Operating instructions

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Children
Overview
The scan protocols for children are defined according
to body regions - Head, Neck, Shoulder, Thorax, Abdo-
men, Pelvis, Spine, Upper Extremities, Lower Extremi-
ties, Vascular, RT, Specials and optional Cardiac, PET,
SPECT and Private.
As default the quality reference mAs with CARE Dose
4D is defined for 20 kg and/or five years old children.
For children older than six years use the adult protocols
with the CARE Dose 4D.
For a few protocols, 80 kV is used instead of 120 kV,
either to exploit the significantly higher image con-
trast of iodine contrast media at 80 kV or to reach a
lower dose level than possible with 120 kV.
• Head
– HeadRoutine/HeadRoutine05s
Spiral mode for routine head studies
– HeadSeq/HeadSeq05s
Sequential mode for routine head studies
– InnerEarUHR
Spiral mode for Ultra High Resolution inner ear stud-
ies
– InnerEarSeqUHR
Sequential mode for High Resolution inner ear stud-
ies
– SinusOrbi
Spiral mode for routine sinus or orbital studies