Operating instructions

Children

Overview

This folder contains 8 organ specific pediatric proto-

cols with 2 to 5 age or weight dependant subgroups.

For your convenience, the protocols are numbered

according to the body regions, i. e. from head to

abdomen.

The scan protocols for Head and Neck regions are

defined according to age, and the scan protocols for

the other body regions are defined according to body

weight.

As a default, the effective mAs is set to the lowest

category, e.g. less than 6 months in head modes, and

the suggested effective mAs values for the other

categories are written in additional memo lines in the

chronicle. The mAs values need to be changed

accordingly, to memo instructions according to size or

weight.

For a few protocols, 80 kV is used instead of 120 kV,

either to exploit the significantly higher image contrast

of iodine contrast media at 80 kV or to reach a lower

dose level than possible with 120 kV.

• Head05s

For routine head spiral studies

• HeadSeq05s

For routine head sequential studies

• Head Angio

For head CT Angio spiral studies

• CarotidCTA

For carotid CT Angio spiral studies

• NeonateBody

Spiral mode for neonate spiral studies

• ThoraxRoutine

For routine chest spiral studies

• AbdPelRoutine

For routine abdominal spiral studies

• AbdCTA

For abdominal CT Angio spiral studies