Children
Hints in General
1.Topograms: 256 mm lateral topograms are defined for the head modes, and 512 mm TOP topograms are defined for the body modes. Please keep in mind that the children’s size can be dramatically different. You should press the “Hold Measurement“ button whenever the range shown on the
2.Gantry tilt is available for both, sequence and spiral scanning. However, image artifacts may occur if spi- rals are acquired with a tilt angle greater than 8°.
3.For all head studies, it is very important for image quality purposes to position the patient in the center of the scan field. Use the lateral laser beam to make sure that the patient is positioned in the center.
4.Warm surroundings and dimmed lighting are helpful to make children more cooperative.
5.Sedation: Although the advent of the Multislice CT scanner has enabled the user to scan through an area of interest much faster than ever, sometimes, patient motion can still lead to severe motion arti- facts seen on the resultant images. This becomes a factor especially with infants and younger children who are unable to hold still for the exam. Sedating this population may be a viable option for your insti- tution. Of course, appropriate protocols need to be established at your specific institution. For instance, the drug of choice for specific ages/weights of these patients (taking into consideration the total time of the exam), the form of administration, patient preps, adequate monitoring of the patient
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