Head & Neck Clinical Gallery
Aquilion Lightning 16
Aquilion Lightning™, Canon Medical Systems' 16-row 32 slice* helical CT system for whole-body imaging, employs cutting-edge technologies to optimize patient care and accelerate clinical decision making. Innovative features ensure that high-quality isotropic images are routinely acquired with low patient dose. The workflow is streamlined, increasing patient throughput. And a wide range of advanced 3D and post processing applications provide clinical flexibility.
*coneXact double slice reconstruction
Head & Neck
Head CTA
Aquilion Lightning 16
85-year-old male, Head CTA was performed with AIDR 3D, Adaptive Iterative Dose Reduction. AIDR 3D was embedded into the protocol and automatically applied to the scan. Multiplanar Reconstruction (MPR) and 3D Volume Rendered demonstrate the cerebral vasculature.
View Scan Parameters| Non-Contrast | |
| Scan Mode | Helical |
| Collimation | 0.5 mm x 16 |
| kVp | 120 |
| mAs | 150 |
| Rotation Time | 0.75 s |
| Scan Range | 190.0 mm |
| Dose Reduction | |
| CTDlvol | 28.4 mGy |
| DLP | 633.5 mGy•cm |
| Effective Dose* | 1.33 mSv |
*AAPM Report 96; k Factor 0.0021
Head & Neck
Paranasal Sinuses
Aquilion Lightning 16
A non-contrast CT scan of the head was performed for sinus evaluation. The multiplanar reconstructions and 3D Volume Rendered images demonstrate bilateral maxillary sinus opacification.
View Scan Parameters| Scan Mode | Helical |
| Collimation | 0.5 mm x 16 |
| kVp | 80 |
| mAs | 30 |
| Rotation Time | 0.6 s |
| Scan Range | 90.9 mm |
| Dose Reduction | |
| CTDlvol | 4.7 mGy |
| DLP | 48.6 mGy•cm |
| Effective Dose* | 0.10 mSv |
*AAPM Report 96; k Factor 0.0021
