computed tomography

American  

noun

1. computerized axial tomography. CT

---

computed tomography British  

noun

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

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

computed tomography

Price said newer security machines that TSA is installing to replace traditional X-ray machines have computed tomography capabilities, which "can do a much better job of detecting liquid-based explosives".

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Using computed tomography scanning data, Srivastava digitally separated the crushed bones and created a 3D printed reconstruction of the skull.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 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

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

The researchers also used electron microscopy and computed tomography scans to probe the porous structure of the onggi and calculate its “gas permeability coefficient,” or how easily gas could pass through it.

From Scientific American ● May 16, 2023

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---