Isoattenuation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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) uncountable

    "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 ]."

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"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 ]."

Etymology

From iso- + attenuation.

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