vHP provides a gated scan of the heart and non gated scan of the upper abdomen in a single contrast injection and one breath hold in this patient with suspected enlarged ascending aorta seen on ultrasound and BMI 25.2 and heart rate 72bpm.
Courtesy
South Coast Radiology
Qld, Australia
View Scan Parameters
Scan ModeUltra Helical
Collimation0.5 mm × 80
kVp120
mAsSUREExposure
Rotation Time0.35 s
Scan Range308 mm
Dose ReductionAiCE
CTDIvol23.8 mGy
DLP836.8 mGy·c
Effective Dose11.7 mSv
k-factor0.014 (AAPM Report 96)
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Cardiac
Cardiac
Prospective ECG gated cardiac CTA in this 90kg patient with a heart rate of 68bpm.
Courtesy Izumo Citizens Hospital, Japan