J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg.  2006 Aug;32(4):391-396.

Study for hounsfield units in computed tomogram with jaw lesion

• Kim CH
• Jung JI

Abstract

The CT number is called Hounsfield unit(HU). Generally HU has a score between +1000 from -1000, and it is standardized usingthe air(-1000), water(0), and compact bone(+1000). Hounsfield Unit to standardize the density in computed tomography using the air and water has been used to analysis of lesion in other medical field. Computed tomography is popular method to analysis of lesion in oral and maxillofacial field but the analysis about density of lesion by Hounsfield unit is still obscure. For this study, computed tomography taken in Dankook University Dental Hospital and Hounsfield unit was measured to compare the difference of jaw bone lesion as cystic lesion, benign tumor, malignant tumor.

Keyword

Hounsfield Unit; Jaw tumor; Computed Tomogram

MeSH Terms

Jaw*