Customer Information Sheet

GENIE Acquisition R4.5

1. Introduction 3. Enhancements
Welcome to the nuclear medicine gamma
camera imaging system from GE Healthcare.
Please take a few moments to read these 3.1. Enhancements - General
important notes on using the
• To solve hardware obsolescence issues
GENIE Acq R4.5 M4 (V014) software with
and improve reliability of the Camera
patches. For detailed operating instructions,
hardware, the I/N board detector interface
refer to the Operator Manual specific to your
is replaced with the Ethernet Detector
system.
Interface (EDI) board. The framing board is
replaced with a standard Ethernet interface
2. Version Information card and software event framing performed
GENIE Acquisition Software: on the host PC. Currently, GENIE Acq
• Release: .................................. R4.5 V014 R4.5 V014 supports EDI and I/N board
hardware configurations.
• CD GENIE Acq R4.5 M4....... LSW500012
• The following computer platforms are
• DAT Tape GENIE Acq R4.5 .. LSW500014
supported by this version:
• Inst Util Disk LynxOS 3.0.1 .. LSW500017
 SuperMicro P4SBR
• Inst Boot Disk LynxOS 3.0.1 LSW500016
 IBM x205
• GENIE Acq Installation
Settings Backup Media ......... LSW000390  Dell 1400SC
• Upgrade Diskette Ver. 03 ...... LSW500023  Dell GX200
• CD with Patches........................................  Dell 1300.
Contains: GA450-05-1, 06-1, 07-0, 08-0, 09-0 Dell 2200 and Intel AltServer are not
supported.
Processing Station Software Version:
• GENIE P&R Release: .......................... 2.6 • The following system types are supported:

• Xpert Release: ............................ 5.13.006  MG

• eNTEGRA: .................................... 2.5202  MPR
• Vision: ......................................... 6.0 LNX  MPS
• Vision: ............................................ 5.2AIX  MyoSIGHT
• Xeleris .................................................. 1.0  MC
• Xeleris .................................................. 1.1  MPT
• Xeleris .................................................. 2.0

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 • Single key operation: Study set up allows images knowing that they are still available
automatic processing of acquired data on on the network.
Xeleris processing stations through the
• GENIE Acq R4.5 enables definition of up
Ignite feature. After a study is completed
to 16 energy sets per energy session. The
and all the acquired data is transferred,
energy session user interface now has a
one or more processing requests are
card per energy set group. Each defines
generated to invoke automatic processing
the energies required to acquire one or
by the Xeleris workstation. Some GE
more images. A persistence toggle button
template protocols are pre-configured to
control in the energy set tab determines
generate automatic processing requests.
whether this energy set will be used in the
The single key operation is a purchased
creation of the persistence image.
software option.
• The gantry initialization procedure has
• GENIE Acq R4.5 has two user interface
been enhanced to give detailed feedback
themes that determine the graphical
on progress. The user interface dialog for
appearance of acquisition computer user
gantry download has been changed to
interface. The Classic theme is the same
reflect the actual time taken.
as in software releases R3.0 and earlier.
The CUI theme has icons, colors and fonts • Detector quality is tested per NEMA
that conform to the GE Healthcare standard. NEMA organization has
Common User Interface standard. published an updated revision, NEMA
2001, which replaces NEMA1994. The
• The Customer Uniformity Analysis (CUA)
new revision, NEMA 2001, is now
tool on the Quality Control card now allows
supported.
CUA images to be acquired for two
detectors simultaneously as well as one • Patient Release PPM has been added for
detector at a time. CUA images may also MG and MyoSIGHT systems in cardiac
be acquired without removing the geometry. The table is retracted, lowered
collimator from the detector using a flood and moved laterally according to the site
source. configured Patient Load Angle.
ELGem27686.
• GENIE Acq R4.5 now supports DICOM
digital capture of the acquisition computer • For systems equipped with ATC, the
screen or part of the screen as an attenuators setup in Blank Scan has been
alternative to printing. Captured images, changed from Width (mm) to Number of
graphs and QC results can be sent to any Attenuator to prevent mistakes which might
configured station on the network for damage image quality. ELGem28125,
archive or printing. ELGem28126.
• GENIE Acq R4.5 supports DICOM storage • ATC support is fully validated in R4.5.
commitment which allows GENIE ELGem29207
Acquisition to request confirmation for • The Quality Control card has been
which another station (e.g. GE centricity reorganized to display a separate group of
PACS) has accepted responsibility for the buttons for ATC systems. ELGem28126
safekeeping of acquired data. A successful
response will allow a user to delete the

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4. Problems Fixed in this • Worklist queries to an Amicas PACS return
no matches when a date range is
Release specified. ELGem15735.
• CUA trend results are not correctly
4.1. Problems Fixed - General managed for more than one energy
session when there are more than 60
• Tomographic scans sent to a processing results in the database. The last result for
station with uniformity or blank scan an energy session or detector may be
correction images may be rejected by some deleted when a new result is acquired.
PACS archive devices such as the E-Film ELGem15627.
PACS. ELGem06705. ELGem21793.
• CUA trend result date, time and order is
• When a scan has been defined and the not preserved when the software is
[Camera On] button is pressed, upgraded from an earlier software version.
intermittently Detector 1 display appears New results have the correct date and time
blank. ELGem12020. and are displayed in the correct order.
• Acquisition software startup intermittently ELGem10710.
fails to initialize the detector high voltage • On L-mode tomographic scans acquired
supply on some detectors. ELGem15862. with zoom 1.6 the zoom was actually set to
• On rare occasions, moving an acquired 1.66666 which introduced an error in the
scan from one study to another using the pixel size. CSO 0403478 /ELGem28055.
Patient Selector drag-and-drop feature can • The DICOM Worklist Date search field is
cause the acquisition software to abruptly not wide enough to hold the whole date
shutdown. ELGem23442. string. ELGem26507.
• Patient gender should be "Other" unless • The number of displayed worklist entries
set to "Male" or "Female" by operator or has been increased from 100 to 200.
from information obtained from another ELGem27672.
system. PQR 13011795, ELGem24458.
• Under some circumstances, duplicate
• Patient dates of birth on 31 October in any study entries can appear in the patient
year are not transferred correctly via selector. ELGem24256.
DICOM. PQR 13012059/ ELGem24531.
• Before confirming automatic motion during
• Patient names that contain backslash "\" setup of circular or elliptical Tomo on
characters can cause multiple patients to MyoSIGHT systems, ensure that the
be created when the acquired data is detector is free to move and will not collide
transferred to an eNTegra processing with the patient or table. ELGem15096.
station. PQR 13009174, ELGem23430.
• GENIE Acq R4.5 does not correctly
• Intermittently, some Millennium systems recognize Patient names sent by PACS
show a straight line artifact at the edge of systems, that include a comma "," between
the image. PQR 10111599, ELGem11506, the first and last name. ELGem28851.
ELGem22039.
• The uniformity correction date and time
that is stored with the CUA trend
parameters, is the original creation date of

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 the correction, not the date and time that it calibration" warning message to be
was last updated. ELGem31301. displayed. ELGem28725.
• Collision Sensor tests could be postponed • Acquiring with some zoom factors can
indefinitely by pressing the Emergency cause a central cross artifact that is
Stop. ELGem29023. particularly noticeable at larger matrix
sizes. ELGem33023.
• Occasionally a problem occurs when
starting a SuperMicro P4SBR PC that • Stop and Resume during a whole body
causes all network operations to fail. Mains scan causes various image artifacts and
power must be shut down and restored to scanning problems. ELGem34374.
clear the problem. ELGem65633.
• On long dynamic scans, the display will not
• When automatic network send is enabled be updated after 15 minutes of scanning.
and in progress the acquisition software Data is not lost, and scan is completed
may shutdown abruptly. The problem is normally. ELGem34164.
intermittent and its frequency varies from
• Count rates above 500 kcnts cause an EDI
system to system. ELGem34766.
detector to stop sending event data until
• Tomo and gated tomo scans sent to third gantry power is shut down and restored.
party processing stations using the DICOM No events are displayed. ELGem26058.
protocol can show a reconstruction artifact
• Dynamic scans with longer frame
that appears as a dislocation of the heart
durations appear to freeze if stopped and
wall for cardiac planar or gated tomo
then resumed or restarted. The problem is
scans. The problem can occur on all
particularly noticeable with frame durations
GENIE Acq single detector systems when
of 30 seconds or more. ELGem40725.
the DICOM or DICOM:OTHER network
model is used for a remote station.
Tomo and gated tomo data from Millennium 4.3. Problems Fixed Specific to
single detector systems should only be MG/MC/MyoSIGHT
reconstructed using a Xeleris, Xpert,
GENIE P&R or eNTegra processing • Performing Customer Uniformity Analysis
station. ELGem69142. using an AC (attenuation correction)
energy session on systems with
transmission scanning produced invalid
4.2. Problems Fixed Specific to images containing no counts.
Systems with EDI Detectors ELGem21029.
• Dual detector dynamic scans can be set up
• Intermittently, the acquisition software may
to acquire frames faster than the
freeze after starting a scan, losing the data
recommended performance limit of the
acquired and requiring the PC to be reset
system. [Camera On] is available and, if
to recover. ELGem39518.
the scan is started, it may fail.
• On systems with detectors that have ELGem19704.
well-calibrated PM tubes, the first time that
• Similarly, Dual detector dynamic and tomo
[Camera On] is pressed after power up
scans can be set up to require more
may cause a "Detector outside range of
memory than is available for acquisition.

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 [Camera On] is available and, if the scan is Before patients are placed on the table,
started, it will fail immediately. activate a short lateral motion by the
ELGem19707. handset key. This will hold the lateral axis
in place. If the table lateral axis is manually
• Resuming a tomo scan with transmission
moved, it may be necessary to recalibrate.
scanning after emergency stop or a
PQR1004492/ ELGem06005.
collision may fail with an error. Resuming a
second time will clear the error and allow
the scan to continue. ELGem10395.
4.4. Problems Fixed Specific to
• On rare occasions, tomo scan set up may MyoSIGHT Only
halt with the [Start] button unavailable. An
emergency stop or collision will clear the • The patient load angle configuration is
problem and allow set up to be performed specified in degrees. The configuration is
successfully. ELGem11064. changed to set the load/unload patient as
• If an ABC (Automatic Body Contour) tomo from right/left of the table/gantry.
scan is interrupted by moving the table ELGem15559.
vertical or lateral, a motion error can
prevent the scan from being resumed.
Resuming several times will clear the error
and allow the scan to continue.
ELGem11995.
• On rare occasions, when an emergency
stop or collision interrupts roll motion for a
tomo scan, a motion error can prevent the
scan being resumed. The scan must be
restarted. ELGem12593.
• Adding new energy sets to both detectors
can cause invalid energy setup.
ELGem22040
• Pressing [Stop] and [Resume] during the
transmission phase of the final view of an
AC tomo scan prevents the emission data
from being stored. ELGem12428.
• On an MG system with ABC, after a long
period of inactivity on the system, the
GENIE Acquisition software may become
unresponsive during scan setup. The
acquisition computer must be reset to
recover. ELGem11515.
• There is no brake on the table lateral axis.
After the detector 2 radial axis is moved,
the table lateral can be manually pushed.

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5. Limitations the Cine or Single Step functions to review
the image frames and the correct frame
numbers are displayed. ELGem08825.
5.1. Limitations - General • When using the pull-down menus on the
ToDo or Template cards, sub-menus may
• Avoid transferring data to another station
be displayed in the wrong position, hiding
while it is being acquired; wait until the
the lowest menu entries. To recover,
scan is complete. If data is transferred
reselect the required pull-down menu.
while it is being acquired, delete it from the
GNPge02952, ELGem26508.
receiving station and send again.
ELGem10974. • If a large scan, such as a gated tomo, is
set up when the disk is nearly full, then
• Digital capture of some screen areas can
creation of temporary files may cause the
not be sent to remote station for printing.
scan to fail. Do not acquire new scans with
Upon failure the network log card shows
the disk greater than 95% full.
that the transfer was cancelled. The
GNPge06692.
following screen areas’ digital capture fails:
• If the number of user templates or groups
 CUA differential trend graph
of templates exceed 150, entries at the
 Patient images using the mouse end of the Template list may not be visible.
right click button both during Limit the number of user templates to 150.
acquisition and from the Review ELGem02952.
card. ELGem23995. • If the number of studies in the ToDo list
• Intermittently, the keyboard may be exceeds 200, entries at the end of the list
disabled at the login screen and the may not be visible on the screen. Limit the
acquisition computer must be reset to number of studies to 200. ELGem02952.
recover. ELGem14838, ELGem13847,
ELGem12863, PQR1025871, • When a learn mode whole body scan is
PQR1027333, PQR1027334. stopped during table motion, the scan can
not be resumed. ELGem02305.
• Rapid clicking on the middle mouse button
when moving series can cause an • Avoid sending a scan with processing
incorrect menu to be displayed and, in requests to more than one processing
extreme circumstances, can cause the station at the same time. Wait until the data
software to fail. ELGem04053. is sent to one processing station before
sending to another station. ELGem24332.
• Intermittently for some types of mouse
devices, the mouse pointer can not be • Sometimes system will request to select
controlled at the login screen. The cursor [Change] although no change was done.
stays at the top right corner of the screen. ELGem26009.
To recover, press <Ctrl><Alt><Backspace> • Queued network jobs can not be cancelled
simultaneously to redisplay the login and prevent GENIE Acq. Shutdown.
screen. ELGem13583. ELGem26024.
• When using the Review Card, incorrect • Sending Secondary Capture to some
frame numbers can be displayed while PACS systems may fail. ELGem28096.
scrolling through multi-frame images. Use

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 • Enterprise PACS does not respond to the • Worklist entries that appear to be matched
GENIE Acq R4.5 Storage Commit may create empty studies when added to
Function, thus it can not be used on this the ToDo list. The accession number and
PACS machine. ELGem27396. requested procedure ID are not set. All
scans for the specified protocol must be
• It is recommended to shutdown the
created manually using the ToDo List
acquisition computer every evening,
otherwise, system freeze may be occur. Add →Scans menu option.
ELGem28611. ELGem28850.
• GENIE Acq R4.5 allows selection of up to • Restarting the acquisition software while a
15 energy windows. To select more than Pinhole collimator is fitted or a collision or
one window, click on the required emergency stop is in effect causes all axis
windows. The "ALL" option to select all calibration information to be lost. Axis
windows does not work. ELGem28713. positions are displayed as "---". No scans
that require motion can be performed until
• Avoid deleting study/scan during the condition is cleared and the axes are
auto-send and auto-processing (by the recalibrated.
Ignite feature). ELGem33114.
• The table does not automatically center If the acquisition software must be
laterally at start of a whole body scan. To restarted while a Pinhole collimator is fitted
automatically center the table lateral axis, or a collision or emergency stop is in effect,
set the Move option menu on the press and hold the Motion Enable button
Start/Stop card to Extend Table. This will while the Acquisition User Interface
automatically center the lateral axis and software is starting to retain the axis
fully extend the table as part of whole body calibration information. ELGem67362.
set up. ELGem33710. • After 10,000 scans have been acquired,
• Stop and Store may sometimes take up to some systems fail when sending new
20 seconds to complete, which may give uniformity or blank scan corrections to
the impression that the acquisition Xeleris with a DICOM translation error. The
software is frozen. Wait a few seconds for problem can be overcome by backing up
the system to recover. ELGem34380. the corrections and user templates,
ELGem34380. creating a new database and then
restoring the corrections and user
• Sometimes, when Stress Gated Studies
templates. ELGem64338.
are automatically transferred to Xeleris, the
computer logs off (to the login screen). • After selecting the Print Screen button,
Manually transfer the studies to Xeleris, wait a few seconds for the operation to
using Manual mode to avoid this problem. complete before printing again. Rapid
ELGem34766. repeated selection of Print Screen can
cause the acquisition software to fail
• DICOM Worklist queries by date for 31
abruptly and return to the login screen.
October are marked as an error and are
ELGem67374.
not permitted. Instead, query with a date
range of 30/10 to 1/11. The Worklist entries • When selecting a scan in the To Do list,
returned will include all those scheduled for take care to position the mouse pointer
31 October. ELGem36462. within the scan icon. Selecting the scan

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 with the mouse pointer on the edge of the • A continuous scan that ends at the limit of
icon can cause the scan to flash roll motion may fail immediately after start.
repeatedly. In some cases, the acquisition Changing the scan angle or scan direction
software can become slow to respond or will allow the scan to be performed.
may fail abruptly and return to the login ELGem13625.
screen. ELGem67714.
• Intermittently, changing the name of a
5.3. Limitations Specific to
Template Group, creates a grayed out
menu option for the previous name in the Systems with EDI Detectors
ToDo List Add menu. ELGem36128.
• Interrupting a Blank Scan while the
transmission source is moving will cause
5.2. Limitations Specific to the acquisition software to freeze. To
recover, press <Ctrl><Alt><Backspace>
MG/MC/ MyoSIGHT simultaneously to redisplay the login
screen. ELGem33753.
• When performing whole body tomography
on very large patients using the automatic • If a detector PMT working point is close to
body contouring option, setup must be its limit, the regular working point check
started at 0°. ELGem11992. can fail, causing the acquisition software to
freeze. The problem can be avoided by
• When performing whole body scans, the
changing the working point range values in
patient table should be fully extended
the site configuration file. ELGem66790.
before the scan begins. This avoids
problems caused by the extended • On MPS systems only, whole body images
stretcher flexing under the weight. are not acquired correctly when the default
ELGem10976. settings are used. Whole body scans are
acquired correctly if the Mirror option on
• On rare occasions, the gantry does not
the Image set up card is selected.
respond to Tomo setup and the [Start]
ELGem40603.
button becomes inactive. Restarting the
software resolves this problem. • Rarely, a distinctive image artifact may be
ELGem11064. seen, on one or both detectors, typically
after the system is left unused overnight or
• Elliptical tomo setup for large patients may
for a longer period. The image appears as
fail or be rejected as the system can not
a bright, broad, domed central region
guarantee a collision-free orbit. Use
overlaid with multiple dark horizontal and
circular tomo instead. PQR 1013657/
vertical lines. The pattern changes with
ELGem080187.
image zoom and persists if the software is
• An axis may make a humming sound when restarted. The problem can be cleared by
motion has stopped. This sound does not shutting down the system and restoring
impair operation of the table or gantry in gantry power. ELGem67630.
any way. To stop the sound, momentarily
• Acquiring a single frame dynamic scan
press the handset key of the axis that is
causes the acquisition software to freeze.
humming. GNPge04117.
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5.4. Limitations Specific to 6. Release Notes
Systems with IN Detectors
• Scans set to start on time or count rate 6.1. Release Notes - General
may actually start immediately. The
problem effects all scan types. Sometimes • The acquisition software should be
the scan will start as intended, having shutdown once per day to improve long
waited for the correct time delay or the term operational reliability.
correct count rate to be achieved. This • Before activating gantry transition (Cardiac
gives poor or unacceptable results for to opposed or vice versa), the table
clinical protocols that use this feature, such extender must be removed to avoid
as Hepatobiliary protocols. ELGem66863. collision with the detector heads.
• Avoid using the handset to move axes
while an automatic motion is in progress as
the intended motion may be interrupted or
subsequent motion may fail to start. Press
the emergency stop or collision to clear a
temporary motion problem. ELGem12357.
• The "Loading Calibration Data" message is
displayed in the image area for a short time
while the detectors are initialized. This is
normal and occurs immediately after
startup or when the calibration or
corrections are changed. A scan can not
be started until the detector is initialized.
• While booting the computer, a message
appears "xdm will now start up the
Xwindow session...". Immediately after the
message, a text mode login prompt
appears. Do not attempt to login at this
stage, wait for a graphical login screen to
appear. If you attempted to login at the text
login, abort and reboot the system.
• While a query is in progress, the “Worklist”
card displays Querying, together with the
number of matches found so far. Once the
query is complete, Querying is no longer
displayed and the Query button becomes
available again. If no matches are found,
the list remains empty, and the state shows
0 of 0.

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 • When the name of a patient obtained by a • When changing detector settings for dual
Worklist query is changed, a conflict detector scans, ensure that changes are
occurs if another Worklist query is added to made for both detectors on the Energy set
the ToDo list for the same patient. The up card.
Choose Patient dialog is displayed to
• GENIE Acq R4.5 does not capture protocol
confirm which patient name is correct.
specific data fields, such as patient data
• When a study obtained by Worklist query is used in renal protocols. These values will
moved to a different patient on the remote need to be saved and entered at the
information system, a conflict occurs if processing station when the processing
another Worklist entry is added to the ToDo protocol is run.
list for the same study. The Choose Patient
• The count rate displayed after
dialog is displayed to confirm which patient
[Camera On] may indicate a lower reading
the study is for.
than it actually is, particularly at very high
• If an invalid ROI is specified (e.g. a one- count rates above 300 K Counts. However
pixel ROI), the system will convert it to the the count rate display is accurate once an
closest valid ROI, and highlight the acquisition is started.
[Change] button to allow acknowledgment
• Avoid pressing [Camera Off] after Whole
of the modification.
Body Tomo has been started, as this could
• When accessing a correction, ìwhiting-out cause incorrect positioning during
of the respective correction menu on the subsequent scans. Use [Stop] and
Isotope tab of the Energy card, indicates [Resume] to suspend Whole Body Tomo
an error. The Energy card tab is also scans.
"whited out". Since the contrast is limited,
• Special care must be taken while deleting
look carefully for fields that are “whited
scans within a study for which a scan is
out”. This is particularly true in the Classic
being actively acquired. Data corruption
user interface.
will occur if a scan is deleted while it is
• If an acquisition is interrupted due to a being acquired. ELGem24733.
power failure, for example, it will remain
• Care must be taken in utilizing automatic
marked as Acquiring in the patient selector
start with No Setup to perform a sequence
and scan selector.
of scans. With no gantry setup, the
• When creating user energy session protocol designer must ensure that the
templates, select the energy card [New] ending position of the first scan is
button and then change the text field to the compatible with the starting position of the
desired name. Do not change the name next scan or collision between the gantry
before selecting [New] since doing so and the table may occur.
would rename the template energy session
• Detectors with marginal detector tuning
and cause problems later.
may cause a warning dialog to be
• After pressing [Camera On], do not use the displayed when [Camera On] is pressed.
ToDo list → Edit→Delete Scan menu The dialog text informs the user that the
option or the Patient Selector [Delete] detector tuning and image quality should
button. Cancel the scan using be checked. Contact the local service
[Camera Off] and then delete the scan. engineer if prompted. The warning will be

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 displayed only once every three hours If the gated scan is stopped for any reason,
while the detector tuning requires the non-gated scan may be acquired
adjustment. instead and, if possible, will automatically
reuse the previous tomo set up.
• For a Whole Body Tomo scan, each tomo
PQR 10213300, ELGem16219.
scan must be acquired at the same table
height to ensure that the acquired data can
be reconstructed correctly.
6.2. Release Notes Specific to
• Whole body tomography is recommended MPR/S/T
using the automatic body contouring
option. It is possible to perform whole body • To avoid collisions with the table and
tomography without this option but the detectors, take care when using the
initial setup must define detector radius handset to move the detectors and table.
large enough for the largest part of the
patient.
• When performing whole body tomography
6.3. Release Notes Specific to
on very large patients ensure that the table MyoSIGHT
height is set so as to center the largest part
• On MyoSIGHT systems, care must be
of the patient in the field of view of the
taken when positioning the detectors and
detectors.
table using the handset, to avoid a risk of
• If the floor is not level the table lateral axis collision.
motor may not have sufficient torque to
move in one direction.
• Changes to GE template energy sessions
6.4. Release Notes Specific to
are not backed up by the Backup Restore Networking
Utility. If custom energy sessions are
required, create user template energy • Trigger data is only sent with single phase
sessions instead. Dynamics scans. Trigger data is not sent
for Dynamic scans that have more than
• If a collision or emergency stop occurs one phase.
during a geometry change, system stops
without any message. In order to resume • Patient age will only be transferred
scan, activate Opposed Geometry PPM. correctly via DICOM if it is entered as a
ELGem09342. whole number of years between 1 and 99
inclusive. ELGem15278.
• For gated tomo scans, it is recommended
to create a template containing a gated • Patient date of birth must only be entered
tomo and a non-gated tomo scan. All of the in these formats: - YYYYMMDD or
tomo set up parameters should be the YYYY.MM.DD (YYYY is the year, MM is
same, allowing either scan to be acquired the month and DD is the day of the month).
from the same start position. The For example, 1960.12.26 corresponds to
non-gated scan should be set to "No 26th December 1960. If a date of birth is
Setup" and the template should be used entered in any other form, it will not be sent
for all cardiac patients. to a remote station. ELGem02952.

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 • If a network transfer fails, check the
network Log Card for details.
• User defined template protocols should
use the same "Processing Tag" as the
closest equivalent GE template protocol.
The Processing Tag is defined on the
Study set up card and is set from the
template protocol when the study is first
added to the Acquisition Card ToDo list.
GENIE P&R, eNTegra and Xeleris
processing stations display the Processing
Tag as the Study Name and may use it to
select appropriate processing for the
acquired data.
• The default DICOM network timeout
values may not be appropriate for all sites.
In particular, the default C-Store timeout of
180 seconds may be insufficient for slow or
heavily loaded networks. Consider
increasing the C-Store timeout to 600
seconds using the st_config Advanced
Network Configuration menu.
ELGem41180.

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