Typical window width and level values
Although this varies somewhat from institution to institution and vendor to vendor, window width and centers are generally fairly similar. The values below are written as width and level (W:x L:y) in Hounsfield units (HU).
- head and neck
- brain W:80 L:40
- subdural W:130-300 L:50-100
- stroke W:8 L:32 or W:40 L:40 3
- temporal bones W:2800 L:600
- soft tissues: W:350–400 L:20–60 4
- chest
- lungs W:1500 L:-600
- mediastinum W:350 L:50
- abdomen
- soft tissues W:400 L:50
- liver W:150 L:30
- spine
- soft tissues W:250 L:50
- bone W:1800 L:400
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