Bladder
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Bladder
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Specific Anatomic Region |
Bladder |
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Application |
Virtual cystoscopy to stage bladder cancer/ follow up bladder cancer |
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Author |
Fishman EK |
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Reference Source |
Personal communication |
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Scanner Used |
Siemens Somatom Plus-4 |
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Injection Rate |
No contrast |
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Contrast Volume and Type |
No contrast |
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Area Scanned |
Entire bladder |
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Scan Delay |
None |
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Length of Spiral (time) |
usually 20-25 sec |
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Slice Thickness |
3mm |
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Table Speed/Pitch |
3-5mm/sec |
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Reconstruction Interval |
1-2mm |
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3D Technique Used |
Volume rendering |
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Comment: Bladder distention can be done either with air or positive contrast via a foley catheter or by giving the patient a lot of water (i.e. like a pelvic u/s) to drink and waiting 30-45 minutes. To make up a solution of positive contrast add 30cc of Omnipaque-350 to a 500cc bag of saline. |
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