Siemens SOMATOM SENSATION CARDIAC A60 - Manual (Page 8)

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General
Concept
The scan protocols for adult are defined according
to body regions – Head, Neck,Thorax, Abdomen,
Extremities.
The pediatric scan protocols are defined under the
folder “Children”.
The protocols for special applications are defined
under “Special”.
The general concept is as follows:
“Fast”: uses 1.5 mm slice collimation and a higher
pitch for fast acquisition for CT Angios or trauma cases.
“Routine”: uses either 0.75 mm or 1.5 mm slice
collimation depending on the region of interest for
routine studies.
“ThinSlice”: uses 0.75 mm slice collimation for
thin slice studies.
“Combi”: uses 0.75 mm as slice collimation and
reconstruct images as both thinner slice width for
HiRes or CTA and thicker slice width for soft tissue
studies.
“Seq”: stands for Sequence. E. g. “HeadSeq” means
the sequence mode for the head;
“Spi” stands for “Spiral”. E. g. “HeadSpi” means the
spiral mode for the head.
Scan Set Up
Scans can be simply set up by selecting a predefined
examination protocol. To repeat any mode, just click
the chronicle with the right mouse button for “repeat”.
To delete it, select “cut”. Each chronicle is rewriteable
before “load”.
Multiple ranges can be run either automatically with
“auto range”, or separately with a “pause” in between.