Acquisition Phase

Phase Included

Scan Delay

Respiration Phase

Anatomical Coverage

Non Contrast

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Arterial Phase

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Venous Phase

Yes

60 sec

Inspiration

Diaphragm through pubic symphysis

Delayed Phase

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Scan Comments: When staging or ruling out metastatic disease, the chest is often included in the study. All scans are performed using the ALARA principle.

 

Technical Parameters

Parameters

kVp

120

Effective mAs

Use dose reduction software

Quality Reference mAs

200

Time (Rotation)

0.5 sec

Average Acquisition Time

5-7 sec

Collimation

128 x 0.6mm

Pitch Value

0.8

Scan Direction

Craniocaudal

Comments: Dose reduction software is used to reduce patient dose.

 

Reconstruction Parameters

Soft Tissue

Thin Data

Lung

Coronal

Slice Thickness

 3 mm

0.75 mm

3 mm

3 mm

Reconstruction Spacing

 3 mm

0.5 mm

3 mm

3 mm

Reconstruction Algorithm

B30f

B20f

B80f

B30f

Window Width and Level

410/10

410/10

1600/-500

410/10

Reconstruction Comments: 

 

Reconstruction Parameters

Sagittal

Slice Thickness

 3 mm

Reconstruction Spacing

 3 mm

Reconstruction Algorithm

B30f

Window Width and Level

410/10

Reconstruction Comments: 

 

Contrast Parameters

Parameters

Contrast Type

 Non-ionic

Contrast Volume

 120 mL

Saline Flush

 N/A

Injection Rate

 2-3 mL/sec

Oral Contrast

 Non-ionic solution

Contrast Volume

 1000 mL

Comments: Ideally, we like to wait 45 minutes after administering the oral contrast before scanning the patient.