Specific Anatomic Region	Chest
Application	Stage lung cancer
Author	Fishman EK
Reference Source	personal communication
Scanner Used	Siemens Somatom Plus 4
Injection Rate	2cc/sec
Contrast Volume and Type	100-120cc of Omnipaque 350
Area Scanned	Apex of lung through adrenal glands
Scan Delay	40-50sec
Length of Spiral (time)	25-35sec
Slice Thickness	5mm
Table Speed/Pitch	8mm/sec
Reconstruction Interval	5mm
3D Technique Used	None usually needed
Comment: Thinner sections (2-3mm) can be used for more detailed airway anatomy. The standard algorithm works best in these cases. 3D reconstructions or MPR will require thin section imaging.