Specific Anatomic Region | Pancreas |
Application | Stage pancreatic mass |
Author | Raptopoulos V et al. |
Reference Source | AJR 1997; 168:971-977 |
Scanner Used | GE HiSpeed Advantage |
Injection Rate | 3.5ml/sec |
Contrast Volume and Type | 130cc of Isovue-300 |
Area Scanned | Pancreas and liver on single-phase study only |
Scan Delay | 20sec for arterial phase / 60sec for venous phase |
Length of Spiral (time) | 25sec |
Slice Thickness | 3mm |
Table Speed/Pitch | 4.5mm/sec or a pitch of 1.5 |
Reconstruction Interval | 1.3mm |
3D Technique Used | MIP and shaded surface |
Comment: The key is that in order to do good 3D maps quality data is needed. The 3mm collimation with data reconstructed at 1.3mm intervals is the key to this protocol. |