Siemens SOMATOM

370
Vascular
HeadAngioVol
Indications:
Spiral mode for cerebral CT Angio studies, e.g. cerebral
vascu-lar abnormalities, tumors and follow-up studies
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 8.0 cm will be covered in 7.45 sec.
For SOMATOM Emotion 6-slice configuration:
A range of 8.0 cm will be covered in 14.15 sec.
Emotion 16 HeadAngio 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 3.0 mm 4.0 mm
Feed/Rotation 7.7 mm
Pitch Factor 0.80
Increment 3.0 mm 4.0 mm
Kernel H31s H20s
CTDI
Vol
12.46 mGy
Effective dose Male: 0.43 mSv
Female: 0.48 mSv