Specific Anatomic Region	Chest
Application	Solitary pulmonary nodule evaluation
Author	Fishman EK
Reference Source	Personal communication
Scanner Used	Siemens Somatom Plus 4
Injection Rate	See note in Comment
Contrast Volume and Type	N/A
Area Scanned	Several mm above and below nodule
Scan Delay	None
Length of Spiral (time)	Usually 10sec
Slice Thickness	2-3mm
Table Speed/Pitch	2-3mm/sec or a pitch of 1
Reconstruction Interval	1mm
3D Technique Used	None usually needed
Comment: The study looks for the presence of fat or calcification within a lesion in order to declare it benign. Recent work with enhancement of nodules may prove valuable in the future. Standard algorithm is used without edge enhancement.