Specific Anatomic Region	Bladder
Application	Virtual cystoscopy to stage bladder cancer/ follow up bladder cancer
Author	Fishman EK
Reference Source	Personal communication
Scanner Used	Siemens Somatom Plus-4
Injection Rate	No contrast
Contrast Volume and Type	No contrast
Area Scanned	Entire bladder
Scan Delay	None
Length of Spiral (time)	usually 20-25 sec
Slice Thickness	3mm
Table Speed/Pitch	3-5mm/sec
Reconstruction Interval	1-2mm
3D Technique Used	Volume rendering
Comment: Bladder distention can be done either with air or positive contrast via a foley catheter or by giving the patient a lot of water (i.e. like a pelvic u/s) to drink and waiting 30-45 minutes. To make up a solution of positive contrast add 30cc of Omnipaque-350 to a 500cc bag of saline.