isoattenuation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From iso- + attenuation.
Noun
[edit]isoattenuation (uncountable)
- attenuation of an object of interest to the same extent as the background tissue (such that it does not show up on an X-ray image)
- 2015 July 24, Michael Kueht et al., “Concurrent hepatic hemangioma and solitary fibrous tumor: diagnosis and management”, in Journal of Surgical Case Reports[1], volume 2015, :
- Triple-phase imaging will reveal a hypoattenuating lesion on the early phase, while the delayed phases show peripheral isoattenuation (with the rest of the liver parenchyma) with a persistently hypoattenuating central portion that gradually fills [ 6 ].