Head and Neck

Indication	Brief description	Slice thickness and reconstruction kernel	Further details of contrast timing/explanation of what the radiographers do	Abbreviation
ENT cancer staging chest	CT chest (contrast)	1 mm B30f, 1 mm B70f both 0.7 mm increment.	65 seconds	CT chest + c
Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsey	CT neck to carina		ENT neck protocol - place info here Need to cover the course of the recurrent laryngeal nerve from skull base to under arch of aorta on left and subclavian on right	ENT neck from skull base to carina
Parathyroid scans			Scanned at 25 seconds
Laryngeal cancer			ENT neck, during free breathing, no breath hold, no coughing, no swallowing, so vocal cords are not opposed