Shouldervol - Siemens SOMATOM Manual

Shoulder

ShoulderVol

Indications:
Spiral mode for bone studies and soft tissues, e.g. eval-
uation of joint cavities, masses, trauma, dislocations,
orthopedic indications etc.
Three recon jobs are predefined for reconstruction: the
first for soft tissue axial, the second for soft tissue coro-
nal and third for sagittal bone studies in 3D images dis-
play view.
For SOMATOM Emotion 16-slice configuration:
A scan range of 15 cm will be covered in 26.44 sec.
For SOMATOM Emotion 6-slice configuration:
A scan range of 15 cm will be covered in 40.50 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
224
nd
Shoulder 2
recon.
130
100
1.5 sec.
16 x 0.6 mm
5.0 mm 5.0 mm
9.6 mm
1.0
5.0 mm 5.0 mm
B60s B31s
12.50 mGy
Male: 3.38 mSv
Female: 3.75 mSv
rd
3
recon.
5.0 mm
5.0 mm
B60s