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3.1 Icons and System Status Area........................................................................................... 108
3.2 Reconstruction and Image Processing Area...................................................................... 110
3.3 Image Viewports.................................................................................................................112
3.4 File Manager.......................................................................................................................113
4 User Interface Conventions.........................................................................................................116
4.1 Select items from a list...................................................................................................... 116
4.2 Cancel .............................................................................................................................. 116
4.3 Button and text appearance ............................................................................................. 116
4.4 Pop-up windows ............................................................................................................... 117
4.5 Mouse controls ................................................................................................................. 117
5 System Troubleshooting Tips......................................................................................................119
Chapter 5 PEDIATRICS AND SMALL PATIENTS............................................................................... 121
1 Overview......................................................................................................................................121
2 Radiation Exposure..................................................................................................................... 122
2.1 Radiation exposure sensitivity .......................................................................................... 122
2.2 Dose reporting considerations ..........................................................................................122
2.3 Minimize pediatric and small patient doses........................................................................ 123
2.3.1 Perform only necessary CT examinations................................................................. 123
2.3.2 Scan only the organ or anatomical region indicated..................................................123
2.3.3 Minimize multi-phase contrast CT examinations....................................................... 124
2.3.4 Properly center all patients in the gantry................................................................... 124
2.3.5 Lower mA settings for chest and bone imaging.........................................................124
2.3.6 Scan signal-to-noise.................................................................................................. 124
2.3.7 Consider using in-plane Bismuth shields...................................................................124
2.3.8 Use pediatric positioning accessories........................................................................124
2.3.9 Make a kid friendly environment................................................................................ 124
3 Pediatric and small patient scans................................................................................................126
3.1 Optimize pediatric protocols for your facility....................................................................... 126
3.2 Pediatric protocols.............................................................................................................. 126
3.3 Color Coding for Kids Protocol Selection........................................................................... 127
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