Sinusvol - Siemens SOMATOM Manual

Head

SinusVol

Indications:
Spiral mode for axial and coronal paranasal sinuses
studies, e.g. sinusitis, mucocele, polyposis, tumor, cor-
rections etc.
Three recon jobs are predefined for reconstruction: the
first for axial bone structure and the second for the
coronal soft tissue in 3D images display view and the
third for the coronal bone structure in 3D images dis-
play view.
For SOMATOM Emotion 16-slice configuration:
A range of 80 mm will be covered in 12.42 sec.
For SOMATOM Emotion 6-slice configuration:
A range of 80 mm will be covered in 17.69 sec.
Emotion 16
kV
Effective mAs/
Quality ref. mAs
Rotation Time
Acquisition
Slice collimation 0.6 mm
Slice width
Feed/Rotation
Pitch Factor
Increment
Kernel
CTDI
Vol
Effective dose
196
Sinus
130
35
1.0 sec.
16 x 0.6 mm
5.0 mm
7.7 mm
0.80
5.0 mm
H70s
9.31 mGy
Male: 0.32 mSv
Female: 0.36 mSv
nd d
2 3
recon. recon.
3.0 mm 3.0 mm
3.0 mm 3.0 mm
H30s H60s