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Thorax – Siemens EMOTION 16-Jun User Manual

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Hints

• With studies of interstitial changes in the lungs, con-

trast medium is not necessary.

• If you want to reconstruct thin slices every 10 or 20

mm instead of 15 mm as predefined, simply change
the Feed/Scan before loading the mode.

Emotion 6

ThoraxECGHR

kV

130

Effective mAs/
Quality ref. mAs

70

Rotation time

0.8 sec.

Acquisition

1 x 1.0 mm

Slice collimation

1.0 mm

Slice width

1.0 mm

Feed/Scan

10.0 mm

Kernel

B90s

CTDI

Vol

0.71 mGy

Effective dose

Male: 0.21 mSv
Female: 0.29 mSv