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hypoenhancement

hypoenhancement noun: the quality of showing poor enhancement; dimness or darkness in an image.

Noun

hypoenhancement (uncountable)

  1. The quality of showing poor enhancement; dimness or darkness in an image.
    • One would expect the area of hypoenhancement on first-pass imaging to be larger than that of hyperenhancement on delayed contrast-enhanced imaging.2007, Applied Radiology, page 14
    • Contrast-enhanced CT scans are commonly performed for the evaluation of symptoms suggestive of acute pulmonary embolism or aortic dissection but can incidentally detect areas of myocardial hypoenhancement that could trigger consideration of an acute MI.2010, Christopher M. Kramer, Multimodality Imaging in Cardiovascular Medicine, page 53

Questions about hypoenhancement

What does hypoenhancement mean?
Hypoenhancement means the quality of showing poor enhancement; dimness or darkness in an image.
What part of speech is hypoenhancement?
Hypoenhancement is a noun.

Words near hypoenhancement in the dictionary

  1. hypoendemic
  2. hypoendemicity
  3. hypoenergetic
  4. hypoenhance
  5. hypoenhanced
  6. hypoenhancement
  7. hypoenhances
  8. hypoenhancing
  9. hypoeosinophilia
  10. hypoequilibrium
  11. hypoesthesia

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