computed tomography

noun

Meaning

A form of radiography which uses computer software to create images, or slices, at various planes of depth from images taken around a body or volume of interest.

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Related words

computed axial tomography(English)cat(English)ct(English)computerized axial tomography(English)comfit(English)computer graphics(English)tiff(English)scanout(English)

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