User Guide

Shoulder
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Hints in General
• Topogram: TOP, 256 mm.
• Patient positioning:
Patient lying in supine position, the uninjured arm
placed above the head, the injured arm placed flat
against his body. Position side under examination in
the center and support the other side with a Bocollo
pillow.
• If only one side is examined, it is advisable to enter
the side examined in the comment line.
• Contrast medium is required for soft tissue mass
evaluation.
• To further optimize MPR image quality, we recom-
mend that you reduce one or more of the following
parameters: collimation, reconstruction increment,
and slice width for image reconstruction.
Body Kernels
• As standard kernels for body tissue studies B31s or
B41s are recommended; softer images are obtained
with B20s.
• For higher sharpness, as is required e.g., in patient
protocols for cervical spine, shoulder, extremities,
thorax, lung, the kernels B50s, B60s, B70s are avail
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able.
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