"computed axial tomography" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} computed axial tomography (uncountable)
  1. (medicine) A medical imaging process involving the use of multiple X-ray images to produce a three dimensional image of internal organs. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-computed_axial_tomography-en-noun-NMJ5AAvJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 71 29 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (medicine) A scan produced by this technique. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (A scan produced by this technique, a computed axial tomography scan): tomografaĵo (Esperanto), tomografia axial computorizada [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-computed_axial_tomography-en-noun-1EV3c~A0 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'A scan produced by this technique, a computed axial tomography scan': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: computed tomography (english: computerized tomography; alternatively), X-ray computed tomography, CT, CAT, body-section roentgenography [obsolete] Derived forms: CAT scan Related terms: MRI, fMRI, PET, fluoroscopy

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