- CAT scanning
- noun see CAT scan
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
CAT scanning
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CAT scanning — n the action or process of making a CAT scan with a CAT scanner called also CT scanning … Medical dictionary
cat scanning — noun see cat scan * * * CAT scanning, the act or process of taki X ray pictures by computerized axial tomography … Useful english dictionary
CAT scan — [kat] n. [c(omputerized) a(xial) t(omography)] CT SCAN CAT scanner n. CAT scanning n … English World dictionary
CAT scan — noun an image produced by scanning he analyzed the brain scan you could see the tumor in the CAT scan • Syn: ↑scan • Derivationally related forms: ↑scan (for: ↑scan) … Useful english dictionary
CAT scan, helical — A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x ray procedure which combines many x ray images with the aid of a computer to generate cross sectional views and, if needed, three dimensional images of the internal… … Medical dictionary
CAT scan, spiral — A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x ray procedure which combines many x ray images with the aid of a computer to generate cross sectional views and, if needed, three dimensional images of the internal… … Medical dictionary
CAT scan — noun Etymology: computerized axial tomography Date: 1975 an image made by computed tomography • CAT scanning noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
CAT scan — scanning of organs using an x ray machine which produces computerized cross sectional images of the body, CT scan … English contemporary dictionary
Computerized axial tomography (CAT) — Cat scanning adds X ray images with the aid of a computer to generate cross sectional views anatomy. It can identify normal and abnormal structures and be used to guide procedures. CAT scanning is painless. Iodine containing contrast material is… … Medical dictionary
Scan, helical CAT — A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x ray procedure which combines many x ray images with the aid of a computer to generate cross sectional views and, if needed, three dimensional images of the internal… … Medical dictionary
