computed axial tomography scan
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computerized axial tomography 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 CAT scan, computed tomography scan, CT scan, and computerized tomography … English dictionary of cancer terms
Computed axial tomography — Tomodensitométrie Pour les articles homonymes, voir TDM et Scanner. La tomodensitométrie (TDM) dite aussi tomographie axiale calculée par ordinateur, CT scan ou simplement scanner[1], est une technique d imagerie médicale qui consiste à calculer… … Wikipédia en Français
computed 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… … English dictionary of cancer terms
Computed tomography of the head — Diagnostics Computer tomography of human brain, from base of the skull to top. Taken with intravenous contrast medium. ICD 9 CM … Wikipedia
tomography — [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 … Universalium
computerized axial tomography — the process of producing a CAT scan. Also called computed tomography, computer assisted tomography, computerized tomography. Cf. CAT scanner. [1970 75] * * * diagnostic imaging method using a low dose beam of X rays that crosses the body… … Universalium
CAT scan — • computed axial tomography scan … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Computed tomography — tomos (slice) and graphein (to write).Computed tomography was originally known as the EMI scan as it was developed at a research branch of EMI, a company best known today for its music and recording business. It was later known as computed axial… … Wikipedia
computed 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: ↑computerized tomography, ↑CT, ↑computerized axial tomography, ↑computed axial… … Useful english dictionary
CAT scan — computed axial tomography scan * * * CAT scan kat skan, .sē .ā tē n a sectional view of the body constructed by computed tomography called also CT scan * * * CT scan computerized axial tomography, or the image obtained from it … Medical dictionary
