Specific Anatomic Region	Chest
Application	Pericarditis
Author	Fishman EK
Reference Source	Personal communication
Scanner Used	Siemens Somatom Plus 4
Injection Rate	N/A
Contrast Volume and Type	Usually none needed
Area Scanned	From aortic arch through the base of the heart
Scan Delay	None
Length of Spiral (time)	20-25sec
Slice Thickness	5mm
Table Speed/Pitch	5mm/sec or a pitch of 1
Reconstruction Interval	3mm
3D Technique Used	Not needed
Comment: The key finding is pericardial calcification, thickening and/or fluid which can be seen well on noncontrast studies. Subsecond scanning is ideal in these cases.