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Table Of Contents

User Documentation
Scan and Reconstruction
- Concept of Scan Protocols
- Scan Set Up
- Scan Modes
- Slice Collimation and Slice Width
  - Slice Collimation and Slice Width for Spiral Mode and HR Spiral Mode
  - Slice Collimation and Slice Width for Sequence Mode and HR Sequence Mode
- Increment
- Pitch
- Window values
- Kernels
- Image Filters
- Improved Head Imaging
Dose Information
- CTDIW and CTDIVol
- Effective mAs
- CARE Dose
  - How does CARE Dose work?
Workflow Information
- Recon Jobs
- Examination Job Status
- Auto Load in 3D and Post- processing Presets
- How to Create your own Scan Protocols
  - Edit/Save Scan Protocol
  - Scan Protocol Manager
- Contrast Medium
Application Information
- SOMATOM life
- Image Converter
- File Browser
- Patient Protocol
Head
- Overview
- Hints in General
  - Head Kernels
- HeadRoutine
- HeadSeq
- InnerEarHR
- InnerEarHRSeq
- Sinus
- SinusSeq
- Orbita
- Dental
Neck
- Overview
- Hints in General
  - Body Kernels
- Neck
Shoulder
- Overview
- Hints in General
  - Body Kernels
- Shoulder
Thorax
- Overview
- Hints in General
  - Body Kernels
- ThoraxRoutine/ ThoraxRoutine08s
- ThoraxFast
- ThoraxHRSeq
- LungLowDose
Abdomen
- Overview
- Hints in General
  - Body Kernels
- AbdomenRoutine/ AbdomenRoutine08s
- AbdomenFast
- AbdMultiPhase/ AbdMultiPhase08s
- AbdomenSeq
Pelvis
- Overview
- Hints in General
  - Body Kernels
- Pelvis
- Hip
- SI_Joints
Spine
- Overview
- Hints in General
  - Body Kernels
- C-Spine
- C-SpineSeq
- Spine
- SpineSeq
- Osteo
Upper Extremities
- Overview
- Hints in General
  - Body Kernels
- WristHR
- ExtrRoutineHR
Lower Extremities
- Overview
- Hints in General
  - Body Kernels
- KneeHR
- FootHR
- ExtrRoutineHR
Vascular
- Overview
- Hints in General
  - Head Kernels
  - Body Kernels
- HeadAngio/HeadAngio08s
- CarotidAngio/CarotidAngio08s
- ThorAngio/ThorAngio08s
- Embolism
- BodyAngioRoutine/ BodyAngioRoutine08s
- BodyAngioFast
Specials
- Overview
- Trauma
  - The Basics
- PolyTrauma
- HeadTrauma
- Interventional CT
- Biopsy
- TestBolus
Children
- Overview
- Hints in General
  - Head Kernels
  - Body Kernels
- HeadRoutine_Baby
- HeadRoutine_Child
- HeadSeq_Baby
- HeadSeq_Child
- InnerEar
- SinusOrbi
- Neck
- ThoraxRoutine_Baby
- ThoraxRoutine_Child
- ThoraxHRSeq_Baby
- ThoraxHRSeq_Child
- Abdomen_Baby
- Abdomen_Child
- Spine_Baby
- Spine_Child
- ExtrHR_Baby
- ExtrHR_Child
- HeadAngio
- HeadAngio08s
- CarotidAngio
- CarotidAngio08s
- BodyAngio
- BodyAngio08s
- NeonateBody
syngo 3D
- Multi Planar Reconstruction (MPR)
- Maximum Intensity Projection (MIP)
- Shaded Surface Display (SSD)
- Volume Rendering Technique (VRT)
- Prerequisites
- Workflow
- Workflow for a CT Extremity Examination
- Workflow for a CT Angiography
  - Using MIP/MIP Thin
  - Using VRT/VRT Thin/Clip
- Hints in General
syngo Fly Through
- Key Features
- Prerequisites
- The Basics for CT Virtual Endoscopy
- Workflow
  - Navigation of the Endoscopic Volume
  - Fly Path Planning
syngo Dental CT
- The Basics
- Scan Protocols
- Additional Important Information
syngo Osteo CT
- The Basics
- Scanning Procedure
- Configuration
- Evaluation Workflow
- Additional Important Information
syngo Volume Evaluation
- Prerequisites
- Workflow
- General Hints
- Configuration
- Prerequisites
- Workflow
- General Hints
syngo Dynamic Evaluation

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Specials

Biopsy

Indications:

This is the conventional sequential mode without table

feed using a 10 mm slice.

Hint

This protocol can be appended to a spiral protocol for

CT interventional procedures, such as biopsy, abscess

drainage, pain therapy, minimum invasive operations,

joint studies, and arthrograms.

Biopsy

kV 130

Effective mAs 80

Rotation time 1.0 sec

Slice collimation 5.0 mm

Slice width 10.0 mm

Feed/Scan 0.0 mm

Kernel B31s

CTDIVol 8.62 mGy

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