How to Use computed tomography in a Sentence

computed tomography

noun
  • Fraser’s team, which used computed tomography and laser scans on the mummy, found resin fragments, bandages, bones and 7,000 glass beads in the coffin.
    Josh Magness, miamiherald, 27 Mar. 2018
  • And new computed tomography checkpoint scanners at 267 airports give TSA officers a 3D view of carry-on bags.
    Harriet Baskas, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2021
  • None of this would be possible without computed tomography, or CT scans that use rotating X-ray machines to create cross-sectional images of the body.
    Rachel Pannett, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Shah said that a high resolution computed tomography in patients who tested negative later revealed that the infection had spread to the lungs.
    Vijayta Lalwani, Quartz, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Lumafield isn’t the first company to design computed tomography scanners that could be used by engineers and product designers.
    Amy Feldman, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Some checkpoints are equipped with computed tomography scanners designed to speed travelers through screening.
    Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The scientists visually inspected the bones and used radiographs and computed tomography scans.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 29 Apr. 2021
  • These days, non-invasive techniques are heavily favored, such as polarized light microscopy, conventional radiography, and medical X-ray computed tomography (CT).
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Coronary artery calcification as a marker of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis detected by computed tomography can provide prognostic information when added to classical CV risk factors.
    Christos Varounis, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2021

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