Specific Anatomic Region	Portal Vein
Application	Portal vein patency
Author	Fishman E et al.
Reference Source	Personal communication
Scanner Used	Siemens Somatom Plus 4
Injection Rate	3cc/sec
Contrast Volume and Type	110-120cc of Omnipaque 350
Area Scanned	From mid-liver through pancreas
Scan Delay	40sec
Length of Spiral (time)	24-32sec
Slice Thickness	3mm
Table Speed/Pitch	3-4mm/sec
Reconstruction Interval	1-3mm
3D Technique Used	Volume rendering
Comment: Narrow collimation is critical to look for partial portal vein thrombosis. The scan should also allow one to define the cause of the portal vein thrombosis such as pancreatic cancer, pancreatitis or hepatoma. 3D imaging is especially of value in these cases.