computed tomography
Such imaging applied to health careA form of radiography which uses computer software to create images, or slices, at various planes of depth from images taken around a body or volume of interest. Sometimes called “computerized tomography”. (The radiation used is X-rays unless otherwise specified.): Such imaging applied to health care.
Meaning
2 sensesA form of radiography which uses computer software to create images, or slices, at various planes of depth from images taken around a body or volume of interest. Sometimes called “computerized tomography”. (The radiation used is X-rays unless otherwise specified.)
(countable, uncountable)Such imaging applied to health care.
Computertomographie
компью́терная томогра́фияkompʹjúternaja tomográfija
(countable, uncountable)Such imaging applied to industrial inspection or to security at airports, seaports, large public venues, and so on.
- a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis
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Forms
plural: computed tomographies| Singular | computed tomography |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis:computerized tomographyCTcomputerized axial tomographycomputed axial tomographyCAT
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