Head and Neck

R/O adenopathy

Specific Anatomic Region

Neck

Application

R/O adenopathy

Author

Spreer J et al.

Reference Source

J Comput Assist Tomogr 19(6):905-910

Scanner Used

Siemens Somatom Plus 4

Injection Rate

1ml/sec

Contrast Volume and Type

100ml of Omnipaque-300

Area Scanned

Cervical region

Scan Delay

30sec

Length of Spiral (time)

40sec

Slice Thickness

5mm

Table Speed/Pitch

5mm/sec

Reconstruction Interval

5mm

3D Technique Used

None used

Comment: 1. With Spiral CT this can easily be combined with an examination of the chest. 2. I think this flow rate is just too low for a good study. A flow rate of 2-2.5ml/sec is ideal.