Tag: Hounsfield units

1. The Hounsfield scale is a quantitative scale for describing radiodensity of different tissues and materials ?
2. The radiodensity of distilled water is defined as 100 Hounsfield units (HU) ?
3. The radiodensities of  white and gray matter in the brain are different ?
4. “Windowing” allows users to expand the CT data sets low dynamic range ?
5. The default brain window is 80 W 40 L ?
6. The Hounsfield scale does not apply to cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans ?

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