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It was established by Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield, one of the principal engineers and developers of [[computed axial tomography]] (CAT, or CT scans). | It was established by Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield, one of the principal engineers and developers of [[computed axial tomography]] (CAT, or CT scans). | ||
CT machines were the first imaging devices for detailed visualization of the internal three-dimensional [[anatomy]] of living creatures, initially only as [[tomography|tomographic]] reconstructions of slice views or sections. Since the early 1990s, with advances in computer technology and scanners using [[computed axial tomography|spiral CT]] technology, internal three-dimensional anatomy is viewable by three-dimensional software reconstructions, from multiple perspectives, on computer monitors. By comparison, conventional [[X-Ray]] images show only compressed two-dimensional images of complex anatomy, i.e. [[radiodensity]] | CT machines were the first imaging devices for detailed visualization of the internal three-dimensional [[anatomy]] of living creatures, initially only as [[tomography|tomographic]] reconstructions of slice views or sections. Since the early 1990s, with advances in computer technology and scanners using [[computed axial tomography|spiral CT]] technology, internal three-dimensional anatomy is viewable by three-dimensional software reconstructions, from multiple perspectives, on computer monitors. By comparison, conventional [[X-Ray]] images show only compressed two-dimensional images of complex anatomy, i.e. [[radiodensity]] shadows. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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Overview
The Hounsfield scale is a quantitative scale for describing radiodensity.
Definition
The radiodensity of distilled water at standard pressure and temperature (STP) is defined as zero Hounsfield units (HU). The radiodensity of air at STP is defined as -1000 HU. For a material X with linear attenuation coefficient <math>\mu_{X}</math> , it is defined as
<math>\frac{\mu_X-\mu_{H_2O}}{\mu_{H_2O}}\times 1000</math>
where <math>\mu_{H_2O}</math> is the linear attenuation coefficient of water at the same (effective) energy.
Rationale
The above standards were chosen as they are universally available references and suited to the key application for which computed axial tomography was developed: imaging the internal anatomy of living creatures based on organized water structures and mostly living in air, e.g. humans.
The HU of common substances
| Substance | HU |
|---|---|
| Air | -1000 |
| Fat | -120 |
| Water | 0 |
| Muscle | +40 |
| Bone | +1000 |
History
It was established by Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield, one of the principal engineers and developers of computed axial tomography (CAT, or CT scans).
CT machines were the first imaging devices for detailed visualization of the internal three-dimensional anatomy of living creatures, initially only as tomographic reconstructions of slice views or sections. Since the early 1990s, with advances in computer technology and scanners using spiral CT technology, internal three-dimensional anatomy is viewable by three-dimensional software reconstructions, from multiple perspectives, on computer monitors. By comparison, conventional X-Ray images show only compressed two-dimensional images of complex anatomy, i.e. radiodensity shadows.
External links
- Hounsfield Unit - fpnotebook.com
- Introduction to CT physics - elsevierhealth.com