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computerized axial tomography
noun
the process of producing a CAT scan.
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| computerized tomography | |
| —n | |
| med See also CT scanner Also called (esp US): computed tomography, CT a radiological technique that produces images of cross sections through a patient's body using low levels of radiation | |
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Medical Dictionary
computerized axial tomography com·put·er·ized axial tomography (kəm-py&oomacr;'tə-rīzd')
n.
Abbr. CAT
Tomography used in diagnostic studies of internal bodily structures, 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. Also called computed tomography.
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Science Dictionary
computerized axial tomography  (kəm-py 'tə-rīzd') Pronunciation Key
Tomography in which computer analysis of a series of cross-sectional x-ray images made along a single axis of a bodily structure or tissue is used to construct a three-dimensional image of that structure. The technique is used in diagnostic studies of internal bodily structures, as in the detection of tumors or brain aneurysms. |
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