Toshiba 16 detector Aquilion LB (Toshiba Medical, Puteaux, France)

Region

 

Direction of acquisition
Breathing status
Scout view
 Patient position

 

CR – CA (cranio-caudal direction)
Free breathing
120 Kv / 10 mA
                     Radiation Treatment position

Séries
         - Without constrast
                       - With
       
       

2 series
+ One without constrast
                           + One with

CT acquisition parameters
Acquisition mode
Rotation time
Rotation  angle
Collimator width 
  Slice thickness (mm) /  Interval
 Pitch  
 Scan field-of-view (SFOV)
 kV / mA
                                

 

CT reconstruction parameters
Acquisition filter
 Reconstruction filter
Reconstructed slice thickness and interval

               
               

 

Helical
1.5 sec
360°
 16 mm 
 1 mm ou 2 mm
                                     0.937
          Second series (contrast enhanced) FOV 24 cm
120KV / 250mA ou 100 mA ?

 

 

Soft tissue standard
FC 13
3mmx3mm  ou 1 mm * 1 mm

                    

Contrast concentration
                  - Quantity (ml)

                  - Rate (ml/sec)
                  - Start

Ioméron 350
90-120cc

 2.5-3 cc / sec.
< 15 - 20 sec

Table 1: Parameters used to image the patients’ vessels.