{
  "id": 246346,
  "title": "Hounsfield Unit Conversion.",
  "url": "/competitions/siim-covid19-detection/discussion/246346",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2021-06-15T04:03:59.400717400Z",
  "votes": 5,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>I can not see slope and intercept value in dicom meta data info. Is dcm array in HU value?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "1349755",
      "postDate": "06/15/2021 04:03:59",
      "content": "<p>I can not see slope and intercept value in dicom meta data info. Is dcm array in HU value?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I can not see slope and intercept value in dicom meta data info. Is dcm array in HU value?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1349796",
      "postDate": "06/15/2021 05:04:55",
      "content": "<p>No. If my understanding is correct you’ll find HU in CT images, but in this competition we’re working with X-ray images.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "No. If my understanding is correct you’ll find HU in CT images, but in this competition we’re working with X-ray images.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1350375",
      "postDate": "06/15/2021 12:24:50",
      "content": "<p>That is correct, H.U. applies to CT/PT, not X-Ray. Slope will always be 1 and intercept will be 0 (for standard projection radiography) if you're manually applying a LUT.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "That is correct, H.U. applies to CT/PT, not X-Ray. Slope will always be 1 and intercept will be 0 (for standard projection radiography) if you're manually applying a LUT.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1349796,
      "author_name": "christoffer",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/15/2021 05:04:55",
      "content": "<p>No. If my understanding is correct you’ll find HU in CT images, but in this competition we’re working with X-ray images.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1350375,
      "author_name": "davidbroberts",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/15/2021 12:24:50",
      "content": "<p>That is correct, H.U. applies to CT/PT, not X-Ray. Slope will always be 1 and intercept will be 0 (for standard projection radiography) if you're manually applying a LUT.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "1349755": "I can not see slope and intercept value in dicom meta data info. Is dcm array in HU value?",
    "1349796": "No. If my understanding is correct you’ll find HU in CT images, but in this competition we’re working with X-ray images.",
    "1350375": "That is correct, H.U. applies to CT/PT, not X-Ray. Slope will always be 1 and intercept will be 0 (for standard projection radiography) if you're manually applying a LUT."
  },
  "source": "meta"
}