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Children
Overview
The scan protocols for children are defined according
to body regions - Head, Neck, Thorax, Abdomen,
Spine, Upper Extremities, Lower Extremities, Vas-
cular and Specials.
As default the quality reference mAs with CARE Dose
4D is defined for 20 kg and/or five year old children. For
children older than six years, use the adult protocols
with the CARE Dose 4D.
For a few protocols, 80 kV is used instead of 120 kV,
either to exploit the significantly higher image con-
trast of iodine contrast media at 80 kV or to reach a
lower dose level than possible with 120 kV.
For SOMATOM Emotion 16-slice configuration:
•Head
–HeadRoutine
Spiral mode for routine head studies
–HeadSeq
Sequential mode for routine head studies
–InnerEarHR
Spiral mode for high resolution inner ear studies
–InnerEar
Spiral mode for inner ear studies
–InnerEarSeq
Sequential mode for routine inner ear studies
–SinusOrbit
Spiral mode for routine sinus and orbital studies