Head - Siemens SOMATOM Emotion 6 Application Manual

Children

Head

Indications:
Spiral mode for routine head studies, e. g. tumors,
hydrocephalus, hemorrhaging, abnormalities, etc.
A range of 8.5 cm will be covered in 16.2 sec.
kV
Effective mAs
Slice collimation
Slice width
Feed/Rotation
Rotation time
Kernel
Increment
Image order
* The mAs should be adjusted to the age of the child.
Body Weight
< 6 months
6 months – 3 years 110
3 years – 6 years
Contrast medium IV injection
Start delay
Flow rate
Total amount 1 – 2 ml per kg of body weight
Tips
• Children, who are more than 6 years old, should
be scanned with an adult protocol as the skull by this
time is fully grown.
• When bone structure is of interest, use kernel C60s
for image reconstruction.
• Posterior Fossa Optimization Filter
PFO: To reduce beam-hardening artifacts in head
images, particularly in the base of the skull, use the
Posterior Fossa Optimization (PFO) filter.
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Head
110
*
1.0 mm
5.0 mm
6.0 mm
1.0 sec.
C30s
5.0 mm
ca-cr
kV
110
110
exam dependent
dependent upon needle size/Access site
mAs CTDI
(mGy)
60 11.4
170 32.3
310 59.0
Vol