Liver and Bone Window Settings for Soft-Copy Interpretation of Chest and Abdominal CT
Stephen M. Pomerantz1,2,3,
Charles S. White1,2,
Thorsten L. Krebs1,2,
Barry Daly1,2,
Sathi A. Sukumar4,
Frank Hooper2 and
Eliot L. Siegel1,2,4
1
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Maryland Medical System, 22 S.
Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201.
2
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
10 N. Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201.
3
Present address: American Radiology Associates, 1838 Green Tree Rd.,
Baltimore, MD 21208
4
Present address: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, South Manchester
University Hospitals NHS Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, S. Moor Rd., Manchester
M23 9LT, United Kingdom.

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Fig. 1A. 65-year-old man with history of lung cancer. Axial CT image through
upper abdomen from chest CT initially described as normal.
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Fig. 1B. 65-year-old man with history of lung cancer. Same image as in
A filmed at liver settings reveals hepatic lesion (arrow).
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Fig. 2A. 83-year-old man with prostatic carcinoma. Axial CT image using
soft-tissue settings through thoracic vertebral body that was not initially
noted.
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Fig. 2B. 83-year-old man with prostatic carcinoma. Same image as in A
filmed at bone settings reveals sclerotic lesion (arrow) probably
representing metastasis.
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