Multidetector CT Protocols

<title>Spiral CT Protocols</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff"> <center> <a href="http://www.ctisus.org/">CT is us Home</a> <p> <h2>Spiral CT Protocols</h2> <table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2 width=100%> <tr><td> <center> <table border=0 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 bgcolor="ffff99" width=100%> <tr> <td valign=top width=50%><font size=+1" face="sans-serif"><a href="adrenal/ADREN_CONTENTS.html">Adrenal</a></font> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="adrenal/p0100010_p.html">R/O Adrenal Mass</a> <br><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="adrenal/p0100020_p.html">R/O pheochromocytoma</a></font> </td> <td valign=top width=50%><font size=+1" face="sans-serif"><a href="bladder/BLAD_CONTENTS.html">Bladder</a></font> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="bladder/p0200010_p.html">TCC staging</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top width=50%><font size=+1" face="sans-serif"><a href="chest/CHEST_CONTENTS.html">Chest</a></font> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="chest/p0300010.html">Pericarditis</a> <br><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="chest/p0300020_p.html">Solitary nodule eval</a> <br><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="chest/p0300030_p.html">Stage lymphoma</a> <br><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="chest/p0300040_p.html">Stage lung cancer</a> <br><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="chest/p0300050_p.html">Suspected pulmonary embolism</a> <br><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="chest/p0301010_p.html"><b>Lung:</b> R/O AVM; eval AVM</a> <br><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="chest/p0301020_p.html"><b>Lung: </b>Evaluate suspected AVM</a> <br><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="chest/p0302010_p.html"><b>Bronchial Tree: </b>Susp tumor <br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>or inflam</a> <br><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="chest/p0302020_p.html"><b>Bronchial Tree: </b>Tracheal stenosis</a> <br><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="chest/p0303010_p.html"><b>Lung Parenchyma: </b>R/O lung mets</a> <br><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="chest/p0304010_p.html"><b>Trachea: </b>Virtual bronchoscopy</a> <br><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="chest/p0305010_p.html"><b>Diaphragm: </b>Rupture/hernia</a> </font></td> <td valign=top width=50%><font size=+1" face="sans-serif"><a href="gi/GI_CONTENTS.html">GI Tract</a></font> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="gi/p0401010_p.html"><b>Abdomenpelvis:</b><br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>Acute abd/ susp abscess</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="gi/p0402010_p.html"><b>Appendix, Cecum:</b> R/O appendicitis</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="gi/p0403011_p.html"><b>Colon:</b> Virtual colonoscopy</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="gi/p0403012_p.html"><b>Colon:</b> Virtual colonoscopy</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="gi/p0403020_p.html"><b>Colon:</b> Suspected diverticulitis</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="gi/p0404010_p.html"><b>Esophagus:</b> Stage esophageal cancer</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="gi/p0405010_p.html"><b>Stomach:</b> Gastric mass</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="gi/p0405020_p.html"><b>Stomach:</b> Detection of<br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>gastric pathology</a> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top width=50%><font size=+1" face="sans-serif"><a href="hn/HN_CONTENTS.html">Head and neck</a></font> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="hn/p0501010_p.html"><b>Neck:</b> R/O adenopathy</a> </td> <td valign=top width=50%><font size=+1" face="sans-serif"><a href="kidney/KID_CONTENTS.html">Kidney</a></font> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="kidney/p0600011_p.html">Eval as potential renal trans donor</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="kidney/p0600012_p.html">Eval of living renal donor</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="kidney/p0600020_p.html">Hematuria</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="kidney/p0600031_p.html">R/O renal obstruction by a stone</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="kidney/p0600032_p.html">R/O renal or ureteral calculus</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="kidney/p0600040_p.html">Stage known mass</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="kidney/p0600050_p.html">Suspected renal mass </a> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top width=50%><font size=+1" face="sans-serif"><a href="liver/LIV_CONTENTS.html">Liver</a></font> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="liver/p0700011_p.html">Eval hepatic artery anat<br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>for liver trans</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="liver/p0700012_p.html">Liver transplant evaluation </a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="liver/p0700020_p.html">Differential diagnosis of liver masses </a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="liver/p0700030_p.html">Eval liver for metastasis <br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>following cryosurgery</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="liver/p0700040_p.html">Suspected metastases from <br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>colon cancer </a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="liver/p0700050_p.html">Suspected hepatoma</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="liver/p0700060_p.html">Suspected hemangioma </a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="liver/p0700070_p.html">Carcinoid tumor staging</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="liver/p0701010_p.html"><b>Common Bile Duct:</b> <br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>Detection of choledocholithiasis</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="liver/p0702010_p.html"><b>Hepatic Vasc Tree:</b> <br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>Create vasc map for preop eval of liver</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="liver/p0703010_p.html"><b>Portal Vein :</b> Portal vein patency</a> </font></td> <td valign=top width=50%><font size=+1" face="sans-serif"><a href="musc/MUSC_CONTENTS.html">Musculoskeletal</a></font> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="musc/p0801010_p.html"><b>Bone:</b> Suspected metastases</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="musc/p0801020_p.html"><b>Bone:</b> Suspected osteoid osteoma</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="musc/p0802010_p.html"><b>Bone/muscle:</b> Possible muscle abscess</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="musc/p0803010_p.html"><b>Muscle:</b> R/O tumor</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="musc/p0804010_p.html"><b>S/C Joint:</b> R/O infection, osteomyelitis</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="musc/p0805010_p.html"><b>Shoulder:</b> Trauma to shoulder joint</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="musc/p0806010_p.html"><b>Wrist :</b> R/O fx; R/O fx or disloc; <br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>Eval fx heal</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="musc/p0807010_p.html"><b>Lumbar Spine:</b> Eval suspected fracture </a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="musc/p0808010_p.html"><b>Acetabulum/pelvis:</b> <br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>Eval suspected fracture</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="musc/p0809010_p.html"><b>Knee:</b> Trauma </a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="musc/p0810010_p.html"><b>Ankle:</b> Eval suspected fracture</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="musc/p0811010_p.html"><b>Foot:</b> Pain/coalition</a> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top width=50%><font size=+1" face="sans-serif"><a href="neuro/NEURO_CONTENTS.html">Neuro</a></font> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="neuro/p0901011_p.html"><b>Circle of Willis:</b> R/O aneurysm </a> <br><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="neuro/p0901012.html"><b>Circle of Willis :</b> Detect/assess<br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>of intracran aneurysm</a></font> </td> <td valign=top width=50%><font size=+1" face="sans-serif"><a href="pancreas/PAN_CONTENTS.html">Pancreas</a></font> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="pancreas/p1000010_p.html">Evaluate pancreatitis </a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="pancreas/p1000020_p.html">Stage pancreatic mass </a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="pancreas/p1000030_p.html">Suspected islet cell tumor </a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="pancreas/p1001010_p.html"><b>SMV:</b> Vascular map and patency </a> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top width=50%><font size=+1" face="sans-serif"><a href="pelvis/PELVIS_CONTENTS.html">Pelvis</a></font> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="pelvis/p1100010.html">PID </a> <br><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="pelvis/p1100020_p.html">Cervical cancer</a> <br><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="pelvis/p1100030_p.html">R/O fistula to bladder </a> <br><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="pelvis/p1100040_p.html">Evaluate ovarian mass/cancer </a> </font></td> <td valign=top width=50%><font size=+1" face="sans-serif"><a href="spleen/SPLEEN_CONTENTS.html">Spleen</a></font> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="spleen/p1200010_p.html">R/O splenic infarct</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="spleen/p1200020_p.html">R/O splenic mass or eval splenic mass</a> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top width=50%><font size=+1" face="sans-serif"><a href="vascular/VASC_CONTENTS.html">Vascular</a></font> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="vascular/p1301011_p.html"><b>Carotid A.:</b> Carotid artery stenosis</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="vascular/p1301012_p.html"><b>Carotid A.:</b> Carotid artery stenosis</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="vascular/p1302010_p.html"><b>Intracranial vessels:</b><br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>Suspected aneurysm</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="vascular/p1303010_p.html"><b>Abdominal aorta:</b>Eval AAA </a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="vascular/p1303020_p.html"><b>Abdominal aorta:</b> Eval AAA <br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>following stent repair </a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="vascular/p1303030_p.html"><b>Abdominal aorta:</b> Suspected <br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>aneurysm or dissection </a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="vascular/p1304010_p.html"><b>Pulmonary A.:</b> <br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>R/O pulmonary embolism </a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="vascular/p1304020_p.html"><b>Pulmonary A.:</b> <br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>R/O pulmonary embolism </a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="vascular/p1304030_p.html"><b>Pulmonary A.:</b> Suspected <br><img src="images/bulletspacer.gif" border=0>pulmonary embolism </a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="vascular/p1305011_p.html"><b>Renal A.:</b> Renal artery stenosis eval</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="vascular/p1305011_p.html"><b>Renal A.:</b> Renal artery stenosis eval</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="vascular/p1305013_p.html"><b>Renal A.:</b> Renal artery stenosis eval</a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="vascular/p1306010_p.html"><b>Thoracic A.:</b> R/O dissection </a> </font></td> <td valign=top width=50%><font size=+1" face="sans-serif"><a href="misc/MISC_CONTENTS.html">Miscellaneous</a></font> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="misc/p1401010_p.html"><b>Abdomen:</b> Trauma </a> <br><font size="-2" face="sans-serif"><img src="images/bullet2.gif"><a href="misc/p1401020_p.html"><b>Abdomen & Pelvis:</b>Stage lymphoma</a> </font></td> </tr> </table> </center> </tr></td> </table>