Specific Anatomic Region

Liver

Application

Suspected hemangioma

Author

Fishman EK

Reference Source

Personal communication

Scanner Used

Siemens Somatom Plus 4

Injection Rate

2-3ml/sec

Contrast Volume and Type

100ml of Omnipaque-350

Area Scanned

Sequential images over suspected lesion

Scan Delay

30sec to initial scan

Length of Spiral (time)

Not needed

Slice Thickness

5mm

Table Speed/Pitch

N/A

Reconstruction Interval

N/A

3D Technique Used

N/A

Comment: Scans are obtained at 30sec intervals until 5min, then every 60sec until 10min, as needed. In select cases the scanning is carried out until 15min. The classic peripheral enhancement and fill in is classic for these tumors.