use appropriate windowing to detect pulmonary embolism PE on CT chest

• related: chest imaging
• tags: #permanent

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Appropriate windowing allows you to find subtle small PEs. The main PA should have > 250 HU (e.g. ~600). Level should be 1/2 of PA attenuation (e.g. ~300), and width should be 2x (e.g. ~1200).¹

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