computerized axial tomography
- the process of producing a CAT scan.
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Origin of computerized axial tomography
First recorded in 1970–75
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computerized tomography
- med a radiological technique that produces images of cross sections through a patient's body using low levels of radiationAlso called (esp US): computed tomography Abbreviation: CT See also CT scanner
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computerized axial tomography
(kəm-pyōō′tə-rīzd′)- Tomography used in diagnostic studies of internal bodily structures, in which computer analysis of a series of cross-sectional scans made along a single axis of a bodily structure or tissue is used to construct a three-dimensional image of that structure.computed tomography
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computerized axial tomography
[kəm-pyōō′tə-rīzd′]
- Tomography in which computer analysis of a series of cross-sectional x-ray images made along a single axis of a bodily structure or tissue is used to construct a three-dimensional image of that structure. The technique is used in diagnostic studies of internal bodily structures, as in the detection of tumors or brain aneurysms.
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