Computerized tomography — Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X ray images and turns them in pictures. The computerized tomography (CT) scan can reveal some soft tissue and other structures that cannot be seen in… … Medical dictionary
computerized tomography — noun a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross sectional scans along a single axis • Syn: ↑computed tomography, ↑CT, ↑computerized axial tomography, ↑computed axial… … Useful english dictionary
computerized tomography — A series of detailed pictures of areas inside the body taken from different angles; the pictures are created by a computer linked to an x ray machine. Also called computerized axial tomography scan, CAT scan, computed tomography scan, and CT scan … English dictionary of cancer terms
computerized tomography — noun see computed tomography … New Collegiate Dictionary
computerized tomography — cross sectional computerized image of the human body for medical purposes, CT … English contemporary dictionary
Scan, computerized tomography — Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X ray images and turns them in pictures. The computerized tomography (CT) scan can reveal some soft tissue and other structures that cannot be seen in… … Medical dictionary
multidetector computerized tomography — MDCT a development of spiral CT scanning that uses more than one array of detectors opposite the X ray tube, so that more tissue can be included, with thinner cuts, in a single rotation of the machine. This is particularly important for three… … The new mediacal dictionary
multislice computerized tomography — MSCT; see multidetector computerized tomography … The new mediacal dictionary
tomography — [tə mäg′rə fē] n. 〚< Gr tomos, a piece cut off (see TOMY) + GRAPHY〛 a process for producing an image of a single plane of an object excluding all other planes, as by using CT SCAN or ULTRASOUND, in … Universalium
tomography — Making of a radiographic image of a selected plane by means of reciprocal linear or curved motion of the x ray tube and film cassette; images of all other planes are blurred (“out of focus”) by being relatively displaced on the film. SYN:… … Medical dictionary
