The dynamic range describes the range of x-ray intensities a detector can differentiate. A high dynamic range provides the discrimination between small differences in x-ray attenuation.
A current CT scanner has approximately a dynamic range of 1,000,000 to 1 and 1,100 views or projections a second.

Electronic noise decreases the image quality. There are various noise sources in any electronic system, including Johnson noise, shot noise, or thermal noise. Electronic noise can be caused by vibrations of any of the hardware components, especially the rotational components of a CT scanner or power fluctuations.

(H) The Hounsfield scale displays radiodensity in a linear scale of gray shades expressed in Hounsfield units (HU). The Hounsfield scale is a quantitative transformation of the attenuation coefficient.
The Hounsfield value -1000 is defined as the radiodensity of air, 0 H that of distilled water at standard pressure and temperature, and denser tissues like for example cranial bone can reach 2000 H. The radiation attenuation of dental fillings or artificial implants depends on atomic number of the elements used. Titanium usually has an amount of +1000 HU. Iron steel can have a density greater than the highest range (traditional 3095 H) covered by the standard Hounsfield scale of a CT scanner. Areas with attenuation coefficients that exceed the scale's maximum are white areas in which no detail is visible.
Some CT machines are relatively tolerant, precise representing regions with very high densities. Sometimes, an option is available to select an extended CT number scale.

Linearity is a property of a system, characterized by output that is directly proportional to the input.
In computed tomography (CT), linearity describes the amount to which the CT number of a material is exactly proportional to the density of this material (in Hounsfield units). This accuracy between the linear attenuation coefficient and the CT number is also utilized to describe the performance of a CT scanner.
The linearity of a gamma camera is a measure of the geometrical correctness of the images.

(LCD) The low contrast detectability represents the ability of a CT scanner to distinguish between objects that have similar x-ray attenuation coefficients. In cases of other diagnostic imaging modalities it means the ability of imaging equipment to differentiate between objects that have similar properties.