- computerized tomography
- noun see computed tomography
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
computerized tomography
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Computerized tomography — Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X ray images and turns them in pictures. The computerized tomography (CT) scan can reveal some soft tissue and other structures that cannot be seen in… … Medical dictionary
computerized tomography — CT a form of X ray examination in which the X ray source and detector (CT scanner) rotate around the object to be scanned and the information obtained can be used to produce cross sectional images (see cross sectional imaging) by computer (a CT… … The new mediacal dictionary
computerized tomography — noun 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 • Syn: ↑computed tomography, ↑CT, ↑computerized axial tomography, ↑computed axial… … Useful english dictionary
computerized tomography — A series of detailed pictures of areas inside the body taken from different angles; the pictures are created by a computer linked to an x ray machine. Also called computerized axial tomography scan, CAT scan, computed tomography scan, and CT scan … English dictionary of cancer terms
computerized tomography — cross sectional computerized image of the human body for medical purposes, CT … English contemporary dictionary
Scan, computerized tomography — Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X ray images and turns them in pictures. The computerized tomography (CT) scan can reveal some soft tissue and other structures that cannot be seen in… … Medical dictionary
multidetector computerized tomography — MDCT a development of spiral CT scanning that uses more than one array of detectors opposite the X ray tube, so that more tissue can be included, with thinner cuts, in a single rotation of the machine. This is particularly important for three… … The new mediacal dictionary
multislice computerized tomography — MSCT; see multidetector computerized tomography … The new mediacal dictionary
tomography — [tə mäg′rə fē] n. 〚< Gr tomos, a piece cut off (see TOMY) + GRAPHY〛 a process for producing an image of a single plane of an object excluding all other planes, as by using CT SCAN or ULTRASOUND, in … Universalium
tomography — Making of a radiographic image of a selected plane by means of reciprocal linear or curved motion of the x ray tube and film cassette; images of all other planes are blurred (“out of focus”) by being relatively displaced on the film. SYN:… … Medical dictionary
