Whole Body X-ray CT System Supria

V2.23 Function Utility

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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★ Before using this system, be sure to thoroughly read this manual and make yourself
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Tokyo, Japan

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© Hitachi, Ltd. 2017. All rights reserved.

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Manufacturer
Hitachi, Ltd.
2-16-1, Higashi-Ueno, Taito-ku,
Tokyo, 110-0015, Japan

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Product Name : Whole Body X-ray CT System
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Model : Supria
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2-16-1, Higashi-Ueno, Taito-ku,
Tokyo, 110-0015, Japan
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 Introduction
This manual describes the V2.23 Function Utility of the Whole Body X-ray CT System
Supria.

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 Cautions on exportation:
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Revision history:
First edition: July 2017

To Our Customers
Thank you very much for purchasing the V2.23 Function Utility software.
This software is part (as optional function) of the system software used for
Supria.
To use this software correctly, you need to fully understand it. Therefore, be sure
to read this instruction manual carefully before you use this software.

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 Contents
Manufacturer ..................................................................................................... ii

CE Marking ........................................................................................................ ii

WEEE Marking.................................................................................................... ii

Introduction .............................................................................................................. iii

To Our Customers.............................................................................................. iv

Trademarks and registered trademarks ................................................................ iv

Contents.................................................................................................................... v

1. Preview and Reconstruction Priority ................... 1

1.1 Preview .............................................................................................................. 1

1.1.1 Changing the Recon. mode......................................................................... 1

1.1.2 Intelli IP Advanced mode ........................................................................... 2

1.1.3 Reference images for AutoZoom ................................................................. 3

1.1.4 Reference images for predict scans ............................................................. 3

1.2 Reconstruction priorities........................................................................................ 3

1.2.1 Multi-reconstruction tasks .......................................................................... 3

1.2.2 Post reconstruction .................................................................................... 5

1.2.3 Reconstruction status ................................................................................ 5

2. Fine Recon. .................................................... 7

2.1 Setting Fine Recon. for scanning ............................................................................ 7

2.2 Setting Fine Recon. for post reconstruction tasks ..................................................... 9

3. Flipping Displayed Images (Flip H, Flip V) .......... 11

3.1 Horizontally flipping an image ............................................................................... 11

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3.3 Releasing a flipped image .................................................................................... 11

4. Presetting of Display Images ........................... 13

5. Segmentation ................................................ 15

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1. Preview and Reconstruction Priority

1.1 Preview
1.1.1 Changing the Recon. mode ·································································
You can change the Recon. mode to "Fast" or "Preview" only when the scan type is
"Volume".
 Fast
When the Recon. mode is set to "Fast", reconstruction during scanning is
performed under the conditions specified when settings were specified for the
original reconstruction.
 Preview
When the Recon. mode is set to "Preview", reconstruction during scanning is
performed under the conditions for tracking the scan, whereas reconstruction
with the conditions for the original reconstruction is performed after the
acquisition, the same as for multi-reconstructions. You can view the image
reconstructed in real time by tracking the scan. In addition, when the scan of
the current sequence is complete, the reconstruction finishes at the same time,
and a scan of the next sequence starts immediately. The next sequence does
not have to wait for the reconstruction process of the current sequence to be
completed.

The following describes how to set the Recon. mode to "Preview" and the scan
procedure:

1 Click the Recon. Mode button of the sequence that you want to set.
The Recon. mode is set to "Preview". To change the Recon. mode back to "Fast",
click the Recon. Mode button again.

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2 Acquire images.
The preview image is displayed in the Real-time Image Display
area.
Note that "Preview" appears in the upper right corner of the preview
image.
After the scan of the sequence is complete, the scanned images are
displayed in the Scanned Image Display area. ("Preview" is
displayed in the upper right corner of the each image.)
When the examination is finished, the preview images are deleted
without being saved to the hard disk. Also, the reconstruction tasks
to be performed under the conditions of the original reconstruction
are automatically registered in the reconstruction queue.
The following is the Reconstruction Status window that appears
when a reconstruction queue is executed after an original
reconstruction task is registered in the queue:

Preview images cannot be used as reference images for a predict scan and the
AutoZoom function.

When creating a dose report or a simple dose report, or when specifying

settings for an automatic transfer, complete the creation of the original
reconstruction task before ending the examination or registering the next
patient.
If you end the examination or register the next patient before the creation of the
original reconstruction is complete, the dose report or simple dose report might
not be correctly created. If this happens, recreate the dose report or simple
dose report by referencing the operating manual Image Analysis.

1.1.2 Intelli IP Advanced mode ····································································

In Intelli IP Advanced mode, noise reduction is performed based on a statistical
model by using a successive approximation process. You can select the image filter
or the Intelli IP advanced mode only when the scan type is "Volume" and the Recon.
mode is "Preview".

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1.1.3 Reference images for AutoZoom ·························································

When the Recon. mode of a volume scan is set to "Preview", the acquired images can
be used as reference images after the original reconstruction task is complete. The
original reconstruction task is registered in the reconstruction queue. Note that the
images (preview images) displayed during a scan cannot be used as reference
images.
To acquire images immediately after a volume scan, set the Recon. mode of the
volume scan to "Fast".

1.1.4 Reference images for predict scans ·····················································

When the Recon. mode of a volume scan is set to "Preview", the acquired images can
be used as reference images after the original reconstruction task is complete. The
original reconstruction task is registered in the reconstruction queue. Note that the
images (preview images) displayed during a scan cannot be used as reference
images.
To perform predict scans immediately after a volume scan, set the Recon. mode of
the volume scan to "Fast".

1.2 Reconstruction priorities

1.2.1 Multi-reconstruction tasks ··································································
You can specify priorities for multi-reconstruction tasks.
Specify the execution priorities of the reconstruction queues for each
multi-reconstruction task.
A reconstruction queue for which "Urgent" is specified is executed with top priority.
A reconstruction queue for which "High" is specified is executed with the priority
below "Urgent".
A reconstruction queue for which "Normal" is specified has the lowest execution
priority.
If multiple reconstruction tasks have the same priority, the reconstruction tasks are
registered so that they are executed in ascending order starting from the task with
the smallest multi-reconstruction number. Reconstruction queues that were not
registered at registration are registered to the end of the reconstruction queues
according to priority.

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1 Click the priority icon of the multi-reconstruction task that you want
to specify.

2 Select the priority to be specified.

To apply the same priority for all multi-reconstruction tasks, click the Apply to
All button.

3 Click OK.
The displayed icons and the corresponding priorities are as follows:

Icon

Priority Normal High Urgent

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1.2.2 Post reconstruction ·············································································

You can specify priorities for post reconstruction tasks.
The priority can be specified as "Normal", "High", or "Urgent".

When specifying the post reconstruction preference settings, you can specify
the default settings of the automatic transfer function and priority at system
startup.

The same priority will be set for all tasks in the same combination group.

When specifying the post reconstruction preference settings, you can also specify
the default execution priority for the reconstruction queues in the Post
Reconstruction Settings window.

1.2.3 Reconstruction status ·········································································

Reconstruction priorities are displayed in the Reconstruction Status window. You can
change the reconstruction priorities.

To change a reconstruction priority, select the queue that you want to change, and
then click the button of the priority that you want to specify.
To sort the reconstruction tasks, select the reconstruction task that you want to
move, and then click one of the move buttons.
You can change priorities in the Execute tab only.
Item Description
This is the Urgent button.
Click this button to set the priority of the selected queue to "Urgent".
This is the High button.
Click this button to set the priority of the selected queue to "High".
This is the Normal button.
Click this button to set the priority of the selected queue to "Normal".
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Item Description
This is the Interrupt button.
If you click this button, the selected queue is moved to the top and is
executed, regardless of the priority of the queue.

 To select multiple reconstruction tasks, select the reconstruction tasks

while pressing the Shift and Ctrl keys on the keyboard.
 You can sort only the reconstruction queues that have the same priority.

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2. Fine Recon.

2.1 Setting Fine Recon. for scanning

When the scan type is normal, you can create images with a reconstruction index
that is half of the slice thickness in multi-reconstruction.
Slice thickness reconstruction index
Image Position

Fine Recon. OFF

Fine Recon. ON

1 Click the Multi Recon. / No. of Images button for the sequence
that you want to specify.

The Multi Recon. dialog box appears.

Note that you cannot set the sequence to Fine Recon. when the collimation
value is 0.625 x 2.

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2 Click the Thickness button for the sequence that you want to set to
Fine Recon.

The Thickness dialog box appears.

3 Click the Fine Recon. button. to enable the Fine Recon. function.

The value in the Image Mode field is doubled.

You can set the Fine Recon. button to "ON" only when the slice
thickness is 0.625 mm or 1.25 mm.
4 Click OK.
After you set the sequence to Fine Recon., the letter "F" appears at
the beginning of the value shown in the Thickness button in the
Multi Recon. dialog box.

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2.2 Setting Fine Recon. for post reconstruction tasks

From the Thickness drop-down list, select slice thickness.
When the scan type is normal, the Fine Recon. button is displayed. Clicking this
button enables the Fine Recon. function. For details about the Fine Recon. function,
see 2.1 Setting Fine Recon. for scanning.

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3. Flipping Displayed Images (Flip H, Flip V)

To perform a detailed analysis, start Image Viewer before performing the

analysis. For details about Image Viewer, see the operating manual Image
Analysis.

You can flip all the scanned images (except scanogram images) that are
displayed in Image Viewer during radiography.
Note that saved images cannot be flipped.

You cannot flip images when specifying the settings for predict scans.

3.1 Horizontally flipping an image

1 Click the Flip H button in the Ana tool. The button changes to the
concave view.

The image flips horizontally.

3.2 Vertically flipping an image

1 Click the Flip V button in the Ana tool. The button changes to the
concave view.

The image flips vertically.

3.3 Releasing a flipped image

1 Click the button in the concave view to return it to the convex view.
The flipped image returns to normal.

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4. Setting the Display Orientation

You can set the images displayed on the right side of the Scan Viewer during
radiography to show the bottom view of the left side of the scan object.

1 Open the Preference Settings window.

2 Select the Right on Left View with Bottom View(Scan Viewer
Only) check box.

The display orientation can be set for all scanned images (except scanogram
images) that are displayed in the Scan Viewer during radiography.
However, this setting cannot be applied to saved images.

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5. Segmentation
For details about segmentation, see the operating manual Image Analysis.

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