The Hounsefield Scale The Hounsfield unit (HU) is a relative | RadioGyan - Radiology Made Easy by Amar Udare MD

The Hounsefield Scale

The Hounsfield unit (HU) is a relative quantitative measurement of radio density used by medical technologist & radiologists in the interpretation of computed tomography (CT) images. The absorption/attenuation coefficient of radiation within a tissue is used during CT reconstruction to produce a grayscale image.
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