Hipvol - Siemens SOMATOM Manual

Pelvis

HipVol

Indications:
Spiral mode for bone studies and soft tissue studies of
the Hip, e.g. evaluation of joint cavity, masses, trauma,
dysplasia, necrosis of the head of the hip, congruence
evaluations, orthopedic indications etc.
Two recon jobs are predefined for reconstruction: the
first for axial, the second for coronal studies in 3D
images display view.
For SOMATOM Emotion 16-slice configuration:
A typical range of 10 cm will be covered in 8.94 sec.
For SOMATOM Emotion 6-slice configuration:
A typical range of 10 cm will be covered in 13.11 sec.
Two recon jobs are predefined for reconstruction: the
first for axial, the second for coronal studies in
3D images display view.
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
328
Hip
130
100
1.0 sec.
16 x 0.6 mm
5.0 mm
14.4 mm
1.50
5.0 mm
B70s
12.50 mGy
Male: 2.31 mSv
Female: 5.93 mSv
nd
2 reconstr.
5.0 mm
5.0 mm
B60s