GE Healthcare · MRExcite
DQA Slice Location test is sensitive to Phantom positioning.
Symptom
SPT Head Quick Check fails With A serious problem has been detected which will impact image quality
Error message
Wrong slice location has been detected. GE advises against scanning patients until this has been corrected. A serious problem has been detected which will impact image quality. This message appears to the operator at the end of the SPT Head Quick Check test: "A serious problem has been detected which will impact image quality".
Applies to
- Models
- Excite
- Product
- Excite Includes Excite 1 and Excite 2, 10.0, 11.0 and 11.1 Software.
- Software
- 11.1 For product 1.5T Excite only. Note, 3T Excite goes with software G3, not 11.0 or 11.1.
- Area
- MR
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