ct scan history

CT Discovered : Godfrey Hounsfield

CT : Computed Tomography

TLD : Thermo Luminescent Dosimeter.

HU : Hounsfield Unit.

H/O = History Of

MIP : Maximum Intensity Projection.

MIN IP : Minimum Intensity Projection.

ROI : Region of Interest.

VRT : Volume Rendering Technique.

VOI : Volume of Interest.

FOV : Field of View.

TOF : Time of Flight.

IAM : Internal auditory Meatus.

IAC : Internal Auditory Canal.

ACA : Anterior Cerebral Artery.

ACom : Anterior Communicating Artery.

MCA : Middle Cerebral Artery.

PCA :  Posterior Cerebral Artery.

PICA : Posterior Inferior Cerebral Artery

SCA : Superior Cerebral Artery.

ASA : Anterior Spinal Artery.

CSF :   Cerebro Spinal Fluid.

ICA :   Internal Carotid Artery.

AO : Aorta.

AVM : Arteriovenous Malformation.

SMA : Superior Mesenteric Artery.

AAA : Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

IVC : Inferior Vena Cava

SVC : Superior Vena Cava

RA : Right Atrium

RV : Right Ventricle

LA : Left Atrium

LV : Left Ventricle

CVD = Cardiovascular Diseases

CAD = Coronary Artery Disease

CVA = Cerebrovascular Accident

RCA : Right Coronary Artery.

LCA : Left Coronary Artery.

PDA : Posterior descending artery

LAD : Left  Anterior descending artery

RMA : Right marginal artery

LCX : Left Circumflix Artery.

HRCT : High Resolution Computed Tomography.

FNAC : Fine Niddle Aspiration Cytology.

COPD = Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

PE = Pulmonary Embolism

PNA = Pneumonia

ARDS = Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

SpO2 or SaO2 = Oxygen Saturation

RR = Respiratory Rate

CA : Cancer.

SOL : Space Occupying Lesion.

CBD : Common Bile Duct.

CKD : Chronic kidney Diseases.

ARF = Acute Renal Failure

GFR : Glomeruler Filtration Rate.

UTI = Urinary Tract Infection

UVJ: Uterovesical Junction.

CLD : Chronic Liver Diseases.

HBS : Hepato Billiary System.

GB : Gallbladder.

CBD : Common Bile Duct.

HBPS : Hepato Billiary Pancreatic System.

IBD = Inflammatory Bowel Disease

GERD = Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

SBO = Small Bowel Obstruction

DVT = Deep Venous Thrombosis