Synonyms

CT scanner

British

noun

Former name: CAT scanner. computerized tomography scanner: an X-ray machine that can produce stereographic images

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The CT scanner enabled any underlying health issues to be ruled out quickly and non-invasively, he added.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

The day of the appointment, the medical staff injected a radioactive tracer into Gluck’s bloodstream, then instructed him to lie down on a machine similar to a CT scanner.

From Slate • May 2, 2025

“We measured the whole vertebral skeleton of a living great white shark with a CT scanner and compared that to the previous reconstruction of the Megalodon vertebral column,” Sternes said.

From Science Daily • Jan. 21, 2024

Within two years of Americore acquiring the facility, the company capped paychecks at $500 and the emergency room’s CT scanner broke.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2023

To determine how Mamenchisaurus managed a neck as long as a semi-truck trailer, Dr. Moore and colleagues used a CT scanner to analyze the animal’s vertebrae.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2023

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