computerized tomography

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computerized tomography

Computed tomography.

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computerized tomography

(Medicine) med a radiological technique that produces images of cross sections through a patient's body using low levels of radiation. Also called (esp US): computed tomography Abbreviation: CT See also CT scanner

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computerized tomography - 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

computed axial tomography, computed tomography, computerized axial tomography, CT, CAT

X-raying, X-radiation - obtaining images by the use of X rays

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CTszámítógépes tomográfia

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