tomographic scanner

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• Scanner coronaire — Le Scanner coronaire, ou coro CT, est un examen de tomodensitométrie permettant de visualiser les artères coronaires. Sommaire 1 Historique 2 Technique 3 Résultats 4 …   Wikipédia en Français

• PET scanner — noun a tomograph that produces cross sectional X rays of metabolic processes in the body • Syn: ↑positron emission tomography scanner • Hypernyms: ↑tomograph * * * noun : a medical instrument consisting of integrated X ray and computing equipment …   Useful english dictionary

• CAT scanner — CAT′ scan ner [[t]kæt[/t]] n. med a tomographic device employing narrow beams of x rays in two planes at various angles to produce computerized cross sectional images of the body, including soft tissue Also called CT scanner …   From formal English to slang

• PET scanner — /ˈpɛt skænə/ (say pet skanuh) noun a tomographic imaging device which detects compounds incorporating positron emitting isotopes, introduced into the body intravenously or by inhalation, thus building up an image of ongoing activity in the brain …  

• PET scanner — a tomographic imaging device that yields visual information about the ongoing activity of the brain: positron emitting isotopes, incorporated into biologically important compounds, are injected intravenously or administered by inhalation, and the …   Universalium

• EMI scanner — an instrument for reconstructing tomographic images for display; see computed tomography, under tomography …   Medical dictionary

• PET scanner — PET′ scan ner n. lab med a tomographic device that produces computerized cross sectional images of biochemical activity in the brain or other organ through the use of radioactive tracers …   From formal English to slang

• Cormack, Allan MacLeod — ▪ 1999       South African born American physicist (b. Feb. 23, 1924, Johannesburg, S.Af. d. May 7, 1998, Winchester, Mass.), formulated the mathematical algorithms that made possible the development of the cross sectional X ray imaging process… …   Universalium

• Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy — Retinal image of a left eye via Optos Optomap. Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) is a method of examination of the eye. It uses the technique of confocal laser scanning microscopy for diagnostic imaging of retina or cornea of the human eye. As… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• X-ray computed tomography — For non medical computed tomography, see Industrial CT Scanning. catSCAN redirects here. For the Transformers character, see Transformers: Universe. X ray computed tomography Intervention A patient is receiving a CT scan for cancer. Outsid …   Wikipedia