computed tomography

noun

: radiography in which a three-dimensional image of a body structure is constructed by computer from a series of plane cross-sectional images made along an axis

called also computed axial tomography, computerized axial tomography, computerized tomography

Examples of computed tomography in a Sentence

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Many of his Black female patients had chest x-rays, computed tomography scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that seemed to include shadows or squiggly lines known as artifacts. Rod McCullom, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024 Researchers from San Diego State University stuck an entire juvenile minke whale inside a computed tomography (CT) scanning machine to virtually slice and dice its anatomy with X-rays. Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2018 For those who can get screened, the most common way is using low-dose computed tomography scans, called LDCT. Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023 An example of an x-ray computed tomography (CT )scanner. Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2014 See all Example Sentences for computed tomography 

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First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of computed tomography was in 1974

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“Computed tomography.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/computed%20tomography. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

computed tomography

noun
: the process by which a CAT scan is produced

called also computerized tomography

Medical Definition

computed tomography

noun
: a method of producing a three-dimensional image of an internal body structure by computerized combination of two-dimensional cross-sectional X-ray images
abbreviation CT

called also computed axial tomography, computerized axial tomography, computerized tomography

see ct colonography, ct scan

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