Ring artifact

Case contributed by Masoud Farhadi
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Headache.

Patient Data

Age: 15 years
Gender: Female
ct

Non-contrast CT of the brain shows concentric rings that repeat frequently in the same position.

Case Discussion

Ring artifact is caused by the miscalibration or failure of one or more detector elements in a CT scanner.

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