Scan and Reconstruction
Concept of Scan Protocols
The scan protocols for adult and children are defined according to body regions – Head, Neck, Shoulder, Thorax, Abdomen, Pelvis, Spine, Upper Extremities, Lower Extremities, Specials, and Vascular.
The general concept is as follows: All protocols without suffix are standard spiral modes. E.g., “Shoulder” means the spiral mode for the shoulder.
The suffixes of the protocol name are follows:
“Routine“: for routine studies
“Seq”: for sequence studies
“Fast“: use a higher pitch for fast acquisition
“HR“: use a thinner slice width (1.0 mm) for High Res- olution studies and a thicker slice width for soft tissue studies
The availability of scan protocols depends on the sys- tem configuration.
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