Siemens EMOTION 16-Jun - Manual (Page 376)

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Vascular
CarotidAngioVol
Indications:
CT angiography of the carotid arteries, e.g. carotid
stenosis or occlusions, coarse plaques abnormalities of
the carotids and vertebral arteries, etc.
Two recon jobs are predefined for reconstruction: the
first for axial, the second for coronal studies in 3D
images display view.
The coronal view images will be reconstructed as MIP
images.
For SOMATOM Emotion 16-slice configuration:
A range of 20 cm including the aorta arch will be cov-
ered in 9.53 sec.
For SOMATOM Emotion 6-slice configuration:
A range of 12 cm including the aorta arch will be cov-
ered in 12.27 sec.
Emotion 16 CarotidAngio 2 nd reconstr.
kV 110
Effective mAs/
Quality ref. mAs 70
Rotation time 0.6 sec.
Acquisition 16 x 0.6 mm
Slice collimation 0.6 mm
Slice width 5.0 mm 3.0 mm
Feed/Rotation 14.4 mm
Pitch Factor 1.50
Increment 5.0 mm 3.0 mm
Kernel B31s B20s
CTDI
Vol
5.60 mGy
Effective dose Male: 1.28 mSv
Female: 1.41 mSv