isoattenuation

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noun

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)

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Meanings

nounisoattenuation (uncountable)
  1. uncountableattenuation 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)

    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 ].

    2015 July 24, Michael Kueht et al., “Concurrent hepatic hemangioma and solitary fibrous tumor: diagnosis and management”, in Journal of Surgical Case Reports, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin

From iso- + attenuation.

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