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Contents
User Documentation 16
Scan and Reconstruction 18
• Concept of Scan Protocols 18
• Scan Set Up 19
• Feed in/Feed out 19
• Topo Length 20
• Scan Modes 21
- Sequential Scanning 21
- Spiral Scanning 21
-Quick Scan 22
- Dynamic Multiscan 22
- Dynamic Serioscan 22
• UFC detector 23
• Acquisition, Slice Collimation and Slice Width
24
- SOMATOM Emotion 16-slice configuration
25
- SOMATOM Emotion 6-slice configuration 26
• Increment 27
• Pitch 27
• Kernels 28
- Head Kernels 32
- Child Head Kernels 32
-Body Kernels 33
- Special Application Kernels 33
• Extended FoV 34
• Auto-FoV 35
• Neuro Modes 37
• Automatic Bone Correction 38
• Positioning 39
• Image Filters 40
Dose Information 42
• CTDI
W
and CTDI
Vol
42
• ImpactDose 44
• Effective mAs 45