Poor Image Quality OEC 9900

[docnyc]

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I had been using a Ziehm in the past at a local ASC and picture quality was very good. The only drawback was the machine would crash and have to reboot every now and then. Oec 9900 bought last year by ASC, and despite trying to play with settings and collimation the image quality continues to be very poor and grainy (even on normal sized patients with no hardware).

This is particularly noticeable on oblique and lateral views. The same views on the prior Ziehm were much better. We are having the OEC guy come in to look at the machine but last time he came he said everything was fine. This is getting very frustrating. I was trying to do a ganglion impar today and could barely identify the sacrococcygeal ligament on lateral view because it was so grainy.

Any recs or experience on this one?

 

[stim4u]

I had been using a Ziehm in the past at a local ASC and picture quality was very good. The only drawback was the machine would crash and have to reboot every now and then. Oec 9900 bought last year by ASC, and despite trying to play with settings and collimation the image quality continues to be very poor and grainy (even on normal sized patients with no hardware).

This is particularly noticeable on oblique and lateral views. The same views on the prior Ziehm were much better. We are having the OEC guy come in to look at the machine but last time he came he said everything was fine. This is getting very frustrating. I was trying to do a ganglion impar today and could barely identify the sacrococcygeal ligament on lateral view because it was so grainy.

Any recs or experience on this one?

my ziehm quantum has better images than my current philips endura. Both are newer and both are used on minimal dosing. I think either the software is better with ziehm or there is more radiation/exposure with the Ziehm(read some prior threads about this). You have to increase the philips to full dosing to match the ziehm's '1/2' dose images. Not sure why.

 

[lobelsteve]

Pulsera had a recall/replacement under warranty of the main cable from the C to the base station. The cable may have had loose wires and would cause a fuzzy picture.

Unsure about the 9900. I know a lot of collimation helps the OEC's tremendously.

 

[Tenesma]

i have had the same issues w/ Ziehm... better picture and viewing than OEC for sure, but mine crashed every day for the first year - needed constant fixes... now it crashes once every month

 

[hyperalgesia]

OEC can do no wrong. It must be user error 😀

 

[facets]

I have an OEC 9900 and previously used an OEC 9800. Unfortunately the resolution is very poor with pulsed with the 9900 the 9800 was fine. So, I can't use the pulsed mode. I understand that the radiation output is higher with OEC anyway so I'm not happy with the total radiation dose I am getting and it is to the point where I choose to avoid high radiation procedures. Implanted stims or pumps, vb, MILD, just not worth the radiation dose to me. Next I think Ill get a pulsara

 

[Tenesma]

i had an OEC during training, then i had an OEC 9900 in my first practice... now I have ziehm... if it weren't for ziehms useless customer service and frequent crashes, i'd be a ziehm fan all day.