Thoracic Scan Parameters

Question 1

Start: just above lung apices
End: just below costophrenic angles

Answer 1

Routine chest

Question 2

Start: just above lung apices
End: just below adrenal gland

Answer 2

Routine chest - CANCER

Question 3

Start: just above lung apices
End: just below costophrenic angles

Answer 3

Lung nodules

Question 4

Start: just above lung apices
End: just below costophrenic angles

Answer 4

HRCT

Question 5

Start: 7cm below carina
End: 1cm above epiglottis

Answer 5

Tracheobronchial
*inferior to superior

Question 6

Start: just above lung apices
End: just below costophrenic angles

Answer 6

Chest abdomen

Question 7

Start: just below lowest hemidiaphragm
End: lung apices

Answer 7

CTA PE

Question 8

Start: 2cm below tibial plateau
End: iliac crest

Answer 8

CTA PE runoff

Question 9

Start:1cm below carina
End: just below heart apex

Answer 9

Cardiac calcium scoring

Question 10

Start: 2cm above aortic arch
End: 2cm below celiac artery

Answer 10

CTA chest aorta
*retrospective gated

Question 11

Start: just above lung apices
End: 2cm below celiac artery

Answer 11

CTA chest aorta
*gated arterial ohase

Question 12

Start: just above clavicular heads
End: 2cm below heart apex

Answer 12

CTA heart general

Question 13

Start: 1cm below carina
End: just below heart apex

Answer 13

CTA coronary
*cardiac scoring

Question 14

Start: just above clavicular heads
End: 2cm below heart apex

Answer 14

CTA coronary
*gated arterial

Question 15

Start: carina
End: just below costophrenic angles

Answer 15

Prone HRCT