Spinevol - Siemens SOMATOM Manual

Spine

SpineVol

Indications:
Spiral mode for thoracic and lumbar 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 coronal bone studies in 3D images
display view.
For SOMATOM Emotion 16-slice configuration:
A range of 15 cm will be covered in 26.04 sec.
For SOMATOM Emotion 6-slice configuration:
A range of 10 cm will be covered in 32.30 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
Spine 2 nd
130
190
1.0 sec.
16 x 0.6 mm
3.0 mm 2.0 mm
6.2 mm
0.65
3.0 mm 2.0 mm
B31s B20s
23.75 mGy
Male: 4.42 mSv
Female: 4.70 mSv
recon. 3 rd
recon.
2.0 mm
2.0 mm
B20s
305