Specials; Overview; Trauma - Siemens SOMATOM Manual

Specials

Overview

The examination protocols designed for some of these
applications are under the "Special" folder.

Trauma

In any trauma situation, time means life and the qual-
ity of life for the survivor. To facilitate the examina-
tions, five protocols are provided.
For SOMATOM Emotion 16-slice configuration:
– Trauma
This is a one-range mode for fast screening
– TraumaVol
This is an one-range mode for fast screening for
coronal and sagittal studies
– PolyTrauma
This is a combined mode for the examination of mul-
tiple ranges, for example, Head, Neck, Thorax, Abdo-
men and Pelvis
– HeadTrauma
Spiral head protocol for trauma studies with a FoV of
500 and therefore lowered image quality
– HeadTraumaSeq
Sequential head protocol for trauma studies, with a
FoV of 500 and therefore lowered image quality
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