Siemens SOMATOM

224
Shoulder
ShoulderVol
Indications:
Spiral mode for bone studies and soft tissues, e.g. eval-
uation of joint cavities, masses, trauma, dislocations,
orthopedic indications etc.
Three recon jobs are predefined for reconstruction: the
first for soft tissue axial, the second for soft tissue coro-
nal and third for sagittal bone studies in 3D images dis-
play view.
For SOMATOM Emotion 16-slice configuration:
A scan range of 15 cm will be covered in 26.44 sec.
For SOMATOM Emotion 6-slice configuration:
A scan range of 15 cm will be covered in 40.50 sec.
Emotion 16 Shoulder 2
nd
recon.
3
rd
recon.
kV 130
Effective mAs/
Quality ref. mAs
100
Rotation Time 1.5 sec.
Acquisition 16 x 0.6 mm
Slice collimation 0.6 mm
Slice width 5.0 mm 5.0 mm 5.0 mm
Feed/Rotation 9.6 mm
Pitch Factor 1.0
Increment 5.0 mm 5.0 mm 5.0 mm
Kernel B60s B31s B60s
CTDI
Vol 12.50 mGy
Effective dose Male: 3.38 mSv
Female: 3.75 mSv