com·put·er·ized axial tomography (k m-py  t-r zd )n. Abbr. CAT Tomography in which computer analysis of a series of cross-sectional scans 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. |
| computerized axial tomography (km-pyt-rzd) 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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| Noun | 1. | computerized axial 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 X-raying, X-radiation - obtaining images by the use of X rays |
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computerized axial tomography
n → Computertomografie f
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