Service manual

LUMISCAN ACR-2000 SERVICE MANUAL - SECTION 3.0 SYSTEM OPERATION
3-3
Handle plates with powder-free latex gloves.
Clean plates every day or after every 10 scans. Use Anhydrous Ethyl Alcohol applied with
laboratory grade lint free paper towels.
Clean the input guide and output tray with anti-static guard spray every day.
3.3 Technique
The Lumisys ACR-2000 is a roughly 200 speed system.
If only CR images are acquired, Phototimers should be adjusted for CR exposures. This is because
the speed of the system and because CR cassettes attenuate x-rays differently than conventional
screen-film cassettes.
3.4 Scanning A Plate
Once a plate has been placed into the image plate-input guide, the user may initiate a scan. Once
started the image plate will be moved into position, the edges found and the image plate digitized.
To digitize a plate you may use the DI-2000 Acquisition Application which is installed on the ACR-
2000 Workstation. Please reference the DI-2000 Users Reference Guide which is located in the C:\DI-
2000 directory.
You may also use the sample scanning program called "SCANFILE.EXE", which is located in the
“C:\LSDT32\TOOLS” directory.
From the command prompt type "SCANFILE <cr>".
A image plate will be digitized in a Lumisys format using all default parameters and the results
placed in a file called LSDT.IMG.
WARNING
THIS EQUIPMENT EMPLOYS A LASER. LASER RADIATION MAY BE
PRESENT IF THE LUMISCAN ACR-2000 READER IS OPERATED
WITHOUT COVERS.
AVOID LASER BEAM. DIRECT EYE EXPOSURE TO LASER LIGHT
MUST BE AVOIDED.