Specific Anatomic Region	Chest
Application	R/O Occupational Lung Disease (Silicosis/CWP)
Author	Elliot K. Fishman, MD and Paul Wheeler, MD
Reference Source	JHU Protocol
Scanner Used	64 Slice
KV/Effective mAs/Rotation time (sec)	120/150/0.5
Detector Collimation (mm)	0.6
Slice Thickness (mm)	3-5
Pitch	0.9
Kernel	30 (soft tissue) and 80 (lung)
Reconstruction Interval	3
Image Order (acquisition)	Cr-ca
Oral Contrast	N/A
IV contrast volume and type	N/A
Injection Rate	N/A
Scan delay (sec)	N/A
3D technique used	N/A
Comment: The 3-5 mm sections through the chest at standard algorithms are followed by 9 0.75 mm thick HRCT scans at lung setting, evenly spaced through the upper and mid-lung zones.