Scan Coverage

Question 1

What is the sagittal scan coverage for routine brain?

Answer 1

Center at nasion.

Slice coverage is from one temporal lobe to another, FOV below foramen magnum to top of head. Angle with longitudinal fissure

Question 2

What is the axial scan coverage for routine brain?

Answer 2

Centre at nasion

Slice coverage is below foramen magnum to sup surface of brain. FOV entire head. Angle parallel to anterior-posterior commissure

Question 3

What is coronal scan coverage for a routine brain?

Answer 3

center at nasion

Cover frontal lobe to post cerebellum
FOV is entire head
angle parallel to brainstem

Question 4

What is the axial scan coverage for temporal lobes?

Answer 4

Centre at nasion.

slice coverage is inf aspect of temporal lobe to sup boarder of corpus collosum
FOV entire head
angle parallel to temporal lobe

Question 5

What is the coronal scan coverage for IAM?

Answer 5

Centre at nasion

Slice coverage is posterior border of cerebellum to clivus
FOV is entire head
angle parallel to brainstem

Question 6

What is the sagittal scan coverage for pituitary scans

Answer 6

center at nasion

Slice coverage is left to right lat borders of pituitary fossa
FOV inf edge of sphenoid sinus to sup portion of lat ventricles
angle with longitudinal fissure