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Computed Tomography ScanComputed Tomography - correct answer ✔✔Process of creating a cross-sectional tomographic plane
(slice) of any part of the body
Computed Tomograpy - correct answer ✔✔Well-accepted imaging modality for neurologic and body
procedures
Brain
(Window width) - correct answer ✔✔250 HU
Brain
(Window level) - correct answer ✔✔30 HU
Spinal cord
(Window Width) - correct answer ✔✔350 HU
Spinal Cord
(Window Level) - correct answer ✔✔50 HU
Skull, Bone
(Window width) - correct answer ✔✔2000 HU
Bone
(Window level) - correct answer ✔✔500 HU
Lungs
(Window width) - correct answer ✔✔2000 HU
, Lungs
(Window level) - correct answer ✔✔-700 HU
Mediadtinum
(Window width) - correct answer ✔✔450 HU
Mediastinum
(Window level) - correct answer ✔✔40 HU
Abdomen
(Window width) - correct answer ✔✔150 HU
Abdomen
(Window level) - correct answer ✔✔50 HU
1967 - Godfrey Hounsfield - correct answer ✔✔First successful clinical demo. Of CT.
1971 - Atkinson Morley's Hospital - correct answer ✔✔First full-scale unit for head scanning
1973 - Mayo Clinic & Massachusetts Gen. Hosp. - correct answer ✔✔First CT units in the United States
1974 - Dr. Robert Ledley - correct answer ✔✔Developed the first scanner capable of visualizing any
section of the body
Data acquisition system
(DAS) - correct answer ✔✔Radiation detection system that measures amount of radiation passing
through patient
Gantry - correct answer ✔✔Framework that holds x-ray tube and radiation detection system
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