Siemens SOMATOM Sensation Cardiac Version A60 Operations Instructions download pdf (Page 442)

CarotidAngio

Indications:

CT angiography of the carotid arteries, e.g. carotid

stenosis or occlusion, coarse plaques abnormalities of

the carotids or vertebral arteries, etc.

A range of 20 cm including the aorta arch will be cov-

ered in 8.25 sec.

CarotidAngio 2

Effective mAs/

Quality ref. mAs

Rotation time 0.5 sec.

Acquisition 16 x 0.75 mm

Slice collimation 0.75 mm

Slice width 5.0 mm 1.0 mm

Feed/Rotation 13.8 mm

Pitch Factor 1.15

Increment 5.0 mm 0.7 mm

Kernel B30f B20f

Effective dose Male: 2.02 mSv

Female: 1.89 mSv

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