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CT scanner

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Measuring those features requires instruments capable of revealing what lies beneath the rubble, similar to how a CT scanner can reveal bones and tissues inside the human body.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 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

There’s a defibrillator and a portable ultrasound on the I.S.S., but no CT scanner or M.R.I. machine.

From New York Times Nov. 12, 2023

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

The ECT has made other improvements that have helped to speed up waiting times, including a new CT scanner.

From BBC Mar. 27, 2023

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