computed tomography (English, noun)
expansion: computed tomography (countable and uncountable, plural computed tomographies)
Senses:
glosses: A form of radiography which uses computer software to create images, or slices, at various planes of depth from images taken around a body or volume of interest. Sometimes called “computerized tomography”. (The radiation used is X-rays unless otherwise specified.)
Such imaging applied to health care.
wikidata: Q32566
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: A form of radiography which uses computer software to create images, or slices, at various planes of depth from images taken around a body or volume of interest. Sometimes called “computerized tomography”. (The radiation used is X-rays unless otherwise specified.)
Such imaging applied to industrial inspection or to security at airports, seaports, large public venues, and so on.
wikidata: Q1662063
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: computed tomographies
tags: plural