computer-tomography scan

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• 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

• Computerized axial tomography scan — 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 CAT (computerized axial tomography) scan can reveal some soft tissue and other structures that cannot be… …   Medical dictionary

• 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

• Scan — may refer to: *Scan, the act of examining sequentially, part by part *Image scanning, in data processing, the act of optically analyzing a two or three dimensional image and digitally encode it (digitize it) for storage in a computer file *Scan,… …   Wikipedia

• Scan, computerized axial 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 CAT (computerized axial tomography) scan can reveal some soft tissue and other structures that cannot be… …   Medical dictionary

• Scan, 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… …   Medical dictionary

• Tomography, computerized axial — 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 CAT (computerized axial tomography) scan can reveal some soft tissue and other structures that cannot be… …   Medical dictionary

• Tomography, computerized — 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… …   Medical dictionary

• Scan, helical CAT — A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x ray procedure which combines many x ray images with the aid of a computer to generate cross sectional views and, if needed, three dimensional images of the internal… …   Medical dictionary

• Scan, spiral CAT — A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x ray procedure which combines many x ray images with the aid of a computer to generate cross sectional views and, if needed, three dimensional images of the internal… …   Medical dictionary

• 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