CT TEMPORAL BONE WITH CONTRAST

Author: Nabilah Nawi

Protocol Structure

00_Inner Ear (Adult)

  • Topogram
  • Non contrast
  • Contrast

Topogram

Must cover vertex of skull to mid of mandible

Head rest must in flat

Non Contrast

Include upper frontal sinus to lower maxillary sinus

Reconstruction Non Contrast

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Injector Setting

Inject using hand bolus method through the IV line

50ml contrast

Reconstruction Contrast

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Multi Planar Reconstruction (MPR)

Parallel Ranges:

  • Image thickness : 3.0mm
  • Number of images : 19

Non Contrast Bone

  • Coronal (cover entire sphenoid sinus and mastoid air cells as shown in the image below)
  • Axial

IV soft tissue 

  • Coronal 
  • Axial

Series of Images Send to PACS

  1. Topogram 0.6 T80f
  2. InnerEar 2.0 H60s
  3. InnerEar 0.6 H60s
  4. InnerEar 2.0 H30s
  5. InnerEar 0.6 H30s
  6. InnerEar IV 2.0 H60s
  7. InnerEar IV 0.6 H60s
  8. InnerEar IV 2.0 H30s
  9. InnerEar IV 0.6 H30s
  10. Patient Protocol
  11. COR Bone
  12. SAG Bone
  13. COR ST
  14. SAG ST

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