GE Healthcare · MRExcite2218650

Legacy connector pins were damaged preventing a good coil connection.

Symptom

4 Channel Coils Have Some Channels Without Signal - 8 Channel Coils Work OK Customer is trying to scan with some older 4 channel coil configurations such as USCTLTOP, TORSOPA, etc. However, whenever they do, they get some of the channels completely dead. 8 Channel Head and NV Arrays are fine which indicates the receivers and multi coil hardware is all OK.

Error message

2218650 Coil ID Warning Information returned from the coil indicates the coil does not contain a valid ID Fri Sep 7 10:15:12 2007 Error: 2218650 Host: SLMER-LX Process: scn File: SCP:SRI Line: 575 Coil ID Warning. Information returned from the coil indicates the coil does not contain a valid ID. An older coil that has not been upgraded with coil ID

Applies to

Models
Excite
Product
Excite Includes Excite 1 and Excite 2, 10.0, 11.0 and 11.1 Software.
Software
11.0 Only for 1.5T Excite product. 12.0 is Excite HD and 14.0 is Excite HDx. Note, 3T Excite goes with software G3, not 11.0 or 11.1.
Component
2296093-2 1.5T Integrated MultiCoil Assembly
Area
MR

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