Siemens EMOTION 16-Jun - Manual (Page 300)

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Spine
C-SpineVol
Indications:
Spiral mode for cervical spine studies, e.g. prolapse,
degenerative changes, trauma, tumors etc.
Three recon jobs are predefined for reconstruction: the
first for soft tissue axial, the second for soft tissue sag-
ittal and third for sagittal bone studies in 3D images
display view.
For SOMATOM Emotion 16-slice configuration:
A range of 15 cm will be covered in 21.53 sec.
For SOMATOM Emotion 6-slice configuration:
A range of 15 cm will be covered in 31.41 sec.
Emotion 16 C-Spine 2 nd
recon.
3 rd
recon.
kV 130
Effective mAs/
Quality ref. mAs 150
Rotation Time 1.0 sec.
Acquisition 16 x 0.6 mm
Slice collimation 0.6 mm
Slice width 2.0 mm 2.0 mm 2.0 mm
Feed/Rotation 7.7 mm
Pitch Factor 0.80
Increment 2.0 mm 2.0 mm 2.0 mm
Kernel B31s B20s B60s
CTDI
Vol
18.75 mGy
Effective dose Male: 3.49 mSv
Female: 3.71 mSv