Headangio - Siemens SOMATOM Emotion 6 Application Manual

Children

HeadAngio

Indications:
Spiral mode for head CT angiography, e. g. cerebral
vascular abnormalities, tumors etc.
A range of 6 cm will be covered in 6.9 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.
Age
< 6 years
6 years – 12 years
32
HeadCTA
80
*
1.0 mm
1.25 mm
9.0 mm
0.8 sec.
C30s
0.8 mm
ca-cr
kV mAs
80 80
80 120
CTDI
Vol
(mGy)
6.5
9.8