[Intl_DxMedPhys] [EXTERNAL] Re: Siemens X.Cite

[Szczykutowicz, Timothy P]

I tested one last summer, I measured 24 mm for the 19.2 mm nominal mode. I used one of the default siemens abdomen sequential protocols. Set to one bed position. Ours didn’t do 38.4 mm (on rails installation). I found the vendor specs as noted below from my report

“Nominal blackening width from user manual page 30 in chapter 2 of Dose Information in manual “Dosimetry
and imaging performance report” used to get specs of 2x1 collimation is 3.5 mm black film }1 mm, 12x1.2 mm
collimation is 19.8 black width } 1.5 mm, 16x1.2 collimation is 25 mm black width }2 mm.”

Were the other collimations also much larger than you would have liked? Did the reconstructed image range for the single exposure seem to match using only a 38.4 mm coverage? I don’t think there is some odd coverage like 50 something mm to explain your measurement, they list it as a max 128 slice scanner. That is a pretty large error though, hard to believe the local FE could have it mis calibrated so much.

-stick

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Good afternoon. Is there a trick that anyone has found when testing beam width on the Siemens X. Cite CT scanners? These systems are not as user friendly as others and you are limited to factor collimation settings. The collimation 64x. 6 that

Good afternoon.

Is there a trick that anyone has found when testing beam width on the Siemens X.Cite CT scanners?

These systems are not as user friendly as others and you are limited to factor collimation settings.  The collimation 64x.6 that I tested should have given me approx. 38.4mm and I measured 61mm.  I know I need to pick a protocol without z-sharp, but has anyone else come across this and what did you find/ use for testing?


Thanks in advance.

DG

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