Pediatric 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.

^SURESubtraction, Brain Hemorrhage

Aquilion Prime SP

Automatic subtraction demonstrates intracranial hemorrhage on the right side of the brain.

View Scan Parameters

	Pre-Contrast	Post-Contrast
Scan Mode	Ultra-Helical	Ultra-Helical
Collimation	0.5 mm x 80	0.5 mm x 80
kVp	100	100
mAs	179	179
Rotation Time	0.5 s	0.5 s
Scan Range	276.0 mm	276.0 mm
Reconstruction
CTDIvol	27.2 mGy	27.2 mGy
DLP	575.9 mGy·cm	575.9 mGy·cm
Effective Dose*	1.84 mSv	1.84 mSv

*AAPM Report 96; k Factor 0.0032

Colonic Distention

Aquilion Prime SP

Abdominal CT performed with iodinated contrast demonstrates diffuse colonic distention with air fluid levels.

View Scan Parameters

Scan Mode	Helical
Collimation	0.5 mm x 40
kVp	100
mAs	^SUREExposure
Rotation Time	0.5 s
Scan Range	280.0 mm
Dose Reduction
CTDlvol	3.3 mGy
DLP	98.0 mGy·cm
Effective Dose*	2.69 mSv

*AAPM Report 96, k-factor 0.0275

Knee

Aquilion Prime SP

14-year-old male, an ultra-helical CT scan of the right Knee was performed with AIDR 3D, Adaptive Iterative Dose Reduction. 3D Volume Rendered and Multiplanar Reconstruction (MPR) show small calcifications in the popliteal fossa.

View Scan Parameters

Scan Mode	Ultra-Helical
Collimation	0.5 mm x 80
kVp	120
mAs	75
Rotation Time	0.5 s
Scan Range	142.0 mm
Dose Reduction
CTDlvol	6.1 mGy
DLP	113.1 mGy•cm