Set The Recon Type - GE Revolution CT User Manual

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IQ Enhance is compatible with 0.625 mm and 1.25 mm slice thicknesses. Interval for
acquisitions with IQ Enhance must be equal to the slice thickness (0.625 mm or 1.25
mm) or an overlap of 50% (0.312 mm or 0.625 mm).

6.3.3 Set the Recon Type

Use this procedure to set the
reconstructions.
Scan Settings window, click the Primary Recon collection.
1. From the
Recon Type .
2. Click
3. Select the appropriate algorithm for the primary or first reconstruction.
The algorithms from left to right increase spatial resolution and decrease low contrast
detectability.
○ Soft for tissues with similar densities, but not useful for non-enhanced scans.
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○ Stnd for routine exams, e.g., chest, abdomens, and pelvis scans.
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○ Detail for post myelograms, where hybrid tissue detail and bone edges are
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important.
○ Lung for interstitial lung pathology.
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Bone for high resolution exams and sharp bone detail.
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○ Bone Plus for sub mm detailed head work. It can be used for any study that
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normally used the bone algorithm, but is very useful in cases where the
was used. This is because the
very close in standard deviation to
Edge for small bone work in the head, as well as high resolution scans.
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○ Chest for mediastinum and lung detail studies. It provides soft tissue resolution and
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contrast when viewing the images in a soft tissue/mediastinal W/L and high resolution of
the lung tissue when viewing the images in a lung W/L.
NOTE: Cardiac scan mode choices are:
4. If Hi Res mode is enabled, select a higher resolution algorithm that has similar
characteristics to the non-Hi Res algorithms.
○ HD Stnd
○ HD Lung
HD Detail
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○ HD Bone
○ HD Bone Plus
HD Edge
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Recon Type , which designates the algorithm used for image
Bone Plus algorithm has no reconstruction penalty and is
Edge .
Soft , Stnd , Detail , Lung and Bone .
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Edge algorithm
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