How to Turn on MRI (Power on Procedure for GE MRI Scanners)

This video details how to turn on GE MRI systems with an ACGD PDU cabinet.
Before starting the power-on process, move the mouse and hit the spacebar to verify that the MRI scanner is not in an Idle state. If there is no response from the MRI system, I verify power is off to the PC in the operator console by opening the front cover and ensuring that all LEDs are powered off. Now we can head to the MRI equipment room and locate the MRI main disconnect panel. It is the large white electrical panel that is mounted on the wall of the MRI equipment room and it will be labeled MRI main disconnect or A1 main disconnect. The main disconnect receives imaging facility 480 volt connection and then distributes power to the MRI subsystems as needed.
The first step is to apply power to your main disconnect by ensuring the incoming power knife- switch is on in the upright position. Once power has been applied to the MRI main disconnect,
Press the 2 green buttons labeled main power on and pdu power to apply power to the MRI PDU cabinet. We can now head to the ACGD PDU cabinet to turn on the GE MRI system.
The GE MRI power distribution cabinet can be easily identified by locating the power selector switch and the big red and green button on the lower half of the cabinet. Lets examine the power selector switch on the left side. Systems that have been powered off using the red power off button require a reset to the power selector switch before power will be supplied to the MRI system. To reset the PDU incoming power switch, lift the switch in the counter clockwise direction until the selector switch is sitting in the horizontal position. Now that your selector switch has been reset, flip the switch down to the vertical position to turn on the ge mri scanner.
Once power has been applied to the MRI system, press the green button on the pdu cabinet labeled emo reset. The emo reset button applies power to multiple MRI subsystems that control scan room interface functions. This step is absolutely critical before the MRI system will perform any scans, failure to press the emo reset button will result in multiple PDU error messages upon bootup. Listen for a click and the noise of the gradient fan assemblies powering on once the emo reset button is pressed to ensure subsystems have been powered on.
At this point we can make our way back to our MRI system operator console. The PC will most likely be booting into applications at this point. In which case we will have to wait about 4 minutes to log in to applications. If the system does not auto boot, examine the global operator console and make sure the GOC power switch, located on the bottom left corner unit, is flipped up in the on position. Press the power button on the PC to power on the HP computer.
After about 5 minutes, your login screen will appear. Enter operator login and password to load into applications. Allow 10- 15 minutes for your GE MRI system to successfully establish communication with all system controllers. Avoid interacting with the system at this time until the white screen disappears. Once the white screen has closed out and tps reset is successful, your system is ready to perform the daily quality assurance MRI scan.
Thank you to the community of patients, technologists and imaging professionals that help make this possible.
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[@Shimmy02]

Love the detail put into this video! Thank You

[@cal31BRIAN23]

Thanks for the video. Very helpful

[@mikeschulte4271]

Wow this video was cool. Is this an every morning procedure? If so why not leave the computer on? Mri is awesome tool and it’s also very complex

[@duckduckgoose3496]

How do you get into the mri repair field? It's oddly a dream job of mine. I have no clue where to start. Im in regular tech (software and security) and thinking of switching to medical just to touch the machines

[@tnjdtnjd7162]

gots me looking like an engineer---probably getting promoted after the way i executed that boot up this am...

[@LynnDeatherage-q3k]

That was neat to employees in the MRI or patients and the supervisor too know.

[@lizn160]

fascinating machine

[@boglarkalengyel9306]

Epic 😎😎😎

[@mrunixman1579]

What UNIX variants are you running on these computers? assuming you are using a Motif Window manager for managing the scans. The boot up looks kind of like Linux but I could be mistaken.

[@Romikan4ik]

Linux i think, because it has a lot of linux specific things on boot up

[@MinaMakram]

It's 100%. Used to be Red Hat for a long time. Then changed to Suse around 2010. Not sure what they are running on the most current systems though.

[@ivanmrzena7917]

Are all the Systems GE our do you have other scanning systems in that facility 🤔❤️👍

[@MRIPETCTSupportEngineer]

I am a field service engineer that works on GE medical equipment. I do have some videos with Toshiba, Philips, and Siemens medical systems but they are mostly technical videos about procedures. I can make some shorts about other systems if you would like.

[@ivanmrzena7917]

That would be awesome thank you so much 😊❤️👍💕

[@kailashmehra5657]

Sir T.m. joint per full vedio banaiye pls sir.

[@swagvids2911]

Do you have any GE PM check lists? I have a Signa 1.5T 9x excite. I just can’t find the PM on the site. Any help?

[@MRIPETCTSupportEngineer]

I was just looking through my documentation yesterday and pulled some forms for 9x systems. I can definitely help. Please send an email to [e-mail] and I will send you a copy. Thank you for reaching out. I look forward to hearing from you.

[@MRIPETCTSupportEngineer]

Your files have been uploaded to the drive folder and I replied to your email with a link to download files. Good luck with your PM.

[@MRIPETCTSupportEngineer]

Hi! I hope you’re having a great weekend. Were you able to download all files successfully?

[@essamsedberry2465]

❤❤❤❤

[@azulvazquez7852]

That’s legitness

[@LuciferMorningstar666-e1s]

Ok now how do I quench the MRI?

[@elixier33]

They really need to make improvements so you can just simply use the on switch.

[@YourFriendlyUmaruFan]

why am I watching this it's interesting but I have 0 need for this

[@tnjdtnjd7162]

funny ig u are high iq