GE Healthcare · MRExcite

Error Message Running BAT

Symptom

Getting Message Exciter Analysis Failed: Max values = xxxxx when running BAT. See attached file for BACC phase correction plot and long description. When running BAT tool, the FE may notice an error message in the BAT tool window that says "Exciter Analysis Failed: Max values = xxxxx". The resulting BACC phase data will have "glitch" at freq=0. The FE noticed a sharp discontinuity at about the freq=0 point in the phase correction plot. See attached file for BACC phase correction plot showing this discontinuity.

Error message

Exciter Analysis Failed The EPI Images will be severely ghosted if the BACC values are incorrectly generated. When running BAT tool, the FE may notice an error message in the BAT tool window that says "Exciter Analysis Failed: Max values = xxxxx". The resulting BACC phase data will have "glitch" at freq=0. The FE noticed a sharp discontinuity at about the freq=0 point in the phase correction plot. See attached file for BACC phase correction plot showing this discontinuity. The EPI Images will be severely ghosted if the BACC values are incorrectly generated. When running BAT tool, the FE may notice an error message in the BAT tool window that says "Exciter Analysis Failed: Max values = xxxxx". The resulting BACC phase data will have "glitch" at freq=0. The FE noticed a sharp discontinuity at about the freq=0 point in the phase correction plot. See attached file for BACC phase correction plot showing this discontinuity.

Applies to

Models
Excite
Product
Excite HD For 12.0 1.5T Systems only.
Software
12.0 Excite HD and 3T Excite HD products only
Area
MR

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