computerized tomography
1Computerized 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… …
2computerized tomography — CT a form of X ray examination in which the X ray source and detector (CT scanner) rotate around the object to be scanned and the information obtained can be used to produce cross sectional images (see cross sectional imaging) by computer (a CT… …
3computerized 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… …
4computerized 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 …
5computerized tomography — noun see computed tomography …
6computerized tomography — cross sectional computerized image of the human body for medical purposes, CT …
7Scan, 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… …
8multidetector 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… …
9multislice computerized tomography — MSCT; see multidetector computerized tomography …
10tomography — [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 …
