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Contents
User Documentation 16
Scan and Reconstruction 18
•Concept of Scan Protocols 18
•Scan Set Up 19
•Feed in/Feed out 19
•Topo Length 20
•Scan Modes 21
- Sequential Scanning 21
- Spiral Scanning 21
-Quick Scan 22
- Dynamic Multiscan 22
- Dynamic Serioscan 22
•UFC detector 23
•Acquisition, Slice Collimation and SliceWidth
24
-SOMATOM Emotion 16-slice configuration
25
- SOMATOM Emotion 6-slice configuration 26
•Increment 27
•Pitch 27
•Kernels 28
- Head Kernels 32
- Child Head Kernels 32
-Body Kernels 33
- Special Application Kernels 33
•Extended FoV 34
•Auto-FoV 35
•Neuro Modes 37
•Automatic Bone Correction 38
•Positioning 39
•Image Filters 40
Dose Information 42
•CTDIW and CTDIVol 42
•ImpactDose 44
•Effective mAs 45