About this task
Use these steps to load a protocol onto your MR system that was saved from another MR system using the Protocol Exchange Export feature.Protocol Exchange allows importing/exporting protocols to your MR system that originate from a hardware configuration that is different from your MR system, to a point.
- For example, you can exchange protocols from a 3.0T GEM system to a 1.5T system. Scan parameter fields that are incompatible between differing platforms are left blank. Therefore, review the scan parameters of imported protocols before they are saved.
- On the other hand, you cannot exchange protocols between a PET/MR system and an MR system because a PET/MR system has bed stations that are not on a MR system.
Step-by-step instructions
- Insert the media into a PC. There are potentially four files for the protocol:
- .image
- Images
- Protocol Exchange folder that has a pdf and html files if you chose to save these files during the export procedure
- .raw (Tar) files that are the files imported to the scanner
- View each image in the Image folder.
- Confirm that there is no patient identifiable information.
- If there is any patient identifiable information on any of the JPEGs, execute the following steps:
- Delete all the protocol exchange folders and files from your PC.
- From the MR source scanner, navigate to the protocol that needs the images corrected.
- Remove the patient identifiable information from the images in the task notes. For details, see Add an image procedure, Erase image information.
- Export the protocol again with the corrected JPEGs that have all patient identifiable information removed. For details, see Export.
