Children; Overview - Siemens SOMATOM Manual

Children

Overview

The scan protocols for children are defined according
to body regions - Head, Neck, Thorax, Abdomen,
Spine, Upper Extremities, Lower Extremities, Vas-
cular and Specials.
As default the quality reference mAs with CARE Dose
4D is defined for 20 kg and/or five year old children. For
children older than six years, use the adult protocols
with the CARE Dose 4D.
For a few protocols, 80 kV is used instead of 120 kV,
either to exploit the significantly higher image con-
trast of iodine contrast media at 80 kV or to reach a
lower dose level than possible with 120 kV.
For SOMATOM Emotion 16-slice configuration:
• Head
– HeadRoutine
Spiral mode for routine head studies
– HeadSeq
Sequential mode for routine head studies
– InnerEarHR
Spiral mode for high resolution inner ear studies
– InnerEar
Spiral mode for inner ear studies
– InnerEarSeq
Sequential mode for routine inner ear studies
– SinusOrbit
Spiral mode for routine sinus and orbital studies
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