Abdomen
•In general, for abdominal studies such as liver, gall bladder (query stones), pancreas, gastrointestinal studies, focal lesion of the kidneys and CTA studies, it is sufficient to use just water. Water is more effec- tive than positive oral contrast agent in depicting the linings of the stomach & intestines in post enhance- ment studies. In addition, the use of water will not obscure the blood vessels thus allowing CTA process- ing to be performed easily afterwards.
•For patients with bowel obstruction, only water or
•Be careful when examining pheochromocytoma patients. Administration of an IV CM injection in such cases may trigger a hypertensive crisis!
•To further optimize MPR image quality, we recom- mend that you reduce one or more of the following parameters: collimation, reconstruction increment, and slice width for image reconstruction.
•For abdominal studies deselect CARE Dose for patients > 120 kg.
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