Siemens syngo CT 2005C - Manual (Page 139)

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Hints
• Dental artifacts can be reduced by tilting the gantry.
• For MPRs and 3D post-processing, use spiral mode
with thinner slice and reconstruct images with 50%
overlap in image reconstruction. Define a long range
to cover the levels of interest in one block.
C5-6 C6-7
kV 130 130
Effective mAs 170 190
Rotation time 1.5 sec 1.5 sec
Slice collimation 1.0 mm 1.0 mm
Slice width 2.0 mm 2.0 mm
Feed/Scan 2.0 mm 2.0 mm
Kernel B50s B50s
CTDI Vol 18.33 mGy 20.48 mGy
Effective dose Male:
0.66 mSv
Female:
0.73 mSv
Male:
0.30 mSv
Female:
0.50 mSv
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