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Table 4.2 Control Panel
Item Description For More Details, See:
Scanner status Figure 6.1 on page 40
Choose a preset or custom scan configuration from this drop-
down list.
Table 6.2 on page 44
Actual voltage of the X-ray tube during a scan (top).
To edit the voltage for a scan, enter a value in the lower field
or make a section from the drop-down list.
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Actual current of the X-ray tube (top).
CT – The current setting for a scan.
Live – The current setting for a fluoroscopy/Live Mode scan. Acquisition in
Fluoroscopy Mode on
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Dose (mGy)
Acquisition – Field of view options: 86, 72, 36 or 18 mm.
Note: 36 mm is only available with the small bore cover.
Recon – The reconstruction field of view.
Voxel size – Voxel size determined by the software based on
the acquisition FOV and reconstruction FOV.
Table 6.2 on page 44 for
more information on scan
modes.
X-ray filter selection Drop-down menu that is used to indicate which filter has been
manually placed in the instrument (see Imaging With
Different X-Ray Filters, page 64).
Click to select respiratory gating.
Click to select cardiac gating.
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Available scan modes: Standard, High Speed, or High
Resolution.
Scan times vary with the scan mode (see Table 6.2 on
page 44).
Table 3.2 on page 19
Filters for removing noise by combining pixels. Table 3.2 on page 19
Dose for a CT scan using that particular mode. This number
changes based on the scan mode settings.
Displays the scheduled X-ray dose per unit
time during a CT or fluoroscopy scan.
CT scan – Estimated exposure dose
calculated from the actual irradiation time.*
Fluoroscopy scan – Estimated radiation
dose, updated every second.
*See Meganck, J.A. and Liu, B. Mol Imaging Biol (2016).
doi:10.1007/s11307-016-1026-x for information on estimated
exposure dose and radiation dose.
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