It's time to retire the use of the term “density” when describing the appearance of
materials at CT imaging. “Attenuation” is the correct term. CT is not merely a densitometer.
Recall that the formula for Hounsfield units is
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Publication history
Published online: September 02, 2022
Accepted:
August 17,
2022
Received in revised form:
August 5,
2022
Received:
May 11,
2022
Footnotes
☆Disclosures: Jeffrey R. Sachs discloses he is a paid medical consultant for GE Healthcare.
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