Shoulder
Hints in General
•Topogram: TOP, 256 mm.
•Patient positioning:
Patient lying in supine position, the uninjured arm placed above the head, the injured arm placed flat against his body. Position side under examination in the center and support the other side with a Bocollo pillow.
•If only one side is examined, it is advisable to enter the side examined in the comment line.
•Contrast medium is required for soft tissue mass evaluation.
•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.
Body Kernels
•As standard kernels for body tissue studies B31s or B41s are recommended; softer images are obtained with B20s.
•For higher sharpness, as is required e.g., in patient protocols for cervical spine, shoulder, extremities, thorax, lung, the kernels B50s, B60s, B70s are avail- able.
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