Resp - Siemens SOMATOM Manual

Respiratory Gating

Resp

Indications:
A spiral mode for patients with a respiration rate per
minute greater than 10 using respiration gating.
For SOMATOM Emotion 16-slice configuration:
A scan range of 30 cm will be covered in 94.95 sec.
For SOMATOM Emotion 6-slice configuration:
A scan range of 30 cm will be covered in 86.04 sec.
Emotion 16
kV
Effective mAs/
Quality ref. mAs
Rotation time
Acquisition
Slice collimation
Slice width
Feed/Rotation
Pitch Factor
Increment
Kernel
CTDI
vol
502
Resp
130
320
0.6 sec.
16 x 1.2 mm
1.2 mm
3.0 mm
1.9
0.1
2.1 mm
B31s
35.84 mGy
nd
2 reconstr.
3.0 mm
2.1 mm
B31s