Medical Definition of Hounsfield number

1. A normalised value of the calculated X-ray absorption coefficient of a pixel (picture element) in a computed tomogram, expressed in Hounsfield units, where the CT number of air is -1000 and that of water is zero. Synonym: Hounsfield number. (05 Mar 2000)

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Hounsfield number (current term)
Hounsfield unit
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Housatonic River
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