CT number of water and bones respectively
Correct Answer: 0, +1000
Description: Answer: c) 0, + 1000CT- scan or CAT scanInvented by God Frey Hounsfield in 1963, awarded Nobel Prize.Basic principle of CT is linear attenuation of x-rays.Incident x-rays are linearly attenuated by their interaction with orbital electrons of tissues.Measurement of attenuation of emerging / detected beam - gives density of intervening tissues and this density forms basis of signal intensity variation obtained in x-ray tomograms.Two type of contrast agents are usedIonic - water soluble iodide dyes (e.g. Na- diatrizoate, megliumine, conray, urograffin, angiografin) - may cause anaphylaxisNon ionic- Safer but expensive e.g. iohexol (Omnipaque), lopamiroElectron density of tissues in numbered as Hounsfield number (H.N.) or Hounsfield units.Air have a value of -1000 HUFat:-120 to-200 HUWater-0 HUSoft tissue: 20-60 HUBlood: 50-60 HUBone:+1000 HU
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