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

A puzzling fossil from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation in WA has now been examined using advanced imaging techniques such as CT scanning and computed tomography.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

But a new study questions whether scans—specifically computed tomography scans—are causing more cancer than we thought, specifically among the patients who receive them.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2025

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 • Jun. 29, 2023

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 • Jun. 1, 2023

For those who can get screened, the most common way is using low-dose computed tomography scans, called LDCT.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023