Siemens Software version syngo CT 2005C User Manual

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Scan and Reconstruction
 
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Slice Collimation and 
Slice Width
Slice collimation is the slice thickness resulting from 
the effect of the tube-side collimator and the adaptive 
detector array design. In Multislice CT, the Z-coverage 
per rotation is given by the product of the number of 
active detector slices and the collimation (e.g., 2 x 
1.0 mm).
Slice width is the FWHM (full width at half maximum) 
of the reconstructed image.
With the SOMATOM Spirit, you select the slice collima-
tion together with the slice width desired. The slice 
width is independent of pitch, i.e. what you select is 
always what you get. Actually, you do not need to be 
concerned about the algorithm any more; the software 
does it for you.
The Recon icon on the chronicle will be labeled with 
“RT”. After the scan, the Real Time displayed image 
series has to be reconstructed.
The following tables show the possibilities of image 
reconstruction in spiral and sequential scanning.
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