tomography

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  1. noun Any of several techniques for making detailed x-rays of a predetermined plane section of a solid object while blurring out the images of other planes.

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  • Cryoelectron tomography is a technique with which a sample is instantly frozen in its natural state and then examined with an electron microscope. —  Research & Development Today's News
  • The Journal of Nuclear Medicine on the results of a study using a hybrid single photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography (SPECT-CT) camera to determine and locate the spread of cancer cells to nearby lymph nodes. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • "Computed tomography -- an increasing source of radiation exposure". —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • A major problem in P delay-time tomography is the inhomogeneous sampling of mantle structure by the P-wave ray paths resulting in low resolution in images of large regions of the upper mantle. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • It does not produce ionizing radiation like computer tomography, and soft tissue is clearly visible, so there is no need for a contrast medium. —  Medgadget
 

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  1. Greek tomos, section; see tome + -graphy.
 

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