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Table 1 Commonly used range specifications to describe the normal size of anatomical entities

From: Semantic representation of reported measurements in radiology

Range type

Examples: anatomical entity E, quality Q, bound/range

Upper bound

lymph node (RID13296), short axis, 1 cm

submental lymph node (RID7710), short axis, 1.5 cm

spleen (RID86), length, 15 cm

Lower bound

ascending aorta (RID580), diameter root, 4 cm

Interval

kidney (RID205), cranio-caudal diameter, 8–13 cm

wall of gallbladder (RID33779), thickness, 0.1–0.3 cm

ureter (RID229), width, 0.4–0.7 cm