AS_Multi_Dual_Console1

Aquilion / Asteion
MULTISLICE CONSOLES
CKCN-009A (Multi)
CKCN-009B (Asteion/Dual)

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 Multi

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 Dual

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 • Functions
• Multi versus Dual
• Installation
• Block diagram
• Components

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 Functions
• Scan control
• Reconstruction (“MARS” boards)
• Image display
• Image Processing

• Data storage disks for image data and for raw data
• Data archive to MOD (image and raw data, system
software)
• Data archive to network (to workstation, printer, hospital)

• Two computers: “Scan” and “Display” (Dual system: one

computer)

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 Functions
Scan Console Display Console
Scan Control YES NO
Image Viewing YES YES
Image Processing (simple) YES YES
Image Processing (Alato) NO YES
Image Reconstruction YES NO
Image Storage on HDD YES YES
Raw Data Storage on HDD YES NO
Image Storage on MOD NO YES
Raw Data Storage on MOD NO YES
Image Printing ≥V1.5: YES YES
Image Transfer NO YES

For standard Asteion/Dual: YES (only one computer; Anetplus is option)

Scan console; Aq-main, As-main

Display console; Image Processing system; Anet; Aq-sub; As-sub

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 Comparison
Navibox Dual Multi
Width 1110 mm 1010 mm
Depth 500 mm 420 mm
CNN panel Two One

The larger size of the Navibox for Dual is mainly to improve the
accessibility for service.

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 Comparison

Monitor Dual Multi

Manufacturer Eizo Nanao Barco
Size 55 cm (21inch) 55 cm (21inch)
Signal cable D-sub BNC
Cable length 6m 1.5 m
Dot pitch 0.25 mm 0.28 mm
Power cable 5m 2m

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 Comparison

Dual Multi
Keyboard
Cable length 6m 2m
HUB 100BASE 10BASE,100BASE;
or one 100BASE
HUB only

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 Comparison

Computer Dual Multi (Scan side)

CPU R5k300MHz R5k300MHz
Memory 256 MB 256 MB
PCI slot FC card FC card
Disk 9 GB 9 GB (system)
2nd disk optional (18 GB) 9 GB (image data)
SCSI MOD external (CNN panel)

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 Comparison

Dual Multi (Scan console)

RDD 18 GB (Optional 18 GB x 3
extra 18 GB disk)
MARS 7 10
RTM, memory 64MB 32MB
RTM, CPU 366 MHz 233 MHz

The RTM on Dual performs post-processing jobs like IRFC and BHC, for which
it is equipped with extra memory.

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 Installation

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Power and TB2

Gantry control
cable connection
100V

Console rear view Console side view

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 Installation (Multi)

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Power and
Gantry control
cable connection
100V

Console rear view Console side view

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 Feed-through (Dual console only)

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 AC power outputs
Caution
• 100 VAC
• 4.5 A

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 Site Planning: Transformer
System
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former transformer here !!

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System
Trans-
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 Multislice Blockdiagram
Gantry
DAS SS/ADI2
cPCI-chassis
data-link
Scan
Scan RDD
Console ARRAY RTM-D
Console
SDRAM
PRE MARS MARS MARS
IMG FC DTB MARS #1 #2 #9
RTM
HDD CARD fibre channel

cPCI bus

ethernet

Display
Display
Console
Console
SCSI
HUB 2
HUB 1
MOD IMG
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 Asteion/Dual Blockdiagram
Gantry, DAS Gantry, control SS/ADI2
cPCI-chassis
data-link

O2 RDD RTM-D
W.S. ARRAY
PRE MARS MARS MARS
DTB
MARS #1 #2 #6
RTM
SYS FC Fiber
IMG CARD Channel
cPCI bus

ethernet
SCSI
MOD
HUB
ethernet
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 Multislice console front view
ANET
Image
Raw Data Disk array HDD

cPCI chassis HUB’s

MOD

Console

Console
Display
Scan

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 External connections
Monitors Video Out

DAS
(video flash)

Ethernet
Connected to
rear of HUB1
Gantry SCSI
(Scan Console)
Keyboards

Intercom

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 multi only
Barco Monitor
• High brightness and contrast
• Required calibration with adjustment tool
• Built-in calibration program
• Optimizer adjustment tool (X-rite DTP-92)

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 Hybrid Keyboard
• Connects to the R5K O2 with the:
– Keyboard connection
– Mouse connection
– Microphone
• Connects to SS/ADI2 for Gantry Control Functions

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 Display Console: Keyboard
• Same as Scan Keyboard without Scan keys.
Connection cable is different!

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 Scan Console

• User interface for scanning

• Scan control
• Image reconstruction
– Images are sent to the display console automatically
• Reconstruction retry
– Images are sent to the display console automatically
• Image processing (filtering, rotation, etc).

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 Scan Console Specifications
O2 Silicon Graphics workstation
• CPU R5K
• Memory 256 MB 300 MHz SDRAM
• Storage 3.5” HDD 9GB (System HDD)
• Storage only multi 3.5” HDD 9GB (Image HDD)
• FC-AL Fibre Channel Data bus
interface

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 O2 R5K
1) System Module
a) SCSI
b) Parallel I/O
CD-ROM
c) Monitor
d) Ethernet
e) Serial 2
f) Serial 1
g) Keyboard
h) Mouse
2) HDD (System)
2a) Blank/Image disk
3) Audio/Video Unit
4) Power Unit
5) Frame

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 Multi: System & Image HDD

4 GByte system Disk 9 GByte Image Disk

Internal in O2 Internal in O2

/ct
CT Software s3: 1.0 GB
/home
s2: 1.0 GB s0: 8.2 GB
Applications /image
SWAP s1: 0.7 GB

/root s0: 1.6 GB

IRIX 6.5OS

/dev/dsk/dks0d1sX /dev/dsk/dks0d2s0

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 Dual Disks

/ S0 IRIX O.S.
1.4 GB
/ct S2 CT Appl.
1 GB
/image
/home 18 GB
S3 IAP
1 GB S0

/image S4 IMAGES
4.2 GB
report

/dev/dsk/dks0d1s. /dev/dsk/dks0d2s.
System and Image disk, Optional Image disk,
9 GB internal in O2 internal in O2
18 GB instead of original 4.2 GB

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 Dual /image

• /image/IMAGES Reconstructed images

• /image/RAWS Raw data (list information)
• /image/LOGDATA Scheduler data
• /image/disk3 Report tool data

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 Fiber Channel
• Fiber Channel Card (O2 PCI slot)
• Standard serial interface, 1-way data transfer
• Cu Coaxial Cable
RDD ARRAY
• 1 GHz clock
• 100 MB/sec
Scan
Console Control
O2

FC coaxial cable
DTB
CARD

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 Fibre Channel Control (old)

SC O2
DTB

REARSIDE OF “Old” RDD-RACK

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 Fibre Channel Control (new)

REARSIDE OF “New” RDD-RACK

SC O2 DTB

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 RDD CAUTION: Backup your calibration data!
if 1 disk is faulty all data is lost.
– Raw data
– Calibration data
– FC functions
• All disks must be installed for full capacity.
• “Old” RDD Faultfinding: minimum X disks
necessary (V1.5: 3 // V1.6: 4)
– Auto-Detect (RDD Config + Disk Initialize)
– Use RDDUtil for format, bad track check.
• “New” RDD Faultfinding: All 3 disks must be
installed.
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 Multi: “Old” RDD
• Raw Data Disk
• 9 GByte x 5
– 4 used for raw data
– 1 used for parity

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 “Old” RDD PSU only multi

• RDD Power Supply Unit

• PSU x 2
• In RDD Chassis
– 2 x left hand side slots

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 Multi and Dual

“New” RDD assembly

Storage Concepts
FibreFly
3x 18 GB HDD
(2x DATA)

Dual: 1x 18 GB

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 Dual Raw Data Disk (RDD)
Scan Console Network 100BaseT
From Scan Console
RDD (array)

18GB 18GB
Fiber
Channel PRE
High Speed Disk System Reconstruction
1 x 18 GB (standard) Control RDD
2 x 18 GB (option) DTB Scan Control

• Raw Data
VxWorks
• NRA Data
• Reconstruction Table (FC. etc.) PowerPC

RTM
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 multi

cPCI (compact PCI) assembly

Connects:
– RTM
– MARS
– DTB
– Bridge

(not visible)
Bridge
MARS (1

RTM
0

DTB
x)

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 dual

cPCI (compact PCI) assembly

MARS (7x)

RTM

Bridge
(not visible) DTB
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 cPCI slots

2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 16

PRE-MARS
MARS

MARS

MARS

MARS

MARS

MARS

MARS

MARS

MARS

RTM
DTB
PCI
Only Multi Bridge

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 cPCI bus control
• RTM controls RTM
– MARS (4x)
– DTB
– Bridge

MARS
MARS
MARS
MARS
MARS
MARS
MARS
MARS
DTB
DTB
Bridge
• Bridge controls
– MARS (6x)
– Bridge is not
MARS

MARS

MARS
MARS

MARS

MARS
MARS

MARS

MARS
MARS

MARS

MARS
field-replaceable. not for
DUAL

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 Real Time Manager (RTM)
Motorola MCP750
• Controls communication to Gantry
– Via RTM-D and SS/ADI2
• Controls raw data reconstruction
– Controls DTB
– Controls MARS
• Operating system VXWorks
– Similar to UNIX

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 Real Time Manager (RTM)
• Network connection to Scan Console
– used only during boot up.
• Software in flash memory of RTM
• Battery backed up RAM
• Boots automatically when power is on
• RTM controls cPCI chassis.

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 RTM: Serial connection
• Connect laptop to RTM via cable-1

• Start terminal-program
– Procomm / Hyper-terminal
– use 9600,N,8,1

• For change of network

configuration and monitoring of
system messages.

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 RTM-D (Daughter) pwb

• RTM IF to SS/ADI2
• Dual port RAM
• Error LED’s: invisible b M -D
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R TM -M pwb

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 Data Transfer Board (DTB)
• Data Transfer Board
– 128 Mbytes of SDRAM
– Fibre Channel Interface

• Buffer for
– Calibration data to Preprocessor
– Raw data from gantry GCIFM to RDD
– Raw data from RDD to MARS
– Image data from MARS to S-Console
– Control data to RTM

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 Multi-slice Advanced Re-
construction System (MARS)
• MARS x 10 (7 for Dual) (All boards MUST be installed).
• 1 for pre processing
• 9 for reconstruction (6 on Dual)
• All identical:
– same settings
– same DSW setting
– Every pwb has a
specific function
(depending on slot)

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 SS/ADI2 pwb
• Scan Sequencer and
Audio Interface
– Same as single slice
Aquilion and Asteion
– Mounted on left side
of the console.

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 Standard on multi
Anetplus option for Dual
Display Console
• Display of images
• Image processing
– Filtering, 3D, MPR
• Image filming (TLI / DICOM)
• Image storage / loading on MOD
• Raw data storage / loading on MOD
– (from / to Raw Data Disk of Scan Console)
• Image transfer via network (Xlink / DICOM)

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 D-Console Specifications
O2 Silicon Graphics workstation
• CPU R12000
• Memory 1Gbyte 100 MHz SDRAM
• Storage 3.5” HDD 9GB (System)

⇒External 9 GB Image HDD

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 SGI O2 R12000
1) System Module 5)
a) SCSI (MOD,
HDD)
b) Parallel I/O
CD-ROM
c) Monitor 4)
d) Ethernet
e) Serial 2
f) Serial 1 2)
g) Keyboard 1)
h) Mouse 3)
2) HDD (System)
3) Video Unit
4) Power Unit
5) Frame

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 D-Console: System HDD
9GByte System Disk

/disk3 s5: 0.8 GB (Report Tool)

/AutoMPR s4: 1.0 GB

/home s3: 3.0 GB (licence files)

/ct s2: 1.0 GB

CT software
SWAP s1: 1.5 GB

/root s0: 1.4 GB

IRIX 6.5OS

/dev/dsk/dks0d2sX

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 D-Console: Image HDD
• 9 GByte Image disk
– External to R12k O2

• connected to D-console
SCSI bus

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/dev/dsk/dks1d1s0 8.6 GB

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 Magnetic Optical Disk (MOD)
• Connected (to Display Console) via SCSI
bus
• Format capacity :
• For Images and Raw
– 2.6GB / 1024 b/s (quadruple-density)
– 640MB / 1024 b/s (single-density)
• For Service use
– 2.3GB / 512 b/s (quadruple-density) S502
OFF
– 1.2GB / 512 b/s (single-density) ON
12345678
S501
OFF

• /dev/dsk/dks1d5s7 12345 678

ON

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 Licence Key MOD
• No need to mount (manually)
• With disk in the drive, may need to run:
>ioconfig -f /hw before loading the licence

• Do not use fsck on MOD with licence KEY.

– if you try to mount a Option-Key MOD a file-
system error will appear (dirty file system).
– if you then run fsck on this Option-Key MOD the
licence file is destroyed.

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 HUB 2
• For Internal connection to
– S-Console
– D-Console
– RTM
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 Only “old style” multi
HUB 1
• 10 base 5
• provides electrical isolation(1500V IEEC) 5 )
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• External connection to Hospital Network 7 4-
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• Internal connection to HUB 2 UB
to
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Network

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 Network
4 to 5 IP addresses
Dual: 3 - 4.
RTM
Display
Scan
O2
O2
(Option for Dual)

HUB

Innervision

Wide World
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 DC power supplies
• 3.3V
– for cPCI chassis
• 5V
– fused
– For HDD,MOD,PCI chassis,SSADI2
• 12V x 2
– For Fans
– For HDD, MOD

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Power Controller

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 Power Controller
• Power On Sequence
– Power Switch ON
• 0.5 second later
– Console Powers On
• 2.0 seconds later
– Gantry/Couch Powers ON
• Power Off Sequence
– Power Switch Off
– Console and Gantry/Couch turn OFF
• Emergency Power OFF from:
– Emergency-SW on Hybrid Keyboard
– Gantry Emergency-R or Emergency-L
• Three Fuses
– Transformer Fuse 125V 5A for power outlets
– Power Controller (FU1) 250V 3A
– Power Controller (FU2) 125V 10A = 5V for MOD, Ext. HDD, SS/ADI2

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 DC FAN chassis
• under MARS pwb’s
• one connector to release
(easy cleaning)

• CAUTION
– Do not operate without
cover under MARS pwb’s
– MARS pwb’s may overheat
– Other covers can be
removed.
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 S-Console: System Disk (4 GB)
• IRIX 6.5 Operating system
• Information table for raw data and calibration data on RDD-
array.
• CT application software

Scsi drive type == SGI IBM DDRS-34560W S96A

----- partitions-----
part type blocks Megabytes (base+size)
0: xfs 6144 + 3276800 3 + 1600
1: raw 3282944 + 1228800 1603 + 600
2: xfs 4511744 + 2097152 2203 + 1024
3: xfs 6608896 + 2097152 3227 + 1024
8: volhdr 0 + 4096 0 + 2
10: volume 0 + 8888543 0 + 4340

capacity is 8888543 blocks

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 S-Console: Image Disk (9 GB)
• Image data
Scsi drive type == SGI IBM DDRS-39130W S95D

----- partitions-----
part type blocks Megabytes (base+size)
0: efs 6144 + 17612800 3 + 8600
7: xfs 4096 + 17777424 2 + 8680
8: volhdr 0 + 4096 0 + 2
10: volume 0 + 17781520 0 + 8682

capacity is 17781520 blocks

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 D-Console: System HDD
• IRIX 6.5 Operating system
• Alatoview V1.2 application software

Scsi drive type == SGI IBM DDRS-39130W S95D

----- partitions-----
part type blocks Megabytes (base+size)
0: xfs 8192 + 2916352 4 + 1424
1: raw 2924544 + 3121152 1428 + 1524
2: xfs 6045696 + 2097152 2952 + 1024
3: xfs 8142848 + 6291456 3976 + 3072
4: xfs 14434304 + 2097152 7048 + 1024
5: xfs 16531456 + 1228800 8072 + 600
8: volhdr 0 + 4096 0 + 2
10: volume 0 + 17781520 0 + 8682

capacity is 17781520 blocks

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 D-Console: Image HDD

BSX74-1203
Scsi drive type == QUANTUM VIKING II 9.1WSE5520

----- partitions-----
part type blocks Megabytes (base+size)
0: efs 6144 + 17612800 3 + 8600
1: raw 4096 + 262144 2 + 128
8: volhdr 0 + 4096 0 + 2
10: volume 0 + 17836668 0 + 8709

capacity is 17836668 blocks

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 MARS
Some functional information:

• The #B3 (slot #7) board is processing the

"CONV" and "YRFC" function for Helical scan.
• The #B7 (slot #3) board is processing the "BHC"
function for Helical scan.
• The #B1 (slot #11) board is processing the
"CONV" and "YRFC" function for Single scan. )
• The #B7 (slot #3) board is processing the
"BHC" function for Single scan. )

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