TY - JOUR AU - Yang, Nathaniel PY - 2020/12/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - On the Importance of Proper Window and Level Settings in Temporal Bone CT Imaging JF - Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery JA - Philipp J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg VL - 35 IS - 2 SE - Practice Pearls DO - 10.32412/pjohns.v35i2.1523 UR - https://pjohns.pso-hns.org/index.php/pjohns/article/view/1523 SP - 51 AB - <p><strong>During a discussion</strong> on temporal bone imaging, a group of resident trainees in otolaryngology were asked to corroborate the finding of a fracture in set of images that were supposed to be representative of a fracture involving the otic capsule.<sup>1</sup> <em>(Figure 1)</em></p><p>Their comments included the following statements:<br>“The image still does not clearly identify the fracture. It would have been better if the images were set to the optimal bone window configuration...”</p><p>“The windowing must be of concern as well. The exposure setting for the non-magnified view is different from the magnified ones. One must observe consistent windowing in order to assess the fractures more accurately.”</p><p>“...the images which demonstrate a closer look on the otic capsule areas are not rendered in the temporal bone window which makes it difficult to assess.”<br>“...aside from lack of standard windowing...”</p> ER -