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Date: Aug 29, 2022 5:49:04 PM

About this manual

This section explains the purpose and design of this operator manual. It is an introduction to the manual, providing information on the purpose, prerequisite skills, organization, format, and graphic conventions that identify the visual symbols used throughout the manual.

Important: The manual does not identify components or features that are standard or purchasable options. Therefore, if a feature or component included in the manual is not on your system, it is either not available on your system configuration or your site has not purchased the option.

Safety information

Please refer to the safety chapter. The MR safety chapter describes the safety information you and the physicians must understand thoroughly before you begin to use the system. If you need additional training, seek assistance from qualified GE personnel.

The equipment is intended for use by qualified personnel only.

This manual should be kept with the equipment and should be readily available at all times. It is important for you to periodically review the procedures and safety precautions. It is important to read and understand the contents of this manual before attempting to use this product.

Federal Law restricts this device to sale, distribution, and use by or on the order of a physician.

Safety notices

Residual risks are communicated in this manual as limitations, contra-indications, precautions or warnings.

The following safety notices are used to emphasize certain safety instructions. This manual uses the international symbol along with the danger, warning, or caution message. This section also describes the purpose of an Important notice and a Note.

DANGER

Danger is used to identify conditions or actions for which a specific hazard is known to exist that will cause severe personal injury, death, or substantial property damage if the instructions are ignored.

Warning

Warning is used to identify conditions or actions for which a specific hazard is known to exist that may cause severe personal injury, death, or substantial property damage if the instructions are ignored.

CAUTION

Caution is used to identify conditions or actions for which a potential hazard may exist that will or can cause minor personal injury or property damage if the instructions are ignored.

CAUTION

Coil Caution is used to identify conditions or actions for which a potential hazard of crossing or looping coil cables may exist that will or can cause minor personal injury or property damage if the instructions are ignored.

CAUTION

Pinch Point Caution is used to identify conditions or actions that will or can cause personal injury.

Important indicates information where adherence to procedures is crucial or where your comprehension is necessary to apply a concept or effectively use the product.

Note provides additional information that is helpful to you. It may emphasize certain information regarding special tools or techniques, items to check before proceeding, or factors to consider about a concept or task.

Troubleshooting tips provide information that allow you to investigate the resolution of some type of problem, locate the difficulty, and make adjustments to solve the problem.

Purpose of this manual

This manual is written for health care professionals (namely, the MR technologist) to provide the necessary information relating to the proper operation of this system. The manual is intended to teach you the system components and features necessary to use your MR system to its maximum potential. It is not intended to teach magnetic resonance imaging or to make any type of clinical diagnosis.

This operator manual should be kept with the equipment at all times. It is important for you to periodically review the procedures and safety precautions. It is important for you to read and understand the contents of this manual before attempting to use this product.

The medium, format, content, legibility, and location of the manual is appropriate to the device, its intended purpose and the technical knowledge, experience, education or training of the user. The instructions are written in terms readily understood by the user and, where appropriate, are supplemented with drawings and diagrams.

This operator manual is originally written in English.

Electronic Instructions for Use

Your device is delivered with the electronic Instructions For Use (eIFU) logo. The electronic Instructions For Use (eIFU) symbol means that the operator manual can be viewed from your system or from a PC. To open the operator manual on your system, click the Operator Manual icon () located on the footer of the screen.

To access eIFU in a pdf format from the internet, see instruction in the MR Multilanguage Operator Documentation Introduction, e-User Leaflet, delivered with your MR system.

Prerequisite skills

This manual is not intended to teach the principles of magnetic resonance imaging. It is necessary for you to have sufficient knowledge to competently perform the various diagnostic imaging procedures within your modality. This knowledge is gained through a variety of educational methods, including clinical working experience, hospital-based programs, or classes offered by many college and university Radiologic Technology diagnostic imaging programs.

User profile

MR worker: MR workers are generally Radiology technologists.

MR Professional: MR Professional are generally Radiologists who use the results from an MR exam to influence patient management..

Service Engineer: A Service Engineer may be an employee of GEHC, third party service group, or an employee of the customer in-house systems support department. They may be dedicated to a specific clinic or geographic area

Pop-up windows and text fields

Pop-up message windows require an acknowledgment. Respond to the message and continue on with the workflow. Note that most procedures in the manual do not identify pop-up messages since the appearance of a message varies based on the workflow.

If there are multiple floating window on the screen, click on the window title to bring it in front or close the window in front to access the windows that is behind it. If when you click on the window and it does not come forward, then press and hold the Shift button and click on the window to bring it forward.

If the system displays a text box in which you are unable to enter text, press and hold the Shift button and click in the text box.

Graphic conventions and legends

This manual uses special conventions for images and legends to make it easier for you to work with the information. The table below describes the conventions used when working with menus, buttons, text boxes, and keyboard keys.

Table 1. Graphic conventions
Example	Description
UI conventions	Blue text indicates a link to another topic.
Select	Select an option in a check box or radial button and selecting a tab.
Press Enter	Press a hard key on the keyboard.
Press and hold Shift	Press and holding down a hard key on the keyboard.
Click Viewer	A button label or Interface button name that you actively click. If there is a reference to a button label that is not actively clicked, it is not displayed as bold or italic.
In the Spacing field...	The name of field in which you can select or type text.
Type supine in the Patient Position text box	Text you enter into a field box followed by pressing the Enter key on the keyboard.
Select Sort > Sort by date	The pathway of selecting option(s) in a pull-down menu.
Ctrl X simultaneously	Press and hold the Control button on the keyboard and simultaneously press the X button on the keyboard. Ctrl is the abbreviation used for the Control keyboard button, and ALT is the abbreviation used for the Alternative keyboard.
"message"	A system message prompt is in quotations.
Cancel/Close	Cancel/Close typically closes a screen without executing the changes on the screen. The instructions to Cancel/Close are typically not included in procedures in this manual.