C-Spinevol - Siemens SOMATOM Manual

Spine

C-SpineVol

Indications:
Spiral mode for cervical spine studies, e.g. prolapse,
degenerative changes, trauma, tumors etc.
Three recon jobs are predefined for reconstruction: the
first for soft tissue axial, the second for soft tissue sag-
ittal and third for sagittal bone studies in 3D images
display view.
For SOMATOM Emotion 16-slice configuration:
A range of 15 cm will be covered in 21.53 sec.
For SOMATOM Emotion 6-slice configuration:
A range of 15 cm will be covered in 31.41 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
300
C-Spine 2 nd
recon.
130
150
1.0 sec.
16 x 0.6 mm
2.0 mm 2.0 mm
7.7 mm
0.80
2.0 mm 2.0 mm
B31s B20s
18.75 mGy
Male: 3.49 mSv
Female: 3.71 mSv
3 rd
recon.
2.0 mm
2.0 mm
B60s