ProcedureDetector/DASSetup & CalibrationMeasure

Calibration data acquisition (NRA / air calibration)

Acquire NRA (phantom-based) and air (no-phantom) calibration data for every field-of-view, scan-mode and tube-voltage combination the site requires, from the console's Calibration data acquisition window, in the manual's own recommended order — the Installation volume's full copy of the same workflow that Section 23 of the installation flow, and the DAS and Software volumes, all point back to.

Applies to
Aquilion 16 (TSX-101A) — Installation volume 2C201-160E*F, Appendix 28.8 "Calibration Data Acquisition (NRA/air calibration)" (p.204-213). This appendix is the Installation volume's own full copy of the same NRA/air-calibration workflow already authored from the Software volume (2D260-074E*B §3.4, p.45-54, see toshiba-ct-aquilion16-software-calibration-nra-air-acquisition) and pointed to only briefly from the DAS volume (2D201-065E*D §6.2.3, p.96, see toshiba-ct-aquilion16-das-calibration-data-acquisition) — three volumes describing the same console function from three different service situations. Positioned in the Installation volume's own appendix sequence between Appendix 28.7 ("Interlock positions and interlock test procedures," p.195-203) and Appendix 28.9 ("Network installation conditions," p.214). Within the main installation flow itself, Section 23, "Acquiring Calibration Data" (p.135-137, the closing step of the final gantry-couch check and system test — see toshiba-ct-aquilion16-install-final-gantry-couch-check-system-test), is the short pointer a technician performing a first-time installation follows into this appendix for the full procedure. Unlike the Software volume's own copy of this section, whose text extraction lost the flow chart's node-routing labels (Figure 3.4-10), this appendix's own window-description labels "(a) Menu / (b) Display / (c) Acq / (d) Maintenance" and its own flow-chart node text (Appendix 28.8.5) both extracted intact — the Software atom's own Step Group 4 cites this appendix by name as the clearer copy used to reconstruct its routing. This atom's own sourceRef remains the Installation volume, p.204-213.
Personnel
Intermediate — open Calibration data acquisition from Utility > Maintenance, distinguish the NRA (phantom-based) and Air Calib (no-phantom) workflows, set Acq Mode/Tube Voltage/Scan Mode/FOV conditions, run and interpret the interactive phantom-positioning scan sequence, manage the 400-condition storage limit via Delete, and follow the recommended FOV acquisition order (LL to SS); assumes phantom handling and console navigation familiarity, no board-level work or disassembly. (Skill assessment derived from procedure content — not an OEM-stated skill level.)
Steps
18 steps
Source
2C201-160E*F p.204-213

Tools & parts

ItemPart numberQty
Water phantom, sized to match the FOV being calibrated (LL/L/M/S/SS)n/a in source1

Safety

NOTICE

Hazard: Performing calibration data acquisition before waiting at least 3 hours after system power-ON for detector stabilization.

Consequence: The acquired images may contain ring artifacts.

Avoidance: Wait for at least 3 hours after the power is turned ON to allow stabilization of the detector before performing calibration data acquisition.

Full step-by-step for Calibration data acquisition (NRA / air calibration)

All 18 steps are documented in the FSELIB Aquilion 16 (TSX-101A) service manual — re-authored, web-first, with the real figures from the source.

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Source: 2C201-160E*F p.204-213. Preview re-authored by FSELIB — the full procedure with figures and steps is in the paid service manual.