What Are Localizer Images?
Localizer Images, Also Called Scout Images, Are Used in Mr and Ct Studies to Identify the Relative Anatomical Position of a Collection of Cross-Sectional...
Localizer images, also called scout images, are used in MR and CT studies to identify the relative anatomical position of a collection of cross-sectional images. A localizer can be acquired as a separate image, as is often done for CTs, or it can be dynamically generated, as is done for MRs.
What is a localizer scan?
Localizer scans. A set of three-plane, low-resolution, large field-of view localizers are first obtained, equivalent to "scout views" in CT. These localizer images will be used for plotting slices in step 6. 5.
What is localizer in CT?
The localizer, also known as the survey, pilot, scout (GE), surview (Philips), topogram (Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany) and scanogram (Toshiba), therefore plays a key role in determining patient dose, particularly in CT systems where online feedback is not used for TCM definition (i.e. the TCM relies solely on ...
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