Error conditionX-ray / tube

2142 — Exposure pause time short : X-ray interruption is less than the minimum on Dual energy and Helical shuttle.

Canon Medical (Toshiba) CT error code, reported by the console error system (EMS).

What 2142 means

On Aquilion 16 and Aquilion RX and Aquilion ONE and Aquilion S16 and Asteion Super4 and Activion16 CT systems, status code 2142 indicates: Exposure pause time short : X-ray interruption is less than the minimum on Dual energy and Helical shuttle.. The code originates in the X-ray / tube section of the console error system (EMS). Severity level error (Error condition).

Reported action: X-ray Exposure Cotrol. An error was detected in the x-ray exposure control system. Solution - This may be an intermittent problem and you may be able to continue scanning. If the problem persists call service..

Reported by the Toshiba/Canon CT console error system (errmsg.eng / EMS error message table), shared across the Aquilion, Asteion and Activion CT platforms.

Full troubleshooting for 2142

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Related X-ray / tube codes

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Related service procedures

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Source: errmsg.eng — Toshiba/Canon CT console (EMS) error message table. Reference information re-authored by FSELIB — not a copy of the OEM manual.