computerized axial tomography

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noun
  1. the process of producing a CAT scan.

Origin of computerized axial tomography

1
First recorded in 1970–75

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Scientific definitions for computerized axial tomography

computerized axial tomography

[ kəm-pyōōtə-rīzd′ ]


  1. 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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