CAT scanner

A CT scanner.

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CAT scanner

(kæt)

(Medicine) former name for CT scanner

[C20: (C)omputerized (A)xial (T)omography]

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CAT′ scan`ner

(kæt)
n.

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.

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Noun

CAT scanner - a tomograph that constructs a 3-D model of an object by combining parallel planes

computerized axial tomography scanner

tomograph - X-ray machine in which a computer builds a detailed image of a particular plane through an object from multiple X-ray measurements

Translations

CAT scanner

[ˈkætˌskænəʳ] n (Med) → apparecchiatura per la TAC f inv

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