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I have a para-spinal lesion at appx. t4, that the report says measures appx. 10 on the hounsfield unit density. what does this mean?

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Hounsfield Units: Hounsfield Units are used to described the density of an area on MRI. This can be relevant in the attempt to determine the nature of the lesion.

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Answered 5/3/2015

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