141. THIN SECION CT WITH IV CONTRAST

Indications	Bronchiectasis, hemoptysis
Number of scan Acquisition/series	2
Scan Acquisition	1. Systemic Arterial	2. Expiratory
Range	Clavicular heads through costophrenic angles	Clavicular heads through costophrenic angles
Care Dose 4D	On	On
Quality Reference mAs	130 mAs	130 mAs
KV / Effective mAs / Rotation time	120 / 130 / 0.5 seconds	120 / 130 / 0.75 (scan time full 0.75 sec)
Detector Collimation	0.75 mm	1.0 mm
Slice Thickness	1 mm	1 mm
Pitch factor	1.3	None
Kernel (for initial reconstruction)	B30f	B80s
Increment	1 mm	10 mm Feed / scan
Image order	Cranial - Caudal	Cranial - Caudal
Oral Contrast	None	None
IV contrast	80 cc Isovue 300	No additional
Injection Rate	4cc second	N/A
Scan Delay	20-25 seconds approximately. Care Bolus ; Timing off DESCENDING Aorta	Following arterial
Reconstruction (Series to send to PACS)	1. Recon 1x1 B30f mediastinum medium smooth 2. Recon 3x3 B80f lung ultrasharp 3. Recon 1x1 B80s lung ultrasharp 4. Recon 1x1 B80s mediastinum to 3D Card for coronal reconstruction 5. MIP 20 mm slab 3 mm increments 6. Recon 1x1 B80s lung ultrasharp

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