computed tomography
Americannoun
noun
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Stephanie Smith, manager of the Field Museum's X-ray computed tomography laboratory, helped create highly detailed micro CT scans of the octopus.
From Science Daily ● May 25, 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
In general, computed tomography and MRI are reliable indicators of these changes.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 21, 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
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