Head & Neck Clinical Gallery

Aquilion Prime SP

Providing the best care to all of your patients should be simple. That is why Aquilion Prime SP is designed the way imaging technology should be—with the ability to scan more patients and offer a better CT experience.

Brain, AiCE

Aquilion Prime SP

CT Head without and with contrast enhancement using AiCE DLR for improved low contrast detectability in stroke work-up. Additionally, AiCE high-resolution capabilities enable bone evaluation for trauma.

View Scan Parameters

Scan Mode	Ultra-Helical
Collimation	0.5 mm x 40
kVp	120
mAs	225
Rotation Time	0.75 s
Scan Range	160.0 mm
Reconstruction	Brain LCD
CTDIvol	53.4 mGy
DLP	992.1 (2) mGy·cm
Effective Dose*	2.0 (2) mSv

*AAPM Report 96, k-factor 0.0021

^SURESubtraction, Carotid CTA

Aquilion Prime SP

^SURESubtraction automatically generates images with subtracted bones improving the visualization of the neurovascular anatomy.

View Scan Parameters

	Non-Contrast	Post-Contrast
Scan Mode	Ultra-Helical	Ultra-Helical
Collimation	0.5 mm x 80	0.5 mm x 80
kVp	100	100
mAs	^SUREExposure	^SUREExposure
Rotation Time	0.5 s	0.5 s
Scan Range	350.0 mm	350.0 mm
Reconstruction
CTDIvol	3.9 mGy	3.9 mGy
DLP	152.7 mGy•cm	152.7 mGy•cm
Effective Dose*	0.47 mSv	0.80 mSv

*AAPM Report 96, k-factor 0.0031