cat (computer axial tomography)
41Scan, spiral CAT — A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x ray procedure which combines many x ray images with the aid of a computer to generate cross sectional views and, if needed, three dimensional images of the internal… …
42computerizedaxial tomography — computerized axial tomography n. Abbr. CAT Tomography in which computer analysis of a series of cross sectional scans made along a single axis of a bodily structure or tissue is used to construct a three dimensional image of that structure. The… …
43Helical CAT scan — A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x ray procedure which combines many x ray images with the aid of a computer to generate cross sectional views and, if needed, three dimensional images of the internal… …
44Spiral CAT scan — A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x ray procedure which combines many x ray images with the aid of a computer to generate cross sectional views and, if needed, three dimensional images of the internal… …
45computed tomography scan — CT scan. 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 CT scan, computerized tomography, computerized axial tomography scan, and… …
46computerized 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 …
47Hounsfield, Sir Godfrey Newbold — ▪ 2005 British electrical engineer (b. Aug. 28, 1919, Newark, Nottinghamshire, Eng. d. Aug. 12, 2004, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, Eng.), invented the CT (computed tomography) scanner, also known as the CAT (computerized axial tomography)… …
48brain scanning — ▪ medicine any of a number of diagnostic (diagnostic imaging) methods for detecting intracranial abnormalities. The oldest of the brain scanning procedures still in use is a simple, relatively noninvasive procedure called isotope… …
49Tomodensitométrie — Pour les articles homonymes, voir TDM et Scanner. La tomodensitométrie (TDM), dite aussi scanographie, tomographie axiale calculée par ordinateur (TACO), CT scan (CT = Computed Tomography), CAT scan (CAT = Computer Assisted Tomography), ou… …
50Stevens Institute of Technology — Infobox University name = Stevens Institute of Technology motto = Per aspera ad astra ( Through adversity to the stars ) established = 1870 type = Private endowment = $130,159,592 president = Harold J. Raveché [http://www.stevens.edu/president]… …
