesn’t damage the gradient coil or is too stretched.
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If the cable momentum on the half-moon probe array is greater than the static friction
momentum, use the white screw on the basement.
Repeat that procedure in order to get 12 measurements.

The message End will appear on the software interface.
Figure 84 End message after 12 measurements
Run the Octave application from the service PC icon.

Enter the shimming folder and digit the cd command followed by the performed measurements
folder. For instance, for the 2105 system with Windows in Italian, digit:
cd 2105:DownPositionCamera_ITv1.2
Make sure that the program refers to the shimming folder.

Example:
To have the program tu calculate the shimming corrections, digit the following command
shimmingmrj(‘inputfile’,homo,’type’,updown)
Where
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inputfile = name of the measurement just performed
homo = target magnet non-homogeneity value. At the beginning write 100 (final target), but if
the screw must be adjusted too much, try higher non-homogeneity values, adding 10 at each
step.
type = can be set to test or save. By default is set to test. Set to save only if you are sure to
adjust the magnet screws.
updown = gradient coil which the half-moon probe array is attached to (UP or DOWN) By
default is set to DOWN
Example:
shimmingmrj(‘20100920_01.dam,100)
The software will search for a solution in order to get a 100ppm magnet non-homogeneity.
Magnet homogeneity
Screws adjustment
using the T-wrench
Ct, Cb Internal
cylinders movement
(Hz)
If the solution found involve in a too big movement of the shimming screws (more than 5 turns),
a greater non-homogeneity value must be set first, then it can be decreased gradually.
In the example above, the magnet non-homogeneity is too high, too much turns to be done on
the screw and the solution is not appropriate. A correct solution won’t require more than 5 turns
for each screw.
The software shows also the ppm values related to the spherical harmonics.
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Harmonics adjustable with
software offsets

mechanical shimming

small magnets shimming
As soon as an appropriate solution is found, run the command previously digited and add the
save variable to the string (see the following example).
shimmingmrj(‘20100920_01.dam,100,’save’)
This way, the software will modify the infTurns.dat and supTurns.dat files, where the remaining
turns are specified for each screw. Moreover the software will create a YYYYMMDD_XX.out file
than can be used to view the solution even without the Octave software.
Make a note of the screws adjustments to be done and apply them using the non-magnetic T-
wrench.
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Figure 85 Shimming screws position
In the picture above the shimming screws position is shown.

In the magnet each screw is labeled with a number, according to the above conversion table.
The fissures needed to reach the inferior screws can be covered with yellow expanded
polyurethane so that their movement is not allowed. In case of problems use a big slot
screwdriver to remove polyurethane from the screw.
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Figure 86 Expanded polyurethane in the screw holes
As soon as the screws have been turned, the Ct value must be corrected.
To do that, open the MFC-Tool application and launch a single measurement. Make a note of the
frequency value found in the probe number 8 and add/remove the specified value in Hz (see the
following example).
Example:
Ct/100Hz = -1.6391 Ct = -163.91Hz
Frequency Value found in the probe number 8 = 9.4771954MHz
Target Frequency Value = 9477195.4Hz + (-163.91Hz) = 9477031.5Hz = 9.4770315MHz
Unblock the 3 screws that fix the cylinder using the 10-allen key (see the following picture).
NOTE 1
the screws unblock may lead to few hundred Hz frequency shifts. Before performing the
correction, unblock the screws and measure the field value again in order to estimate the
difference with the target frequency value.
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Using a 6-Allen key, turn the 3 cylinder displacement screws, keeping in mind that the frequency
is increased by turning clockwise and viceversa. Each complete turn leads to a 250Hz shift
approximately.
NOTE 2
Perform the adjustment gradually, ¼ turn at a time for each screw, in order to avoid that the
cylinder become too oblique and blocks
Fixing screws
Displacement Screws
Figure 87 Fixing and displacement screws
Run the single measurement again until the correct frequency is got with a 10% correction error.
To do the correction for Cb, the same calculation done for Ct must be performed.
Run another single measurement and make a note of the probe number 9 frequency value.
The displacement must be perfomed by inserting the extended key into the apposite slot behind
the magnet
Figure 88 Slot behind the magnet
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As soon as the displacement have been performed, the second measurement must be performed.
To find the new final non-homogeneity, apply the following rule:
Final Non-Homogeneity: (FH)
Measured Non-Homogeneity: (MH)
If MH > 130 X = 20
If 95 < MH < 130 X = 10
If MH < 95 X=5
FH = MH – X
Run the command shimmingmrj(‘filename.dat’,OA) again.

Repeat the procedure from the paragraph 9.2, until the non-homogeneity value has reached
100ppm (series 1000 magnets) or 80ppm (series 2000 magnets).
Continue until the software can’t find a good solution, or the suggested movement are not too big.
Non-homogeneity values greater than 120 are not acceptable.
Fix the cylinder using the Ct fixing screw without forcing, in order to avoid displacements.
Run a homogeneity measurement for the last time in order to ensure that the cylinder has not
moved.
Disassemble the half-moon probe array.

To close the Octave software digit quit so that the last commands are saved.
Save the xxxx_DownPositionCamera_ITv1.2 folder into the C:\Shimming directory on both client
and server PCs, and archive it on the Support website as well.
Make the Paramed Central Service aware of the mechanical shimming results, so that the benefits
of the procedure can be evaluated if necessary on the image quality.
9.2.1 Notes
Each time a solution is calculated, a 3D representation of the measured sphere is given. The blue
lines show a perfect sphere, the red lines show the actual sphere and the green lines show the
expected sphere after performing the suggested actions on the screws.
Digit the figure command the delete the previous 3D representation before repeating the solution
calculation.
X axis
Figure 89 3D representation
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The magnet frequency and homogeneity depend on the temperature of the magnet itself.
Therefore for the measurement to be performed onsite after disassembling the covers, the
simulation of their contribution is recommended in order to keep the temperature as near as
possible to the one measured when the covers are assembled on the magnet.
Otherwise, as soon as the covers are assembled again, the magnet homogeneity could be worse
after shimming because of the temperature variation.
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Part 6 Receiving chain
Coil Rec
Preamp Filter MRI-BOX

Rx1 Panel Rx1
Rx2 Rx2
Rx1
RX Coil 6V 6V
Rx2
VAR2 VAR2
VAR1 VAR1
Coil Rec
Figure 90 Receiving chain block diagram
The Receiving Chain provides the detection, pre-emphasis and amplification of the NMR signal.
Besides it provide features as the automatic coil detection.
The Knee, Hand, S-MAX, Knee Large and TMJ coil are doted with two receiving channels RX1
and RX2, while the others give only signal on RX channel.
The signal is amplified by means of a pre amplifier located on the top side of the magnet unit.
The preamplifier guarantee its tuning with the receiving coil by means of two varicap, i.e. two
voltage controlled capacitors, that are driven by the system software.
The preamplified signal is driven to the MRI-BOX console that is the unit responsible of its final
amplification, D/A Conversion and elaboration.
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10.1 Receiving chain cabling
The receiving Coils are directly connected to the relevant plug on the front side of the Magnetic
Unit.
The first table shown the pins of the old configuration valid up to S/N 1013 (excluding possible
system upgraded). The second report the actually valid pins configuration.
Value Coil P/N Pin 21 Pin 19 Pin 17 Pin 15

1 Knee 01-2003-02 0 0 0 1
2 Multi-Purpose (optional) 01-2004-02 0 0 1 0
3 Hip 01-2005-02 0 0 1 1
4 Hand 01-2006-02 0 1 0 0
5 C-Spine (XT only)) 01-2002-02 0 1 0 1
6 S-MAX 01-2010-01 0 1 1 0
7 L-Spine Small (XT only) 01-2015-02 0 1 1 1
8 L-Spine Large (XT only) 01-2016-02 1 0 0 0
13 TMJ (XT Plus only) 01-2001-01 1 1 0 1
14 Knee Large (optional) 01-2020-01 1 1 1 0
Table 5 Rx Coils Rec logic
The coil value (first column in the previous table) can be checked onto the NrgConsoleServer
interface as soon as the coil is recognized (#Coil: 0 when the coil is disconnected) for
troubleshooting purposes
Figure 91 Coil detection on the NrgConsoleServer interface
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There are 4 available RX channels, 2 are currently used.
The RX channels enter as input to the preamplifier located in the upper part of the magnetic
unit, just under the removable superior covering.
The preamplifiers are power supplied with a 6V continuous tension provided by the MRI-BOX
Spectrometer.
The preamplifier receive also as input two continuous tension named VAR1 and VAR2, provided
by the MRI-BOX and controlled by the system software in order to calibrate the tuning of the
preamplifier with the coil.
Figure 92 Upper view from the front side of the Pre Amplifier unit
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From the preamplifier, the RX channels signals come to the penetration panel,
Figure 93 RX channels connectors on the penetration panel
Then to the electronic cabinet back panel
Figure 94 RX channels connectors on the electronic cabinet back panel
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And finally to the MRI-BOX RX inputs.
Figure 95 RX channels connectors the MRI-BOX back panel
10.2 VAR1 and VAR2 chain check
As soon as the Varicap Ch0 and Ch1 values are set on the MRIbos_Client interface, the same
values (V) must be measured on the coil connector.
This procedure is needed in order to make sure that the Varicap values are correctly generated by
the spectrometer, and to check the Varicap cablings at the same time.
Electronic cabinet and server PC connected and switched on.

A Multimeter is needed.
10.2.2 Procedure
On the server PC. run the MRIBox_Client application, connect to the Server and open the SE.c
file in the \\127.0.0.1\Sequenze\TESTRF folder and load the TESTRF.txt data file.
Select ShowCalibResultButton.
The window in the picture below will appear: Ch0 must be set to 2.0 and Ch1 must be set to 4.0.
Press OK.
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Figure 96 Varicap test software settings
Select Compile All, then Load Sequence.
Utilizzando il Tester verificare che sul connettore collegato alla scatola dei preamplificatori del
magnete corrispondano le tensioni impostate:
Using the multimeter, make sure that the voltages set from the MRIbox_Client interface are the
same as the ones measured on the coil connector (refer to the picture below).
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Figure 97 Varicap test points on the coil connector
10.3 Check of the receiving coils
This test is aiming to verify the correct functioning and system recognizing of all the receiving
coils.
10.3.1 Test preparation
With the system well activated connect the coil to be tested to the equipment.
Insert the homogeneous phantom in to the coil centred in the magnet gantry.
The phantom shall be along the X patient direction (Head-Feet) with the cap (the head)
towards right (looking the front of the magnet).
10.3.2 Execution
In NRG Console create the patient with surname “Test+coil name” in order to execute the
scout.
In order to launch the scout with calibration it is necessary to insert the patient surname as
said above, select the examination district clicking on the relevant circle, check that the coil is
well recognized (otherwise double click on its icon in the bottom left) and start the acquisition
with the scout button in le upper left of the patient database window.
As soon as the calibration and scout have finished, connect to the server PC using Ultr@VNC
and open the MRIBOX_CalibResultSetting.txt file inside the C:\mribox_files\Tarature
folder.
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Check the TXAmpl90, TXFreq, Varicap (ch0) and Varicap (ch1) parameters.
Figure 98 Calibrations file structure
Make sure that the parameters are included in the ranges shown in the following table.
Coil Channels TAR90 Var1 (V) Var2 (V)

Knee 2 80±5 1÷3 1÷3
Multi-Purpose (optional) 1 80±5 1÷3 -
Hip 1 80±5 1÷3 -
Hand 2 80±5 1÷3 1÷3
C-Spine (XT only)) 1 80±5 1÷3 -
S-MAX 2 80±5 1÷3 1÷3
L-Spine Small (XT only) 1 80±5 2÷5 -
L-Spine Large (XT only) 1 80±5 1÷3 -
TMJ (XT Plus only) 2 80±5 2.0 2.0
Knee Large (optional) 2 80±5 - -
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The calibration history can be checked at any time by opening the CalibrationLOG.txt file
inside the in C:\mribox_files\Log folder.
10.4 Coil Signal to Noise (S/N) Ratio Evaluation
This test consist in the measure of the S/N ratio of the images obtained with each coil.
Connect the coil to be examined to the equipment.
Insert in the coil the relevant homogeneous phantom and centre it in the magnet in the X
patient direction with the cap towards right.
Perform the steps indicated in table below:
Select Patient Data
Type in Surname field Test + Coil Name
Select the TEST protocols Click on the background of the

human figure over none of the
districts
Click on Protocol List
Select the TEST S/N
Click onto SELECT button
Click onto QUICK SETUP button
Select TRA (Axial) button
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In the left window click on
TEST S/N
TEST S/N (LARGE)

for the L-Spine Large Coil
Click on SEQUENCE PARAMETERS

Button
Select Add To Queue (the test will be queued and executed)
At the end of the acquisition click on the View button
The Image will be shown in the right

Click on IMG button
working area
Click on the button S/N MEASURE in the bottom right
On the bottom right angle of the

image the S/N measured value will
appear.
In this way is possible to evaluate the S/N ratio of the image achievable with a coil.
Regarding the Hand and Knee coil the image is the sum of the Channel 1 and Channel 2
signals, weighted in 80% of Channel 1 and 20% of Channel 2.
It is possible to evaluate for investigation the S/N ratio due to channel one or to channel 2
only.
To do this, enter the System Setting and Config 2 menu. Here set to 100 the weight on
channel 1 for the relevant coil and zero on the channel 2 (or vice versa to have a measure only
on Ch2). To save the new setting move the cursor to change in green the light on the up left
side.
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It is important at the end of the S/N Test to restore the correct channel weights to
achieve the best performance of the equipment.
Figure 99 Channel weights in coil reception
In the following table the reference SNR values for each coil are shown.
Coil Channels S/N Ch1 S/N Ch2 S/N Weights

Ch1+Ch2
Knee 2 ≥ 50 ≥ 20 ≥ 55 80-20
Multi-Purpose (optional) 1 ≥ 40 - - 100-0
Hip 1 ≥ 25 - - 100-0
Hand 2 ≥ 115 ≥ 55 ≥ 125 80-20
C-Spine (XT only) 1 ≥ 45 - - 100-0
S-MAX 2 ≥ 40 ≥ 40 ≥ 60 50-50
L-Spine Small (XT only) 1 ≥ 28 - - 100-0
L-Spine Large (XT only) 1 ≥ 28 - - 100-0
TMJ (XT Plus only) 2 ≥ 24 ≥ 24 ≥ 30 50-50
Knee Large (optional) 2 - - - -
Herewith an arrangement for the SNR evaluation is given for each coil.
10.4.1 Knee coil
Insert the Knee coil with the homogeneous phantom 115mm inside the gantry. Connect the coil to
the system, run a scout, select the TEST protocol, then run a TEST SN sequence.
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Figure 100 Knee coil test setup
10.4.2 Hand coil
Insert the hand coil with the homogeneous phantom 115mm inside the gantry and perform a
scout.
Figure 101 Hand coil test setup
10.4.3 Hip Coil
30mm cushion, 20mm cushion, hand coil holder, 115mm phantom, one large sand bag should be
arranged as shown in the following picture in order to evaluate the SNR for the Hip coil.
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Figure 102 Hip coil test setup
10.4.4 C-Max Coil
knee coil holder, 115mm phantom, one sponge should be arranged as shown in the following
picture in order to evaluate the SNR for the C-Max coil.
Figure 103 C-Spine coil test setup
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10.4.5 S-MAX coil
Insert the MAX shoulder coil with the 100mm plexiglass phantom inside the gantry and perform a
scout.
Figure 104 S-MAX coil test setup
10.4.6 L-Spine Small Coil
30mm cushion, neoprene sponge cushion, one small sand bag, one large sand bag, 115mm
phantom should be arranged as shown in the following picture in order to evaluate the SNR for
the L-Spine Small coil.
Figure 105 L-Spine Small coil test setup
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10.4.7 L-Spine Large Coil
Hand coil holder, 115mm phantom, two small sand bags, one large sand bag should be arranged
as shown in the following picture in order to evaluate the SNR for the L-Spine Large coil.
For the L-Spine Large coil SNR evaluation, the TEST S/N LARGE sequence must be used (same as
TEST S/N, except for FOV=24.0 cm, Slice Thickness=6.0 mm)
Figure 106 L-Spine Large coil test setup
10.4.8 TMJ Coil
Hand coil holder, 100mm plexiglass phantom.
Figure 107 TMJ coil test setup
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10.5 VARICAP Calibration
The Varicap calibration is important to achieve the best S/N ratio performance of the
equipment.
NOTE
The calibration is performed in Factory and shall not be modified in normal working condition.
In cases of loss of S/N ratio after extraordinary maintenance linked to receiving coils or
preamplifiers it could be useful to recalibrate the varicap voltage control.
The varicap settings are shown in the ConfigVaricap.txt file (C:\mribox_files\Tarature

folder on the server PC). Startv and Stepv are given for each channel and each coil (see the
picture below).
Figure 108 Coils configuration on the server PC
Figure 109 Parameters for Varicap Calibration (UNUSED)
WARNING
The Varicap channels settings in the Config 2 menu of the NrgConsole interface are currently
unused. Therefore any change in those parameters will be ignored by the system. For that
purpose refer only to the ConfigVaricap.txt file (C:\mribox_files\Tarature folder on the server
PC).
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In order to calibrate the Varicap in one coil do the following steps:
• Check that the value of the stepv(0) or stepv(1) is 10.3. If not so correct it.
• Insert a Value for startv(0) or startv(1) increased or decreased of 1V (1000mV)

compared to the present value. This indicates the tension given to the relevant Varicap.
(For a finer tuning is possible to use steps of 0,5V).
• Perform a scout with calibration as per the usual procedure.
• Measure the S/N ratio as per procedure described in the previous paragraph.
Perform few tentative in order to obtain the best achievable S/N ratio and save the obtained
configuration (only if the SNR is better than the one achieved using the ordinary varicap
calibration).
Otherwise restore the previous settings in the ConfigVaricap.txt file.
In order to calibrate the Varicap in the Knee, S-MAX, TMJ and Hand coil, since they are
provided with two channel and therefore need two Varicap calibration, act as described above
for both the channel excluding one of them at a time (as per procedure described in the
previous chapter).
10.6 NMR signal check at the preamps output
The NMR signal can be checked directly at the preamps output.
For instance this check could be useful to make sure that the NMR signal is present even if
black images are reconstructed in case of RX spectrometer faults.
To do that perform the following actions:
- disconnect the RX cables from the ibox
- connect the RX cables to an oscilloscope
- set the oscilloscope impedance to 50Ohm or connect a 50Ohm cap to a T-adapter at the
oscilloscope input
- on the gradient amplifier, switch the X, Y, Z gradient modules off so that a stable and high
signal is acquired without waiting for the sequence central encoding (maximum signal)
- run a SE sequence
- check the NMR signal before it goes to the ibox.
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10.7 Receiving Coils Cables Pin Out
Figure 110 Knee coil cable pin out
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Figure 111 Multi Purpose (old shoulder) coil cable pin out (optional)
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Figure 112 Hip coil cable pin out
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Figure 113 Hand/Wrist coil cable pin out
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Figure 114 C-Spine coil cable pin out (XT and XTPlus only)
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Figure 115 S-MAX coil cable pin out
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Figure 116 L-Spine Small coil cable pin out (XT and XTPlus only)
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Figure 117 L-Spine Large coil cable pin out (XT and XTPlus only)
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Figure 118 TMJ coil cable pin out (XTPlus only)
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Figure 119 Knee Large coil cable pin out (optional)
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Figure 120 Vet Small coil cable pin out (Vet only)
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Figure 121 Vet Large coil cable pin out (Vet only)
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Figure 122 Vet Extra-Large coil cable pin out (Vet only)
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Part 7 PC Client and PC Server System Control

The MRJ2200 System Control is composed by the following main items:
• PC Client Console P/N 01-0621-04
• Paramed MRI-BOX Spectrometer P/N 01-1800-00
• Touch Screen Monitor P/N 01-4328-00
Optical Fiber Optical Fiber
PC Client Console Paramed Touch Screen

P/N 01-0621-04 MRI-BOX Monitor
P/N 01-1800-00 P/N 01-4328-00
Coil Rec
System
Figure 123 System Control architecture
11.1 General functioning
The items described above are the core of the system.

The PC client console represent the Human Machine Interface and runs the NRGConsole software,
contains the database of the parameters of the system and represent the interface with the
system controlling hardware.
The MRI-BOX console is the unit that mainly produce the RF and Gradient driving signals and
receive the NMR, besides it produces also the PS for the RF Preamlifiers and the tensions to drive
the Varicap. It is also connected via optical fiber to the touch screen monitor, used for the real-
time positioning.
11.2 Cabling between PC Client Console and MRI-BOX Console

The cabling from PC Client console and PC Server Console consist only of a fast optical LAN.
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Therefore the two plugs on the PC Client side shall be connected to the two plugs on the Electronic
unit rear connection panel.
Figure 124 Optical connection on the client PC Figure 125 Optical connection on the server PC
In order to check the correct functioning of the optical line check that all the three green lights on
the board front panel are lit on.
In case only one light is on swap the two connectors on the PC board.
If the problem persist maybe the optical fiber should be damaged.
NOTE
Due to its fragile nature the optical fiber shall not be havily stressed.
Therefore avoid to step on it or to stretch it and perform the cabling in a way that avoid to move
the cable or have contacts with it.
The Wake-On-LAN feature allows the user the remotely start the server PC by pressing the Start
Server button in the Startup interface on the client PC desktop. If the WOL doesn’t work refer to
the SW installation procedure described in this chapter of the service manual.
11.3 Connection test between MRI-BOX Console and Touch Screen

Monitor
The cabling consist only of a optical fiber connection.
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Figure 126 Optical connection to the touchscreen monitor on the server PC
This test allow us to check the touchscreen monitor and relevant cabling.
System up and running. USB cable between MRI-BOX and CNT-Term disconnected.
11.3.2 Preparation
· Go to Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager and make sure that the
USOT board is recognized as
Ports(COM & LPT) -> USB Serial Port (COM1)
Otherwise set it to COM1
· Go to Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance -> Administrative Tools ->
Services -> MRIBoxBedpositioningService Properties -> Log On and make sure that the
Local System Account option is selected
· Make sure that the StartUpIbox.exe is set into the server PC Startup menu
11.3.3 Procedure
· Run the MRIBox Client application on the server PC, connect to the server and make sure that
the DSP and FPGA Already Started…(Second Connection) string appears in the log.
· Open any sequence and any FileDati
· Select CalibBedPos to turn the touchscreen monitor on
· Press the Start button on touchscreen to start the acquisition
· Press the Stop button on the touchscreen to stop the sequence
· in the MRIBox Client interface, select Stop Acquisition to switch the touchscreen off
To check the touchscreen reception, verify that the image is continuously acquired with time.
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11.3.4 Possible issues
- and repeat the procedure. In case of problems in visualizing images, close the
MRIBox_Client interface, restart the MRIBoxBedpositioningService and repeat the
procedure
- If the phantom (or anatomy) is not perfectly centered in the touchscreen image, run a
scout so that the frequency value is updated, then try again
- If the touchscreen turns on but doesn’t work, try to swap the optical cables
Figure 127 Optical connection on the touchscreen monitor (swapped cables)
- If the touchscreen doesn’t turn on, check the MONITOR FUSE 0.8A in the MRI-BOX back
panel. If it is not blown perhaps the fuse or the label may be wrong (refer to SI-PAR-0040
MRI-BOX Fuses And Labels Check): check also the FAN-PREAMP FUSE 0.315A
Figure 128 MRI-BOX fuses
Make sure also that the power connector is correctly inserted
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Figure 129 Touchscreen monitor power connector
11.4 PC Server Console sockets
An USB socket, a VGA socket and a CD/DVD Drive are available on the MRI-BOX front panel.
Figure 130 MRI-BOX Front panel
The receiving coil information is provided to the MRI-BOX spectrometer via COIL-REC-ALIM
cable.
Thus the PC server will present on its back-panel the following sockets:
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• 4 USB sockets
• Two Optical Sockets for connection with the PC Client
• Two Optical Sockets for connection with the touchscreen monitor
• I/O aux parallel port
NOTE
The information here reported shall vary depending to the software release or the OS
update, therefore some procedure may have to be slightly modified on the field.
11.5 Client – Server remote connection

In order to see the and operate on the Server PC the two units runs a Remote Desktop
application.
Therefore whenever in this text the sentence connect to the server will be used, it refers to
this procedure.
Launch the application Ultr@VNC Viewer by means of the Icon present on the PC client
console desktop. The windows shown in figure will appear.
Figure 131 Ultr@VNC application dialog
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If not yet present type the
PC server IP address 192.168.100.15
and press connect.
A dialog asking for a connection password will appear: type the password
15paramed (default) in lower case
or
15P2ram3d
In a very brief time a window showing the desktop of the PC server appear. Interacting on it as
usual the operator may perform maintenance on server unit.
Figure 132 Remote desktop connection to PC Server
NOTE
IT is possible as well to connect remotely the PC Client from the PC Server launching
Ultr@VNC Viewer on Server.
In this case the IP address to insert is the Client’s one:
192.168.100.18
And the password is
18paramed
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12 SW Installation Procedures
12.1 How to restore ghost images
12.1.1 Acronis Software
12.1.1.1 Client PC
Connect monitor, mouse and keyboard to the client PC powered down.

Turn the client PC on and wait for the Windows boot. Insert into the CD drive the Acronis True
Image software CD (boot disc) and reboot the client PC. As soon as the client PC has rebooted,
the Acronis software will be launched. Once the Acronis software has started, remove the Acronis
CD and insert the backup DVD where the ghost images are included.
In the main menu select Dischi Personali (Personal Disks) under the entry Rispristina
(Recover).
Select Sfoglia (Browse) and select the Client Image-xxxx file on the DVD.
Digit paramed as archive password. In the Cosa Convalidare entry, select all the hard disk
found.
In the option Destinazione di Disco 1, select Disco 1.
Proceed with the restore.
Once the client PC restore has been performed, remove the backup DVD from the drive and close
the window by clicking on the red X, so that the PC is rebooted.
Make sure that the client PC reboots properly.
12.1.1.2 Server PC
Connect monitor, mouse and keyboard to the server PC powered down.

Turn the server PC on and wait for the Windows boot. Insert into the CD drive the Acronis True
Image software CD (boot disc) and reboot the server PC. As soon as the server PC has rebooted,
the Acronis software will be launched. Once the Acronis software has started, remove the Acronis
CD and insert the backup DVD where the ghost images are included.
In the main menu select Dischi Personali (Personal Disks) under the entry Rispristina
(Recover).
Select Sfoglia (Browse) and select the Server Image-xxxx file on the DVD.
Digit paramed as archive password. In the Cosa Convalidare entry, select all the hard disk
found.
Proceed with the restore.
Once the server PC restore has been performed, remove the backup DVD from the drive and close
the window by clicking on the red X, so that the PC is rebooted.
Make sure that the server PC reboots properly.
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12.1.1.3 DVD IMMAGINE SERVER/CLIENT creation
Aim of the procedure

To create hard disk ghost images to be used for a partial or complete recovery in case of bad
software functioning.
Tools needed
One or more blank DVDs
Acronis True Image software
Burning software
Server image creation on the client PC

Boot the client PC, inside C:\ create a folder called Server Image and share it. Once the procedure
has finished disconnect mouse, monitor and keyboard and leave the client PC switched on.
Connect monitor, keyboard and mouse to the server PC powered down.
and wait for the Windows boot. Insert into the CD drive the Acronis True Image software CD
(boot disc) and reboot the server PC. As soon as the server PC has rebooted, the Acronis
software will be launched. Once the Acronis software has started, select Strumenti (Tools)->
Opzioni (Options).
In the left column select Schede Di Rete (Network Adapters), then Eth 0.
In the right column, remove the flag mark on Configurazione Automatica (Automatic
Configuration) and digit:
IP Address 192.168.100.25
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Then press OK.
Click on Backup, then Risorse del Computer (My Computer).
Select Archivio di destinazione (Destination archive) and press Sfoglia (Browse).
Inside Computer Locali (Local Computers) -> Paramed -> mrjclient-xxxx, select the Server
Image file previously created and shared, then set Server Image-xxxx as name.
In the Passaggi Facoltativi (Optional Steps) go to:
Metodo di Backup (backup method) and select Completo (Complete)
Cosa Escludere (files to be excluded) -> Exclude only the .tib files
Opzioni di Backup (Backup Options) -> Protezione dell’Archivio (Archive Protection), and set
paramed as password.
Opzioni di Backup (Backup Options) -> Impostazioni Aggiuntive (Additional Settings) and put
the flag mark on the Convalida archivio di backup quando è stato creato (Enable Backup
Archive When It Is Created) check box
Commenti (Comments), write Factory Image
Select Procedi (Proceed) so that the software loads the server ghost image on the client PC.
Once the file integrity is ensured, remove the Acronis True Image CD from the drive and close the
window by clicking on the red X. The PC will be rebooted.
Once the server PC has rebooted, disconnect monitor, keyboard and mouse and connect them
back to the client PC.
Client image creation on the server PC.

Connect to the server PC using Ultr@VNC, inside C:\ create a folder named Server Image and
share it. Insert into the CD drive the Acronis True Image software CD (boot disc) and reboot the
client PC.
As soon as the client PC has rebooted, the Acronis software will be launched. Once the Acronis
software has started, select Strumenti (Tools)-> Opzioni (Options).
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In the left column select Schede Di Rete (Network Adapters), then Eth 0.
In the right column, remove the flag mark on Configurazione Automatica (Automatic
Configuration) and digit:
IP Address 192.168.100.25
Then press OK.
Click on Backup, then Risorse del Computer (My Computer).
Select Archivio di destinazione (Destination archive) and press Sfoglia (Browse).
Inside Computer Locali (Local Computers) -> Paramed -> mrjserver-xxxx, select the Client
Image file previously created and shared, then set Client Image-xxxx as name.
In the Passaggi Facoltativi (Optional Steps) go to:
Metodo di Backup (backup method) and select Completo (Complete)
Cosa Escludere (files to be excluded) -> Exclude only the .tib files
Opzioni di Backup (Backup Options) -> Protezione dell’Archivio (Archive Protection), and set
paramed as password.
Opzioni di Backup (Backup Options) -> Impostazioni Aggiuntive (Additional Settings) and put
the flag mark on the Convalida archivio di backup quando è stato creato (Enable Backup
Archive When It Is Created) check box
Commenti (Comments), write Factory Image
Select Procedi (Proceed) so that the software loads the client ghost image on the server PC.
Once the file integrity is ensured, remove the Acronis True Image CD from the drive and close the
window by clicking on the red X. The PC will be rebooted.
Ghost Image Burning

Burn the ghost image files previously created on a blank DVD, using an available burning
software.
12.1.2 Restore using a Windows installation CD or repair disc
If it is not possible to enter the Windows Settings (Control Panel), the PC can be restored using a
Windows installation CD or repair disc, if available.
1. insert the Windows installation CD or repair disc
2. reboot the PC using the power supply button
3. if required, press any key to boot from a Windows installation CD or repair disc
If the computer is not configured for the boot from CD or DVD, refer to the computer
manufacturer documentation. It could be necessary to change the BIOS settings.
4. Select the language options and press Next (Avanti).
5. Select Ripristina il computer (Restore the computer).
This step can be performed only if the Windows installation CD is used.
6. Select a CD restore option, then select Avanti (Next).
7. Insert the data Backup DVD.
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12.2 SW installation manual procedure
This procedure describes how to install the software on both client and server PC of the
MrJ2200/MrInspire systems with iBox spectrometer during the first installation or extraordinary
repairs.
NOTE
All the Server general settings and software installations are performed in factory. Here are
reported in case some extraordinary intervention reveal necessary to restore some functional
settings.
NOTE
The following data should be partially reported due to the OS Version installed on the system,
in any case are always valid as operative guidelines.
12.3 Server PC (MRI-BOX) installation
This procedure has been tested and prepared for the Windows7 licence.
12.3.1 2.1 BIOS Settings
Connect keyboard, monitor and mouse to the server PC.

Turn on the server PC by pressing once the green ON/OFF button.
During the Windows boot press CANC/DELETE key on the keyboard to enter the BIOS.
Check in the Main window the BIOS and motherboard version according the following table:
BIOS ID B945R114
Processor Intel ® Core™ 2 CPU T7400
CPU Frequency 2166MHz
System Memory 3064MB
Board Information
Product Revision D.1
BC Firmware Rev. 154
Go to the Advanced window, select each submenu and make sure that the following settings are
applied:
Description Default Value Values to be changed
ACPI Configuration
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ACPI Aware O/S Yes
ACPI Version Feature ACPI v2.0
ACPI APIC support Enabled
Suspend Mode S3 (STR)
Repost Video on S3 Resume No
USB Device Wakeup from S3/S4 Disabled
Active Cooling Trip Point Disabled
Passive Cooling Trip Point 90° C
Critical Trip Point 105° C
Watchdog ACPI Event Shutdown
PCI Configuration
Plug & Play O/S Yes
PCI Latency Timer 64
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes
Allocate IRQ to SMBUS HC Yes
PCI IRQ Resource Exclusion

IRQ3 Available
IRQ4 Available
IRQ5 Available
IRQ6 Available
IRQ7 Available
IRQ9 Allocated
IRQ10 Available
IRQ11 Available
IRQ12 Available
IRQ14 Allocated
IRQ15 Allocated
PCI Interrupt Routing

PIRQ A (VGA, HDA, PCIEX0/4.UHCI3 Auto
PIRQ B (AC97,PCIEX1,LAN) Auto
PIRQ C (PATA, UHCI2,PCIEX3) Auto
PIRQ D (SATA,UHCI1,SMB,PCIEX3) Auto
PIRQ E (INTD) Auto
PIRQ F (INTA) Auto
PIRQ G (INTB) Auto
PIRQ H (INTC,UHCI0,EHCI) Auto
Graphics Configuration
Primary Video Device PEG/PCI
Internal Graphics Mode Select Enabled, 8MB
DVMT Mode Select DVMT Model
DVMT/FIXED Memory 128MB
Boot Display Device Auto
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Boot Display Preference LFP SDVO-B SDVO-C
Always Try Auto Panel Detect No
Local Flat Panel Type Auto
SDVO Local Flat Panel Type Disabled
Local Flat Panel Scaling Centering
Backlight Control Auto
Inhibit Backlight No
Invert Backlight Control No
PWM Backlight Control Disabled
SDVO Port B Deviced DVI
SDVO Port C Deviced DVI
SDVO/DVI Hotplug Support Disabled
Display Mode Persistence Disabled
TV Standard VBIOS-Default
CPU Configuration
Module version 13.04
Manofacturer Intel
Brand String Intel ® Core™ 2 CPU T7400
Frequency 2.16Ghz
FSB Speed 667MHz
Cache L1 64 KB
Cache L2 4096 KB
MPS Revision 1.4
Max CPUID Value Limit Disabled
Execute Disable Bit Enabled
Core Multi-Processing Enabled
Intel® SpeedStep™ tech. Automatic
Max. CPU Frequency 2166MHz
C1 Config. Standard
C2 Config. Disabled
C3 Config. Disabled
C4 Config. Disabled
Chipset Configuration
DRAM Frequency Auto
Memory Hole Disabled
DIMM Thermal Control Disabled
DT in SPD Disabled
TS on DIMM Disabled
High Precision Event Timer Disabled
IOAPIC Enabled
APIC ACPI SCI IRQ Disabled
C4 On C3 Disabled
Post Code Output PCI
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PCI Express Configuration
Active State power-management Disabled
PCIE Port 0 Auto
PCIE Port 1 Auto
PCIE Port 2 Auto
PCIE Port 3 Auto
PCIE Port 4 Auto
PCIE High Priority Port Disabled
Res. PCIE Hotplug Resources No
PCIE Port 0 IOxAPIC Enable Disabled
I/O Interface Configuration

Onboard Audio Controller AC97 Disabled
Onboard Ethernet Controller Enabled
Clock Configuration
Spread Spectrum Disabled
IDE Configuration
ATA/IDE Configuration Compatible
Legacy IDE Channels SATA Pri, PATA Sec
Primary IDE Master Hard Disk
Primary IDE Slave Hard Disk
Secondary IDE Master Not Detected
Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected
Hard Disk Write Protect Disabled
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) 35
ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection Host & Device
USB Configuration
USB Functions 8 USB Ports
USB 2.0 Controller Enabled
Legacy USB Support Enabled
USB Legacy POST-Always Enabled
USB Port Exclusion Mask (hex) 0
USB Keyboard legacy Support Enabled
USB Mouse Legacy Support Disabled
USB Storage Device Support Enabled
Port 64/60 Emulation Enabled
USB 2.0 Controller Mode HiSpeed
BIOS EHCI Hand-Off Disabled
USB Beep Message Enabled
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USB Stick Default Emulation Hard Disk
Usb Mass Storage Reset Delay 20 Sec
Keyboard/Mouse Configuration
Boot Num-Lock On
Typematic Rate Fast
PS/2 Mouse Support Disabled
Remote Access Configuration

Remote Access Disabled
Serial Port BIOS Update Disabled
Hardware Health Configuration

H/W Health Function Enabled
Watchdog Configuration
POST Watchdog Disabled
Stop WD For User Interaction Yes
Runtime Watchdog Disabled
Boot
(In this section the DVD drive must be selected as 1st boot device, and the 16GB SSD as 2nd boot device)
Boot Priority Selection Type Based Device Based
Boot Device Priority

1st Boot Device USB:HL-DT-ST DVDRAM
2nd Boot Device SATA:PM-TS16GSSD25S-S
3rd Boot Device Disabled
Boot Settings Configuration

Quick Boot Enabled
Quiet Boot Disabled
Automatic Boot List Retry Disabled
AddOn ROM Display Mode Keep Current
Halt On Error Disabled
Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display Enabled
Interrupt 19 Capture Disabled
PXE Boot to LAN Disabled
Power Loss Control Remain Off
Security
Supervisor Password Not Installed
User Password Not Installed
Change Supervisor Password
Change User Password
Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled
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HDD Security Freeze Lock Enabled
Hard Disk Security

Ask HDD Password on Every Boot No
Hard Disk Security User Passwords
Hard Disk Security Master Passwords
END-Key Loads CMOS Defaults yes
Power
Power Management/APM Enabled
Suspend Time Out Disabled
Video Power Down Mode Suspend
Hard Disk Power Down Mode Suspend
Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse MONITOR
FDC/LPT/COM Ports MONITOR
Primary Master IDE MONITOR
Primary Slave IDE MONITOR
Secondary Master IDE MONITOR
Secondary Slave IDE MONITOR
Resume On Ring Disabled
Resume On PME# Disabled
Resume on RTC Alarm Disabled
Power Button Mode On/Off
As soon as the check as completed, and the values are changed according to the previous table
press F10 in order to save the changes. The server PC will be rebooted.
12.3.2 Windows Installation
Turn on the iBox, insert the Installation DVD and reboot in order to install the Windows 7
operating system.
Perform the following actions:
Select default language and press Next.
Select Install Now
Select the I accept the license terms checkbox and select Next.
Select Custom (advanced)
Select Drive options (advanced), select Disk 0 Partition 1(HD SSD 16Gb) and press Delete.
If available delete also the Disk 1 Partition 1 pressing the Delete key again.
Select Disk 0 Partition 1 again.
Click Next to start the Windows 7 installation.
As soon has the PC has rebooted set Paramed as user name and MrJServer-xxxx (please insert
the correct serial number instead of xxxx) as computer name.
Select Next twice without setting any password.
Insert the Product Key that can be found on the label onto the iBox back panel and deselect the
online activation option.
Select Next, then Ask me Later.
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Set the correct time and press Next.
Select Home Network.
The system will complete the Windows installation.
User Account Control Deactivation and Workgroup change

Go to Start -> Control Panel -> User Accounts and Family Safety -> User Accounts ->
Change User Account Control Settings and set Never notify.
Figure 133 User Account Control Settings
Confirm and press Yes.

Go to Start, right-click on Computer and select Properties.
Select Change Settings-> Change.
Set the Workgroup to PARAMED.
12.3.3 Drivers Installation
Go to Start-> Control Panel -> System and Security -> Administrative Tools -> Computer
Management -> Disk Management.
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Figure 134 Computer Management
Select the Disk 1, create a new NTFS partition and make sure that the label E: is assigned to that
partition.
Copy onto a USB device or CD the InstallMriboxInstruction folder

(\\Paramedserverx\Data\Software\VersioniSoftwareIbox) and the latest MrJsoftware
version available (Versione Attuale folder into
\\paramedserverx\Data\Software\VersioniSoftware Macchine\MRJ2200 con Ibox).
The latest version (InstallMriboxInstruction.zip and Sw1A2Rev1.zip) is also loaded onto

support.paramed.it website into Common\Paramed\Service Information folder.
Copy the InstallMriboxInstruction folder on the desktop (and remember to delete it at the end
of the installation) and the mribox_files folder into C: (MrJ x Server folder -> Disco C)
Copy the files included into Disco E folder into the E: Local Disk drive.
Open the InstallMriboxInstruction\DRIVERS\Conga Driver XP folder and install:
1) Infinst_autol
2) Win2k_xp1431 (Perform the installation by setting the compatibility with Windows XP.
Confirm the installation of the older version). Reboot the server PC!
Right click on the desktop background, select Screen Resolution and set it to 1152x864.
Save this setting.
3) SetupYukonWin. Reboot the server PC!
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Go to Start -> Right Click on Computer -> Properties -> Device Manager
Figure 135 Device Manager
Replace the Network Adapter default driver with the one provided into the Driver Ethernet
Controller folder.
Select the Realtek RTL8168, right-click and select Update Driver Software…
Select Browse my computer for driver software and select Driver Ethernet Controller
folder.
Right-click on the PCI Device and select Update Driver Software…
Select Browse my computer for driver software and select the MRIBoxDriver_DMA folder.
Go on with the installation even if Windows 7 doesn’t identify the drivers. The device will be
identified as MRIBox Driver.
Cliccare col destro su di essa e selezionare Proprieties. Right-click on it and select Properties. Go
to Power Management, and deselect the Allow the computer to turn off this device to save
power checkbox.
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Figure 136 MRIBox Driver Properties
Perform the same actions to install the FT232 USB UART device drivers that can be found into
the Driver USB Seriale folder.
A new USB Serial Port device will appear. Install again the drivers that can be found in the same
folder.
The device will be identified as USB Serial Port(COM3). Select the Properties of this device then
select Port Settings -> Advanced -> and select COM1 in order to change the COM3 port to
COM1.
Go back to the Desktop.
Now the spectrometer management drivers are to be installed.

Go to Start -> Accessories -> Right-Click on Command prompt -> Run As Administrator
and run the commands shown in the picture below:
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Figure 137 MRIBox Server Service installation
Go to Control Panel -> System and Security -> Administrative Tools -> Services, enter the
MRIBoxBedPositioningService properties and set the startup type to Automatic. Select the
Log On label and use the Local System Account option, and select the Allow Service To
Interact With Desktop checkbox.
Figure 138 MRIBoxBedPositioningService Properties
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Press OK and go back to the Desktop.
Right-click on Computer, select Properties, then Advanced System Settings, Environment
Variables.
In the System variables window edit the Path variables.
Figure 139 Environment Variables
ADD the string ;C:\mribox_files\codice;C:\mribox_files\MinGW\bin; AT THE END of the

Path Value present WITHOUT DELETING ANYTHING. Pay attention to add also the ; symbol at the
beginning and end of the added string.
Reboot the server PC.
12.3.4 MRIBOX Client Software Installation
Enter the InstallMriboxInstruction\MRIBoxClientInstaller folder and run as Administrator

the setup.exe file to install the MRIBOX Client software. Run the MRIBOX Client application in
the Start Menu, press the Connect To Server green button, write the 127.0.0.1 and press Ok.
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Figure 140 MRIBox Client interface
Close the application.

As soon as all drivers and the MRIBOX Client software are completely installed, the
InstallMriboxInstruction folder can be deleted from the Desktop.
12.3.5 UltraVNC installation
Run the UltraVNC_1.0.8.2_Setup file into the E:\Tools\UltraVNC-1.0.8.2 Setup folder.

Select the English language.
Continue pressing Next until the window in the picture below appears.
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Figure 141 Setup UltraVNC (1)
Unselect the Download Vista addons files now checkbox.

Press Next.
Unselect the Download the mirror driver checkbox.
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Select the first two options as shown in the following picture:
Continue pressing Next until the installation has been completed.

As soon as the following window appears, insert 15paramed into the Password blank.
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Figure 144 Ultr@VNC Server Property Page (1)
Press Ok. Sometimes a message about user permissions may appear: in that case select
Administrator and remove the flag.
As soon as the installation is completed, the UltraVNC icon will appear on the right side of the
Windows application bar at the bottom of the screen.
Right-click on it and select Properties.
Select the option flags as shown in the picture below.
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Figure 145 Ultr@VNC Server Property Page (2)
12.3.6 Configurazione di Windows
Desktop shortcuts creation

Press Start, right-click on Computer and select Show on Desktop.
Go to Control Panel -> System and Security -> Administrative Tools and copy the Services
link to the desktop. Go back to the Desktop.
Create a desktop shortcut for UltraVNC Viewer and MRIBOX Client.
Click on the desktop and, while pressing the Ctrl key, use the mouse scroll wheel to reduce the
icons size.
Figure 146 Desktop shortcuts creation
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Desktop, Folders, Memory, and Power Settings
Go to the system properties menu, then select Advanced System Settings, Advanced,
Performance, Settings.
In the Visual Effects menu, select Custom and disable all options except for Show windows
contents while dragging (see picture below).
Figure 147 Performance Options
In the Performance Options menu go to Advanced and select Change.

Disable the Automatically manage paging file size for all drive option.
Select the C: drive, select No paging file, press Set, then Yes.
Select the E: drive, select System managed size, press Set.
Reboot the server PC so that the changes are applied.
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Figure 148 Virtual Memory
Right-click on the Desktop and select Personalize.

Click on Desktop Background, near the Picture Location option, select Solid Colors, then
select Dark-Blue.
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Figure 149 Desktop Background
Save the changes.

Select Screen Saver and make sure that no screen saver is enabled.
Select Change Power Settings, Change Plan Settings, Balanced, then set to Never the
monitor switch Off and the Sleep modality.
Apply the changes ang go back to Change Plan Settings.
Select Change advanced power settings and disable the hard disk drives switch off.
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Figure 150 Power Options
Go back to the Power Options window and select Choose what the power button does.
Set the When I press the power button option to Shut Down.
Set the When I press the sleep button to Do nothing.
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Figure 151 System Settings
Save the changes and go back to the Desktop.

Open any folder.
In the upper right side of the screen select View options, then select Details.
In the upper left side of the screen select Organize e Folder and search options.
Select View, then Apply to folders.
Unselect the Hide extensions for known file type option.
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Figure 152 Folder Options
Go back to the desktop.

Go to Start -> All program -> Accessories -> Right-click on Command prompt -> Run as
administrator.
In the command prompt type powercfg /h off then press Enter to completely disable the
computer hibernation.
Windows Start bar setting.

Right-click on the Windows Media Player icon and select Unpin this program from taskbar.
Right-click on the Internet Explorer icon and select Unpin this program from taskbar.
Right-click on the bar and select Properties.
Set the Taskbar buttons option to Never Combine.
Select the Use small icons check-box.
Services settings
Double click on the Services desktop shortcut.
Disable the following services:
Security Center
Windows Audio
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Windows Audio Endpoint Builder
Windows Defender
Windows Firewall
Windows update
Figure 153 Taskbar and Start Menu Properties
StartUp menu
Create a shortcut of the startUpIbox.exe file (C:\mribox_files) and pin it to the Windows
Startup Menu (automatic execution).To do that go to Start -> All Programs and right-click on
Startup, then select Explore, and paste the shortcut created in the Startup folder.
Create also a shortcut of the TcpEchoServer.exe file (C:\mribox_files\MRIBox_server) and
pin it to the Windows Startup Menu (automatic execution).
Optical board setting

Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Center
and select Change Advanced sharing settings
Select the following options for both Home or Work and Public networks.
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Figure 154 Advanced sharing settings
Save the changes.

Click on Change adapter settings and rename the connection to Optical Connection (class
200).
Go to the network adapter properties and double click on Internet Protocol Version 4.
The addresses to be set are:
IP address 192.168.100.15
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Part 8 MRI-BOX Console
13 HW Structure
Figure 155 MRI-BOX block diagram
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Technical features
TX and RX digital systems. The spectrometer is based on DSP and FPGA devices.
Operating frequencies from DC to 240MHz (H, 5.6 Tesla). Frequency generation based on direct
digital synthesis without intermediate analog mixing stages. Synthesizer with 48-bit frequency
control, 14-bit phase control, 16-bit amplitude control
Up to 8 receiving independent channels, with one Digital Down Converter each. Each receiving
channel has FIR and interpolation filters which are able to resample with a 32-bit resampling rate
Sequence generator, up to 65536 events, duration from 426ns to 1832 seconds
16-bit synthesizer for TX pulses generation
3 16-bit synthesizers for gradients waveforms
Gradient digital rotation system
Gating input for sequences and external events sync
16 digital output lines
1600 MIPS Texas DSP for the image reconstruction, signal averaging and communication with the
embedded PC via PCI bus
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Figure 156 MRI-BOX internal structure (1)
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Figure 157 MRI-BOX internal structure (2)
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13.1 External Cable Connection
MRI-BOX Console Unit 01-1800-00
X – Y - Z 10MHz TX-I DLINE Varicap 6V RX 1-2
Gate
Gradient RFA Amplifier RX RF Preamplifier

Amplifier
01-0045-01
Figure 158 MRI-BOX external cable connection
The Apollo NMR Console present the following cable connections:
Figure 159 RX1 – RX2 inputs, TX-I and 10MHz outputs
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RX and RX2 are the BNC connection of the signal received from the Receiving Coils trough the
preamplifier.
TX-I is the BNC connection of the transmission RF pulse given to the RF amplifier. Note that it
is necessary a 6dB attenuator.
Figure 160 PIL-GRAD, VARICAP and DLINE outputs
The PIL-GRAD output provides the digital gradient signals. These digital signals are then
converted into analogic differential inputs for the gradient current amplifiers.
The DLINE output provides the gating signal to for the RFA amplifier blanking.
The VARICAP output provides the voltage values given to the varicaps diodes in the receiving
coils.
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Part 9 Calibrations And Quality Assurance
14 System Calibrations
14.1 General
This procedure is needed to perform the central frequency, gradient offsets and gradient
global gains calibrations on systems with MRI-BOX spectrometer.
WARNING: Never stop the calibration, always wait until they are completed
14.2 Central Frequency Calibration Procedure
a) Put the knee coil in the gantry with geometrical phantom (100mm), perfectly centered:
Switch on the Server PC
b) Double click on Ultr@VNC Viewer: --> click on Connect --> type
15paramed --> click on Ok
c) Switch on the electronic cabinet by pushing the green button on the top of the cabinet
d) On the Server PC: open the file MRIBOX_CalibResultSetting_ref into

C:mribox_files\Tarature folder and overwrite the value in the line # TXFreq with the
one you find in the System Book at page 9, under the voice Factory (the value must be in the
form 9XXXXXX). Save the file and close it.
Figure 161 MRIBOX_CalibResultSetting_ref
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e) On the Server PC Desktop double click on MRIBOX Client: click on Connect to Server
(green icon) and click on Ok-->click on Open sequence (blue icon)--> choose SE and
click on Open--> choose SE.c and click on Open--> click on the black arrow (close to the
EditDataFile button) and choose \FileDati_TXFreq.txt
f) Click on CalibTXFreq and wait for the END(14) string appear in the Log window.
Verify that NMR signal is acquired on the Physical Channel 0.
If the central frequency has been found go to point h). If not go to point g).
g) If you did NOT find the central frequency: click on EditDataFile--> rename the
Tar_TXFreq string to Tar_TXFreq_Large in the Sequence window (see the following picture)
-->
Figure 162 Sequence Window in the EditDataFile menu
Select Ok--> Select Save--> Select Yes--> return to point f).

If the central frequency has been found click on EditDataFile--> rename the
Tar_TXFreq_Large string to Tar_TXFreq --> select Ok--> select Save--> select Yes
Figure 163 Frequency calibration
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h) If the central frequency has been found click on ShowCalibResultButton --> copy the
value of TXFreq--> open the file MRIBOX_CalibResultSetting_ref in
C:mribox_files\Tarature and paste overwriting the value in the line # TXFreq
(see the picture at page 158, the value must be in the form 9XXXXXX); save the file and close it.
Click on the ShowCalibResultButton button to see the found value
Figure 164 TXFreq found value
The value is also saved in the MRIBOX_CalibResultSetting.txt file (in

C:\mribox_files\Tarature) .
14.3 Gradient Offset Calibration Procedure
WARNING: Before performing this procedure, the Central Frequency Calibration is

always needed.
On the Server PC: click on CalibOffsetGrad and wait for the END(14) string appear in the Log
window. If the gradient offset calibration response at the end of the calibration is almost linear
and its amplitude is different from 0, restart the server PC to save the found parameters.
If the gradient offset calibration response at the end of the calibration is not linear, press
CalibOffsetGrad again and wait for the END(14) string appear in the Log window.
In the picture below, modulus, real part and imaginary of the signal are shown.
Figure 165 Offsets calibration
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NOTE:
As soon as the calibration has been performed, open the MRIBOX_CalibResultSetting.txt file, copy
the gradient offsets values and paste them into the MRIBOX_CalibResultSetting_ref.txt, so that
the values found are used immediately. Reboot the spectrometer.
As soon as all the calibrations have been completed, remember to set the
MRIBOX_CalibResultSetting_REF.txt file as Read-Only (see page 168).
NOTE
Sometimes even if the phantom is perfectly centered into the gantry, and the calibration is
repeated, the final gradient offset calibration response is not linear but is a bell-shaped curve. If
gradient offset values are not correct (see the picture below) perform the following tasks.
Figure 166 Wrong gradients offset effect on a scout image
i) make sure that the gradient offset values in the MRIBOX_CalibResultSetting.txt file
(C:\mribox_files\Tarature on the server PC) are equal to 0.0
ii) make sure that the gradient Global Gains are not equal to 0.50
iii) make sure that the phantom is perfectly centered
iv) run a Central Frequency Calibration and then Offset Calibration
if the gradient offset calibration response at the end of the calibration is not linear but is a bell-
shaped curve, repeat the procedure from the point iii) and reboot the iBox.
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i) After the Restart of the iBox --> double click on MRIBox Client --> click on System
Parameters --> click on Gradient Global Gains --> set the Digital Gains (left column) to
X = 0.73
Y = 0.73
Z = 0.778
Figure 167 System Parameters
Click on ShowCalibResultButton to see the found values.
Figure 168 Gradient Offsets found values
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14.4 Gradient Gains Calibration
j) On the Server PC: close the MRIBOX Client application

k) On the Client PC: click on Start Client --> press Ok --> insert user (utente,
user, manutenzione; maintenance)--> insert password (paramed)
Press the button
Insert TEST as surname
Click outside the red circles
Run a Scout
Press the button
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Select TEST - Quality Protocol
Press the button
Double click on TEST DISTORS.
Click on the button
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Select TRA
To run the sequence press the button
Press the button
Press the button
An image will appear
Press the button
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Press the button
Perform the measurements shown in the following picture:
Horizontal --> Y Axis

Vertical --> Z Axis
Double click on TEST DISTORS.
Click on the button
Select COR
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To run the sequence, press the button
Click on the button
Click on the button
Perform the measurement shown in the following picture:
Vertical --> X Axis
l) Calculate the New GAIN for each axis using the following formulas
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Old X GAIN = 0.73
Old Y GAIN = 0.73
Old Z GAIN = 0.778
X, Y, Z Axis Measurement is the measurement performed along each axis (X, Y, Z)

New X, Y, Z GAIN must be calculated using the formulas above
m) On the Server PC desktop, double click on MRIBOX Client--> click on Connect to

Server (green icon) and click on Ok --> click on Open Sequence (blue icon)-->
choose SE and click on Open--> choose SE.c and click on Open --> click on System
Parameters --> click on Gradient Global Gains --> set the Digital Gains to the values just
calculated (New X, Y, Z GAIN) --> Restart the server PC
As soon as the system is perfectly calibrated, make a backup copy of the

MRIBOX_CalibResultSetting.txt file in the C:\mribox_files\Tarature folder on the server PC.
Rename that backup copy to MRIBOX_CalibResultSetting_REF.txt, and replace the existing
MRIBOX_CalibResultSetting_REF.txt file.
Right-click on the new MRIBOX_CalibResultSetting_REF.txt file, select Properties, then mark
as Read-Only and press OK.
FINAL TEST
Run a scout and a S/N TEST on the 115mm phantom (bottle) in the knee coil.
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14.5 Automatic Gradient Gains Calibration
14.5.1 General
An automatic gradient gains calibration using TAG software is described in this file.
It can be performed only on MrJ, MrJ2200 systems with iBox spectrometer.
14.5.2 Files Needed
TAG.zip folder attached to the SI-PAR-0048 Automatic Gradient Gains Calibration

(Framework .NET 2.0 or later is required on the client PC)
14.5.3 Procedure
a) Copy and extract the TAG folder into C:\temp folder on the client PC
b) Put the 100mm geometrical phantom into the knee coil perfectly centered into the
magnet gantry
c) Open NrgConsole interface, select the TEST anatomy and run a SCOUT
d) Select the TEST protocol and select the TEST DISTORS. sequence
e) Run the sequence in the axial projection (TRA), then in the coronal projection (COR)
f) Make a note of the sequence ID number of both the TEST DISTORS. Sequences
g) Open the C:\temp folder on the client PC and run the TAG.exe application
h) Press the CALCOLA DIAMETRI button. The Test Distorsione window will appear.
i) Insert the first TEST DISTORS. Sequence (TRA) ID number into Serie Assiale
j) Insert the second TEST DISTORS. Sequence (COR) ID number into Serie Coronale (see
the picture below)
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Figure 169 TAG interface
k) Press OK. One of the two following windows will appear, according to phantom positioning
Figure 170 Diameters calculation
Figure 171 Diameters calculation in case of air bubble in the phantom
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l) If the diameters (X, Y, Z) are less than 99mm or greater than 101mm, press SALVA
GUADAGNI to save the correct gradient gains and go to m)
Otherwise gains are already correct. Close the TAG interface. The following actions from
m) to p) are not required
m) Connect to the server PC using UltraVNC.
n) Gradient Gain values updating (#Guadagno globale, gainG) can be checked by opening
the fpgagrad.txt file into the C:\mribox_files folder on the server PC (see the picture
below).
Figure 172 Gradients gains values check in the fpgagrad.txt file
o) Close the NrgConsole interface.

p) Restart the serverPC and repeat the procedure from c) to l)
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14.6 MRI-BOX Calibrations Data Recovery
14.6.1 General
On the MRI-BOX spectrometers a corruption of the CalibResultSettings.txt may happen. This

problem happens very rarely, and a bad gradient offset calibration may result.
Before the 1.A.1 SW version has been released, the problem occurred more often and was more
severe.
14.6.2 Needed files
The CalibResultSettings_REF.txt is a MRI-BOX calibration data backup file, and can be found
into the C:\mribox_files\Tarature folder on the server PC.
14.6.3 Procedure
1.A.1 SW Version or later

Scout images are correctly acquired but the gradient offset calibration is bad (see the pictures
below).
Figure 173 Bad gradients offsets values
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The following procedure is recommended:
- close the NrgConsole interface

- connect to the server pc using UltraVNC
- open the CalibResultSettings.txt into the C:\mribox_files\Tarature folder on the server PC and
check the OffsetGrad Ch0, Ch1, Ch2 values at the bottom of the file. Those values generally are
different from zero (see the picture below, it is only an example)
Figure 174 CalibResultSettings.txt file
a) if those values are equal to zero, open the CalibResultSettings_REF.txt select and copy the
last four lines. Then past them into the CalibResultSettings.txt file instead of the last four lines
where offset values are zero, so that the lost offset values are recovered using the ones saved in
the reference file.
- make sure that the CalibResultSettings.txt is NOT marked as Read-Only
- make sure that the CalibResultSettings_REF.txt is marked as Read-Only
- reboot the system
- Run a scout on a phantom to test the system.
b) if those values are different from zero, gradient offsets need to be recalibrated (see SI-
PAR0047R2 MRI-BOX Calibrations)
- reboot the system
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Previous SW Versions (obsolete)
Before the 1.A.1 SW version has been released, the problem occurred more often and was more
severe (see the picture below).
Figure 175 DDC, Mixer Offset values loss (fixed in the 1.A.1 sw or later)
DDC Freq, Mixer Offset and OffsetGrad values have been lost.
The following procedure is recommended:
- close the NrgConsole interface

- connect to the server pc using UltraVNC
- rename the CalibResultSettings.txt to CalibResultSettings-BAD.txt
- make a backup copy of the CalibResultSettings_REF.txt and rename it to
CalibResultSettings.txt
- right click on the new CalibResultSettings.txt file, select Properties, untick the Read-Only
option (the file must be not Read-Only, see the picture below), then press OK
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Figure 176 Read-Only option disabled in the MRIBOX_CalibResultSetting file properties
- reboot the server pc

- perform a gradient offset calibration procedure with the 100mm in the knee coil
- reboot the system
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15 System Quality Assurance
15.1 Percent Signal Ghosting Measurement and Gradients Cables

Arrangement
15.1.1 General
Under certain circumstances on the SCOUT and TEST S/N sequences, images are affected by
ghosting artifact or ringing along the horizontal axis.
Afterwards a ghosting measurement procedure is described.
15.1.2 Percent Signal Ghosting measurement
Run a scout on the small phantom in the hand coil.

Move the coil about 5cm away from the magnet center along the Y axis.
Select the TEST protocol and run the TEST GHOST sequence.
As soon as the acquisition is finished, enter the View area and double click on TEST GHOST to
view the image.
Press the ROI button, select the following three square ROIs (see the picture below)
- The first ROI in the center of the phantom

- The second one where the ghosting artifact is more noticeable
- The third one on an image portion out of the phantom, and not affected by ghosting
(noise)
Average Signal Value in the center of the

phantom (Avg1)
Average Signal Value where the artifact is

more noticeable (Avg2)
Noise Average Value (Avg3)
Figure 177 Percent Signal Ghosting Measurement
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The percent signal ghosting is calculated using the following formula
Percent Signal Ghosting = [(Avg2-Avg3)/Avg1]*100
The Percent Signal Ghosting value must be ≤ 2%.
The ghosting artifact has been noticeably reduced since a shielding box has been installed on the
transformer.
However, that problem occurs more often when the gradient cables are under the electronic
cabinet power supply cable, they are very close to each other, or when they make loops (see the
picture below).
15.1.3 Gradient Cables arrangement
Arrange the gradient cables so that they are not too close to each other, and they don’t make
loops. If the installation space is not enough, the gradient cables can be cut and arranged
properly.
The electronic cabinet power supply cable must be far from the gradient cables as much as
possible.
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15.2 DailyQA Software Installation And Guide
15.2.1 Needed files and equipment
DailyQA_Version1.0.0.0 folder (or later version) attached to the SI-PAR-0043R3 DailyQA

Software Installation And Guide (or later revision)
115mm phantom
Knee coil
Framework .NET 2.0 (or later version) is needed on Windows XP O.S. If the message in the
picture below appears the download of .NET is recommended. In this case press Yes.
Figure 178 DailyQA software installation (1)
1. Procedure
Copy the DailyQA_Version1.0.0.0 folder into the C:\Program Files folder

Run SetupDailyQA.msi.
Press Next.
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Press Next
Press Next
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Wait for the installation to be completed.
Press Close
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15.2.2 Guide
Before using the DailyQA software, please select Settings from the Windows Start Menu on the
client PC,then Control Panel, and finally Regional And Language Options.The Standards and
formats setting in the Regional Options Menu must be set to English (United States). If necessary,
click Apply, then OK.
Run a scout and a TEST SN sequence (QA TEST) on the 115mm phantom in the knee coil.
Make a note of the TEST SN sequence number.
Minimize the NrgConsole interface.
When the Daily QA application is started (Desktop icon), the program sets the file paths
depending on the system type:
- MRJ/MRO (C:\MRJ folder)

- Spectrometer type (MRIbox/Apollo).
The application works with Windows XP (Framework .NET 2.0) and Windows 7.
The Daily QA software provides the following features:

1. search the central frequency value in the system log files
2. SNR, signal uniformity evaluation
3. SNR, signal uniformity report viewing and saving
Central frequency Calibration
According to the system type, Daily QA searches the central frequency values in the following log
files:
• IBOX : \\192.168.100.15\mribox_files\Log\CalibrationLOG.txt (server IP address

192.168.100.15),
• APOLLO : C:\MRJ-MR0\nrg\client\LOG\SYSTEM<data>.log (most recent log file, last
central frequency value)
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SNR and signal uniformity evaluation
Figure 184 DailyQA software interface
As soon as the Daily QA interface is opened, the user is able to insert the image number to be
evaluated and click on the Compute button (or press Enter)
Figure 185 SNR image number
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Two images will appear
Figure 186 Uniformity and SNR evaluation
• The first one shows the window levels used for

◦ noise evaluation (four square regions of interest at the image corners, dimension 20x20 pixels)
◦ signal evaluation (square ROI at the center of the image, dimension 64x64 pixels).
The window used for signal evaluation is centered on the phantom center of mass (on the
NrgConsole interface is calculated on the center of the image).
• On the second image three circular regions of interest are shown:

◦ YELLOW, is the bigger ROI centered on the center of mass. The signal evaluations will be done
here.
◦ RED (H): maximum signal area
◦ GREEN (L): minimum signal area
The uniformity is calculated using the formula U = 100x { 1 - (high - low)/(high+low)}.
After the calculation the software shows a report in which the following informations are included:
• system serial number

• central frequency
• image number
• SNR
• uniformity (percentage)
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Save Report
When the user presses the Save Report button
• The application perform a data storage onto the DailyQALog.txt file on the Desktop. Use
WordPad to view the report correctly. This is an append file and 365 days after the creation it will
be deleted.
• The application saves the DailyQALog.txt file into the C:\Program Files\Paramed\DailyQA
folder
• The application saves the .BMP images into the Img folder:
◦ Image<date>_<time>_piu UNIFORMITY
◦ Image<date>_<time>_snr SNR
• This folder will be updated after 50 Save Report operations.
If necessary, restore the 'Standards and formats' setting as it was set before starting this
procedure.
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15.3 ACRTest Software
15.3.1 General
ACRTest is a software tool running on Microsoft Windows™ platform developed for the American
College of Radiology MRI Accreditation Program. The interface language is English.
The following five measurements are currently available
• Slice position accuracy

• Geometric accuracy
• Slice thickness accuracy
• Image intensity uniformity
• Percent signal ghosting
The following two measurements are currently not available:
• High contrast spatial resolution

• Low contrast object detectability
15.3.2 Files Needed
Setup_ACR.msi attached to the SI-PAR-0050 ACRTest Software procedure
15.3.3 How to install
As soon as the Setup_ACR installer is launched on the client PC, a desktop icon is created.
During the installation, the user can set the installation path and the paramsMRO.conf and
paramsMRJ.conf files will be created: they include the parameters related to the kind of
accreditation.
For MrJ, MrInspire (small phantom) the paramsMRJ.conf file must be renamed to params.conf.
For further information please see section 6.
15.3.4 ACRTest execution
Click on the desktop icon to launch the application.

The first time the application is executed, the configuration parameters must be set properly (see
section 6).
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15.3.5 GUI Description
There are two different areas in the software interface:
1. On the left side five buttons are available. They are related to five accreditation programs
measurements. For each kind of measurement the desired value (True Value) and the
actual value (Measured Value) are shown. When values are out of the acceptance range,
they are written in red.
2. On the right side the user can find: the series to be viewed (top of the page), a
measurement test report in the text box, a SAVE REPORT button (all text is saved) and a
CLEAR REPORT button (it deletes the measurement done previously). Potential
acquisition errors could be shown in the Warning panel: in that case the measurement
couldn’t be reliable.
Images can be processed by pressing the five buttons on the left side. For each button the series
number (see the example below, series 4437) and the slice number (see the example below, slice
4) must be specified.
Figure 187 Series number and slice number
For the Geometric Accuracy test two series numbers are required, namely one for the axial, one
for the sagittal acquisition (see the phantom_test_guidance.pdf file ttached to this procedure).
The software doesn’t allow one data entry only for a partial evaluation.
SLICE POSITION ACCURACY
As soon as the series and slice numbers are inserted (default values are shown in the ACR
program), the image shown by the software interface will look like the one on the left side below.
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Figure 188 Slice position accuracy
Ld (Length Difference) is the difference between the lengths of the two structures on the upper
side of the phantom. A negative value is got when the phantom is near the bottom of the sagittal
image, and positive when it is near the top. It is also mentioned as Warning.
GEOMETRIC ACCURACY
There are three images shown, according to the Accreditation Program.
Figure 189 Geometric accuracy
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The phantom must be perfectly centered. On sagittal acquisitions, the sw is able to manage slight
oblique shifts. It manages also small air bubbles (mentioned as Warning and highlighted in red)
on the axial images.
PERCENT SIGNAL GHOSTING

The image shown after the measurement must look like the one below.
Figure 190 Percent signal ghosting
In the report all the averages for each elliptic ROI are shown.
The ellipse areas must be in a certain range and the aspect ratio must be 1:4. If the phantom is
shifted from the center of the image the algorhythm could compute too small areas. To avoid that
problem, ACRTest can increase the aspect ratio to 1:6. This calculation is reported as a Warning,
and a measurement of the distance from the image center is shown, as well as other information.
SLICE THICKNESS ACCURACY

This measurement must be viewed as follows:
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Figure 191 Slice thickness accuracy
In some cases the algorhythm could select the two ROIs incorrectly (if the desired contrast is not
obtained, or the phantom is much distorted): the measurement should evaluate the signal
averages and the distances of the ROI centers on the ramps (see phantom_test_guidance.pdf). In
case of fault of both the tests, the software would show a warning message.
IMAGE INTENSITY UNIFORMITY

For the image intensity uniformity the ROI of two regions with high a low intensity are shown.
Figure 192 Image intensity uniformity
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In the log file also the ROI dimensions are reported.
The configuration file can be found into the Paramed\ACRTest\conf folder.
#####################################################
PathImages = C:\\MRO\\nrg\\client\\image\\
DimImages = 256
FOV = 250
LengthPhantom = 148
DiameterPhantom = 190
LogFile = LogFileACR.log
Gr = 0.025
IU = 87.5
GALoc = 148 2
GADiam = 190 2
ST = 5.0 0.7
SP = 5
ANGLE = 20
#####################################################
Figure 193 ACRTest Configuration file
Il file contiene:
• PathImages, the path where .img files are saved

• DimImages, dimension of the acquired image
• FOV, acquisition FOV
• LengthPhantom-DiameterPhantom, real ACR phantom dimensions. The default
configuration includes all the real measurements for the big ACR phantom. For the small
phantom, please refer to the small_phantom_guidance.pdf file.
• LogFile Log file path where further measurement information are available.
• Gr, IU, GALoc, GADiam, ST, SP, Ghosting Ratio, Image Uniformity, Geometry Accuracy
Localizer, Geometry Accuracy Diameter, Slice Thickness, Slice Positioning. They are the
desired values, shown in the GUI as True Value.
• Angle, Angle to be defined for the diameter evaluation in case of bubble air at the top of
the phantom.
15.3.6 How to uninstall
Enter the Windows Control Panel and uninstall the program.
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Part 8 Ordinary Maintenance Procedure
NOTE
The procedure Indicated in this Part 8 are not mandatory.
The Ordinary Maintenance Procedures here reported are the ones adopted by the
Paramed Service engineers.
We suggest to our dealers to adopt the same maintenance politics.
16 General
The MrJ2200 system needs a periodical maintenance in order to continuosly monitor its good
functioning status. Therefore this chapter reports the maintenance politics suggested.
The periodical maintenance quality check must be performed at least 3 times at year (every
four months)
In order to complete and report the Periodical Maintenance operation we suggest to use and
complete the Periodical Quality Check Module, filling it with all the relevant information.
During every periodical maintenance the authorized technician shall perform the following
operation:
- Get the Periodical Quality Check module present on site. If there is no module on site or
the old module has been completed, prepare a brand new one.
- Insert the Date in the proper blank in order to start a new column.
- Proceed with the calibration following the indication present in the module itself.
In particular the operations are:
16.1 Frequency calibration
Insert the Knee coil with the 115mm homogeneous phantom inside the gantry and run a scout.
Check open the operation LOG and chck the frequency calibration value.
16.2 Gradient offset calibration
Perform the gradient offset calibration as per proper procedure described in 14.4 10.6.
Report the new values on the form.
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16.3 Gradient gains calibration
Perform the gradient gains calibration as per proper procedure described in paragraph 14.4 and
14.5.
Report the new values on the form.
16.4 TAR 90 RF Calibration check
Insert the Knee coil with the homogeneous phantom 115mm inside the gantry and perform a
scout.
Check the TAR 90 value considering that it must be greater than 75 and less than 85
16.5 Coils S/N evaluation

See the Coil Signal to Noise (S/N) Ratio Evaluation described in paragraph 10.4.
16.6 Cuscions and accessories status check
Check the presence and quality of the cuscions and accessories

on site.
16.7 Warning labels
Check the presence of the warning labels.
16.8 Database cleanup
If the server occupation is major than 50% perform the Database Cleanup procedure as
described in Service Information SI-PAR-0031
16.9 Database compression

If the size of the Sistema.MDB file in the C:\NrgConsoleServer folder on the client PC is bigger
than 100MB, perform the DB compression according to the SI-PAR-0042R2 procedure.
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16.10 Quality check form
Figure 194 Periodic Maintenance Report
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16.11 Electrical measurements
In case of substitution of the Isolation Transformer inside the electronic Rack it is necessary to
perform safety electrical measurement.
In case of need you must contact the Paramed Central Service in order to get all the relevant
informations.
Refer to Paramed internal procedure 01-2007-00L.
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Part 10 Trouble Shooting Index
17 Trouble Diagnosis Table
Symptom Probable Cause and Solution
1. Images TRA, COR, SAG appear Check the gradient cabling; probably two cables
swapped in the display. have been swapped.
2. Images appear highly distorted along Measure the gain of the Gradient Amplifier
one axis. relevant module and recover firstly its hardware
(gross) calibration and then its software (fine)
calibration.
If there is a high variation in gain of the module

that cause difficulties in calibration and large
parameter variation, please call Paramed central
Service for Assistance.
3. The black shadow lines of the scout Check the offset hardware and software
slice on image appear tilted with calibration.
respect to the purple reference line.
If there is a high variation in offset that cause
difficulties in calibration and large parameter
variation, please call Paramed central Service for
Assistance.
4. The images are flat in one direction Probably one gradient is not working;
1. Check if the relevant gradient is disabled on

the front panel of the GRA Amplifier.
2. Check if the LEDs on the GRA Amplifier

module shows a defective functioning as per
Synptom #5
3. Check in the cabling connection; maybe one

cable will not make a proper connection or is
defective
5. There is a general gradients The normal functioning LEDs configuration is with

malfunctioning and the LEDs of the Normal and Power LEDs and the LED placed in the
GRA Amplifier front panel seem act in back side of the Module lighted on still and green.
a strange way.
Refer to Gradient Amplifier LED troubleshoot in
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chapter
6. Images appear with low S/N ratio or Maybe a gradient is generated with not acceptable
phantoms similar to DC noise or RF fluctuation.
noise dependently of the sequence
launched. To investigate this matter it could be very useful
to evaluate the gradient intensity and stability
into the magnet.
Other information should be obtained observing

the current monitor exit in the front side of the
GRA amplifier with an oscilloscope.
Check the receiving chain:

7. Low S/N ratio.
Varicap calibration,
Coil dynamics and behaviour,
Offset calibration,
Apollo Loopback.
Check the RF cage attenuation level.
8. There is a general gradients In order to check the correct functioning and

malfunctioning. troubleshoot a GRA Amplifier module failure check
it with the TEST HEADER.
9. During the Scout the system claims Check that the correct magnet frequency is well
low signal level set in the system.
Check if the RF Amplifiers is blocked for excess of

reflected. In this case control that the TAR 90 is
not under 6.5.
Control the capacitors circuits on the RF Gradient
coil. Perform the TX coil calibration.
Check the receiving chain for a broke wire or an

interruption.
Control the system using other coils.
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Part 11 Appendix
18 RFA Amplifier ANALOGIC AN8110 Specifications extract
Frequency Characteristics
Operating Frequency Range 5 MHz to 30 MHz
Gain Variation ±0.1 dB Max. Within ±200 kHz of the center frequency
±0.2 dB ±275 kHz Max
Large Signal
Output Power (into 50 load)
Ppeak 2.5kW Nominal (Pnom)
1.0 kW Nominal (Pnom) for AN8110-09
Paverage 250W*√(PEP/2500)
100*√(PEP/1000) for AN8110-09
Gain 63.98±0.1 dB (Electronically adjustable)

RF Action T2 X Pp = 75
(energy x time) for a single pulse
T = pulse width in millisecond Pp = power in kW
Linearity <±0.6 dB over any 40 dB dynamic range from full output.
Phase Shift Variation vs Amplitude 6° Max. over any dynamic range of 40 dB from full output
dA/dP Gain Slope <±0.2 dB/dB, –40 to–3 dB referenced to the rated output
power
<±0.5 dB/dB, –3 dB to 0 dB referenced to the rated output
power
dø/dP Phase Slope <±0.5°/dB, –40 to–3 dB referenced to the rated output
power
<±1° /dB, –3 dB to 0 dB referenced to the rated output
power
Matching Input impedance nom: 50 Ω
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Input VSWR: 1.5 Max.
Load impedance nom: 50 Ω
Load VSWR: 3.0 Max.
Power delivered to load: Pnom/VSWR–.03
In blank mode any load impedance is possible
Stability
Long Term Stability <1 dB/5000h
Short Term Stability 0.2 dB Max. gain variation @rated power with 3/30 ms RF
pulse over 5 minute period
Inter-pulse Stability <±0.09 dB gain and <±1.5° phase variation.
Over one minute, @ rated power, and 30 dB
below rated power, 3.3 ms RF pulse, 4.4/125 ms gating
Single Pulse Droop <0.35 dB @ rated Ppeak @ 3 ms RF pulse, 3.6/36 ms gating

pulse
Phase Stability <2.7° @ rated power with 3/30 ms RF pulse
Gating
Duty Cycle 60% Max.
Pulse Width (Tp) 60 ms Max. (Ppeak is derated based on RF action

specification)
Turn On Time Max. 20 µs (0-90%)
Turn Off Time Max. 10 µs to blanked noise level

(Time reference is beginning and end of the gating pulse)
Spurious & Noise

Harmonics Less than –30 dBc @ Peak
output power
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Periodic Ripple and Spurious –20 dBm Max. or –40 dBc
Noise –160 dBm/Hz (blanked)

–143 dBm/Hz (coherent)
–70 dBm/Hz (unblanked)
Safety
Self Protection Protection against input overload of +20 dBm Max.
Peak/Ave Power Trip
Software adjustable trip level. Peak power: >2.5kW, Avg Power 10 to 250W
Safety Requirements Protection against any combination of input and output

conditions within allowable ratings
Regulatory Approvals Designed to meet the following regulations:

IEC60601.1, IEC60601-1-2 ed. 2
IEC60601-4-2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11: 1995
CSA C22.2 #601.1-M90
UL 2601-1
FCC Part 18 Class A & Part 15
EN55011 (CISPR!!) Class A – Group 2
MTBF 25,000 hour (Estimated per MIL-HDBK-217F)
Interface
Monitor Outputs RF-Outputs for forward power Coupling: >20 dB ±1 dB @ 14.85 MHz; lower
at lower frequency
Directivity: better than 25 dB
RF Connectors Input: BNC female Output: HN female
Gating Connector BNC female (TTL)
Control 15-Pin D type
AC Mains One Phase; 200-230 VAC 50/60 Hz
Power Consumption 12 Amp maximum input current.
Inrush Current <2 x nominal current
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Mechanical
19-inch rack-mountable case
Mechanical Dimensions Max. height: 133.35 mm (5.25 inches)
Max. depth: 686 mm (27 inches)

Weight 35 kg (60 lbs)
Environmental
Air Cooled
Operating Conditions Temperature: 10°C to 40°C
Magnetic field: 5 mT Max.
Altitude: 2500m Max.
Relative humidity: 85% Max. non-condensing
Non-operating Conditions Temperature: –20°C to +70°C

Magnetic field: 5 mT Max.
Altitude: 2500mm HG Max.
Relative humidity: 95% Max. non-condensing
Specifications subject to change without notice.
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Part 12 Image Quality
19 Artifacts
Artefacts are parts of reconstructed images that are not present in the true anatomy.
Artefacts are dependent on a variety of factors from patient movement to magnetic field
inhomogeneities.
Artefacts can lead to misdiagnosis if they are not recognized and/or removed.
Ideally, we want all image artefacts to be below the level of user's perception.
19.1 Noisy Images
Figure 195 Noisy images
Noise can be considered an artifact since it is unwanted. Grainy, snowy, no recognizable pattern.
That artifact has an impact on the image quality that can be evaluated by running the TEST SN
sequence (see paragraph 10.4 Coil Signal to Noise (S/N) Ratio Evaluation), eventually on each
channel also.
If the SNR calculated running a TEST SN sequence on the 115mm phantom in the knee coil is low,
perform the following checks:
- SNR test using different coils
- The calibrated varicap voltage must be checked in the CalibrationLOG.txt file inside
the C:\mribox_files\Log folder on the server PC. The information relevant to the last
calibration performed can be found at the end of the log file.
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Figure 196 Calibration log
- Check the preamps and the 6V provided by the MRI-BOX

- Check the gradient gains
Otherwise, if the coil SNR is in the expected range but image on the anatomy are noisy, the
sequence parameters can be adjusted according to the following formula
SNR α Vvoxel*B0*Fseq*Fcoil*√
√Tacq
V = FOVread*FOVphase/Nsamples*Nencodings
B0 = 0.22T (MrJ2200, MrInspire)

Fseq = according to the sequence type (T1 – T2 - ρ )
Fcoil
– In direct ratio to the coil diameter
– It is increased as the number of receiving channels increases
Tacq depends on
– Acquisition bandwidth
– Excitations
– Encodings
- Increase slice thickness, increase TR (except for the FSE sequences)

- decrease pixel resolution
- increase the FOV
- the number of averages
- Remember ‘trade-offs’ (scan time [2D]= TR x NY x NEX).
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19.2 RF Artifacts
Figure 196 RF artifacts (1)
Bright Spot -> single frequency signal on the image

RF line -> constant frequency without phase correlation
Figure 197 RF artifacts (2)
Perform the following checks:
- The RF cage door is not perfectly closed (see the following picture)
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Figure 198 Cage door not perfectly closed
- There are some missing fingers in the cage door (see the following picture)
Figure 199 Missing fingers
- The penetration panel needs to be screwed

- RF leak in the RF cage (see the following picture)
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Figure 200 RF leaks
- Damaged filter
19.3 Spikes
In the following picture the effect of the spikes on the images are shown.
Figure 201 Spikes effects on the images
In the following picture two spikes in the same encoding in the raw data are shown.
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Figure 202 Spikes in the acquired signal
Make sure that the spacers are tightened in order to prevent gradient coils vibrations.
Figure 203 Gradient coil spacer
POSSIBLE CAUSES:
- gradient coils solderings
- power line
- loose contact in a RX cable inside the MRI-BOX spectrometer (only if spikes are not visible on all
channels)
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19.4 Saturation
Figure 204 Signal saturation effects on the image
Figure 205 ADC overflow
Results from signal clipping caused by overflow on the ADC’s.

Occurs if receiver gain is incorrectly set.
Signal becomes too large for the ADC range and information in the centre of k-space is
lost.
It occurs as soon as the acquired signal amplitude is too high, when the receiver gain
calibration fails because of bad offset calibration (tipically on older systems with Apollo
spectrometer).
Preamp gain is too high.
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19.5 Ghosting
19.5.1 Backfolding (Phase-Wrap Aliasing)

Make sure that ABS (Automatic Backfolding Suppression) is set to ON in the sequence
parameters. Occurs when the field of view (FOV) is smaller than the body part being
imaged causing the region beyond to project on the other side of the image.
Figure 206 Backfolding (Phase-Wrap Aliasing)
19.5.2 Magnetic Noise
Fluctuations in magnetic fields caused by: Subways, Transformers, Elevators and Moving Vehicles
vicinity of cables carrying high AC currents.
Figure 207 Magnetic noise
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In that case a field compensator may be needed. Using a set of Helmholtz coils, a feedback loop
and 3-axis sensing magnetometer installed in the room, the field compensator monitors the
external magnetic field environment and drives current through the coils to create an equal, but
opposite, magnetic field. This produces a net effect of near zero magnetic field fluctuation
experienced by the MRI system.
19.5.3 Potential bad gradient cables arrangement
Figure 208 Potential bad gradient cables arrangement
19.5.4 Potential spikes in the gradient pulse (spectrometer output)
Figure 209 Potential spikes in the gradient pulse (spectrometer output)
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19.5.5 Quadrature Ghost
Occurs due to differences in the gain of real and imaginary receiver channels
Phase errors between the two quadrature RF receive channels can also cause this
Ghost is displaced diagonally across the centre in both PE and FE directions
Figure 210 Quadrature ghost
19.6 Patient Movement Artefact

Smearing of image particularly in phase direction
Solutions
• Immobilise the patient more effectively
• Reduce the scan time
Figure 211 Patient Movement Artefact
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19.6.1 Flow Artifact
Figure 212 Flow artifact
19.6.2 Respiratory Artifact
Figure 213 Respiratory artifact
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19.7 Geometrical Distortions
19.7.1 Half Gradient

POTENTIAL CAUSES:
- damaged cables
- problem inside a GRA module
Figure 214 Half gradient
19.7.2 Bad gradient gains calibrations
Figure 215 Bad gradient gains calibration
See the paragraph 14.4 Gradient Gains Calibration and 14.5 Automatic Gradient Gains Calibration.
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19.7.3 B0 magnetic field non-homogeneity
Figure 216 B0 magnetic field non-homogeneity
19.7.4 Metallic Artifacts (susceptibility)
Variations in the magnetic field strength that occurs near the interfaces of substance of different
magnetic susceptibility such as ferromagnetic foreign bodies.
Causes dephasing of spins and frequency shifts of the surrounding tissue.
Worst with long echo times and with gradient echo sequences.
Worst at higher magnetic field strength.
Less with fast/turbo spin echo sequences
Figure 217 Metallic artifacts (susceptibility)
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19.7.5 Missing gradient(s)
Figure 218 One missing gradient (X)
Figure 219 Two or three missing gradients
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19.8 Truncation artifact (Ringing, Gibbs artifact)
Truncation or Gibbs artifacts appear as parallel lines adjacent to high-contrast interfaces, due to
the reconstruction of the image by a Fourier transform from a finite sampled signal.
POTENTIAL CAUSES:
- Low image resolution
- Eddie Current
Figure 220 Truncation artifact (Ringing, Gibbs artifact)
19.9 Chemical Shift

During frequency encoding, fat protons precess slower than water protons in the same slice
because of their magnetic shielding. Through the difference in resonance frequency between
water and fat, protons at the same location are misregistrated (dislocated) by the Fourier
transformation, when converting MRI signals from frequency to spatial domain. This chemical shift
misregistration cause accentuation of any fat-water interfaces along the frequency axis and may
be mistaken for pathology. Where fat and water are in the same location, this artifact can be seen
as a bright or dark band at the edge of the anatomy.
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Figure 221 Chemical shift
19.10 Slice Overlap
Loss of signal seen in an image from a multi-angle, multi-slice acquisition.

Same mechanism as spatial presaturation for reduction of motion and flow artifacts.
Example: Two groups of non-parallel slices in the same sequence, e.g., L4-5 and L5-S1. The level
acquired second will include spins that have already been saturated.
Figure 222 Slice overlap (1)
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Figure 223 Slice overlap (2)
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Part 13 Service Informations
20 Service Information Issue and Management

The service Information are a powerful instrument to give indication, instruction and to require
intervention to the installed equipments.
The service Information Document is made of the following Three main parts:
• First Page: containing all the suitable information such as:
o Title
o Kind of information
o Urgence Level
o Need of spare parts or upgraded items to perform the job
o Estimated time to completion
o Brief description
o Systems and components affected
• Distribution List
• Body Text
In case the Service Information asks the receiver to perform retrofits or jobs that needs to
be tracked by Paramed Medical Systems the document is accompanied by a Service
Information Completion Form MOD21.
This form is to be complied by the Field Service and sent to the Paramed Central Service to
resume the retrofit activities described in the relevant Service Information.
In the next Page the Service Information Completion Form MOD21 is reported.
Every Service Manual revision, the Service Information issued up to that time will be included
into the Service Manual appendix.
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Date:
MOD 21_rev1
Service Information
Reference to:
Completion Form
Service Information:
Title:
This module is to inform Paramed central service about the execution of the service information
actions to the equipment involved
Distributor:
Complier: Tel:
Equipment: P/N
S/N Execution Date:
Installation Site:
Possible trouble encountered or compliant:
The Service Information Completion Form is to be complied and sent, at the end of any Service
Intervention performed after a relevant Service Information, to the following address:
Paramed Central Service

Att. Lorenzo Gazzano, Stefano Deraco
Tel: +39 010 6489 361
Fax: +39 010 7404 530
email: lorenzo.gazzano@paramed.it
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1 Scope of the document

2 How is structured this document

2.1 Trouble shooting strategy contents

The diagnostic strategy is described in these sections.

2.2 Procedures contents

2.3 Repair instructions contents

Figure 1 MrJ2200 System Architecture

• Gantry o Magnetic Unit P/N 01-0300-00 (Figure 5) mainly composed by:

Software configuration and version (see also SW installation chapter):

Figure 2 Electronic Cabinet Figure 3 PC Client Console

4 Trouble shooting strategy

Enable Temp Sensors

Figure 6 Thermal Control block diagram

Figure 7 Up and Down Heaters Resistance

Figure 10 Yoke heaters groups positioning

Figure 11 Fast heaters groups positioning

4.2.1 NTC TERM Connection Diagram

Figure 13 CNT-Term Frontal Layout

Power Supply Alarm

Over Temperature alarm

Under temperature alarm

NTC Open alarm

5.1 Check of the CNT Term Correct functioning

5.1.1 Necessary tools

Temperature Sensor resistance values

Type Range Location

Yoke 6,8 KOhm at Unplug the connection Yoke in the Sensor

Up 6,2 KOhm at Unplug the connection Up in the Sensor

Down 6,2 KOhm at Unplug the connection Up in the Sensor

Heaters Resistance Values

Type Range Location

Heaters DC Tension Value in full charge condition (Warm up)

Type Range Location

Up Power 46 V Right magnet connection panel

Down Power 46 V Right magnet connection panel

Yoke 46 V Right magnet connection panel

6.2 Work Conditions

Power supply provided for at least one day

Figure 14 Monitor 1 socket

7 Trouble shooting strategy

NMR Console Unit RFA Amplifier

Up and Down Magnetic Unit

Figure 16 RF Transmission Chain block diagram

Figure 17 TX-I RF output on MRI-BOX. Notice the 6dB

Figure 19 Gating Input on RF Amplifier Figure 20 TX Connection on Electronic Unit

Cable P/N Description From To

01-0585-00 CABLE TX (EXTERNAL) Electronic Unit Penetration Panel

01-0602-00 CABLE TX (INTERNAL) Penetration Panel Magnetic Unit

7.2 Hardware information

7.2.1 RFA Amplifier unit general description

This amplifier is a class 1, ordinary equipment and with continuous operation.

Figure 6 RFA Amplifier AN8110 whole unit

For RFA amplifier Specification refers to Appendix 1.

7.2.2 RFA Amplifier RF Connections

Connector Type I/O Description

Figure 25 Diagnostic LED s on RFA Panel

LED COLOR DESCRIPTION

7.2.4 System Error Codes

FAULTS DESCRIPTION FLASH CODES