Specific Anatomic Region	Renal Arteries
Application	Renal artery stenosis evaluation
Author	Beregi JP et al.
Reference Source	AJR 1996; 167:495-501
Scanner Used	Siemens Somatom Plus-S
Injection Rate	4ml/sec
Contrast Volume and Type	120ml of nonionic 300mg I/ml
Area Scanned	Area of renal aa first defined on noncontrast scans. This area only is scanned.
Scan Delay	Determined by test dose
Length of Spiral (time)	20sec
Slice Thickness	3mm
Table Speed/Pitch	3mm/sec
Reconstruction Interval	1mm
3D Technique Used	SSD and MIP
Comment: The authors reported excellent results but for the "main" renal aa as this protocol covers but 6cm. This protocol took about 25 minutes per patient according to the authors.