Siemens Software version syngo CT 2005C manual C5-6 C6-7

Spine

	C5-6	C6-7
kV	130	130
Effective mAs	170	190
Rotation time	1.5 sec	1.5 sec
Slice collimation	1.0 mm	1.0 mm
Slice width	2.0 mm	2.0 mm
Feed/Scan	2.0 mm	2.0 mm
Kernel	B50s	B50s
CTDIVol	18.33 mGy	20.48 mGy
Effective dose	Male:	Male:
	0.66 mSv	0.30 mSv
	Female:	Female:
	0.73 mSv	0.50 mSv

Hints

•Dental artifacts can be reduced by tilting the gantry.

•For MPRs and 3D post-processing, use spiral mode with thinner slice and reconstruct images with 50% overlap in image reconstruction. Define a long range to cover the levels of interest in one block.

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