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Specific Anatomic Region |
Kidney |
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Application |
Suspected renal mass/Staging renal mass
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Author |
Fishman EK |
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Reference Source |
Personal Communication |
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Scanner Used |
Siemens Plus4 Volume Zoom |
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KV / mAs / Time per Rotation (sec) |
120 / 165 / .5 (dual phase) |
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Detector Collimation (mm) |
2.5 or 1 |
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Slice Thickness (mm) |
3 or 1.25 |
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Data Reconstruction Interval (mm) |
3-5 or 1 |
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Table Speed (mm per rotation) / Pitch |
12.5 / 5 or 6 / 6 |
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Oral Contrast |
750 cc of water |
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IV Contrast Volume and Type |
120 cc of Omnipaque 350
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Injection Rate |
3 cc/sec |
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Scan Delay (sec) |
30-40 sec/80 sec |
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3D Technique Used |
Volume rendering |
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Comments:
- Two phases are routinely obtained in these patients. We obtain a
corticomedullary phase and then a delayed phase (180 sec). Both phases
use the same scanning parameters.
- 1 mm collimation is used in order to create 3D reconstructions with
optimal detail.
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