computed tomography

American  

noun

1. computerized axial tomography. CT

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computed tomography British  

noun

1. med another name (esp US) for computerized tomography

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Example Sentences

In this way, results equivalent to those of computed tomography can be obtained, since volumetric and geometric measurements are translated into femur resistance capacity results of the scanned subject.

From Science Daily

The data were taken from computed tomography of subjects in the National Institutes of Health Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, or MESA.

From Science Daily

In general, computed tomography and MRI are reliable indicators of these changes.

From Scientific American

Researchers created a computational model of a cat’s nose based on computed tomography scans and tissue slices from a deceased house cat whose body was donated for research.

From Scientific American

Victoria Sjoholt Engelschion, a doctoral researcher at the Natural History Museum in Oslo, came across bits of bluish ichthyosaur bones when she was making computed tomography scans of clumps of fossilized clams from the area.

From New York Times