tomography

to·mog·ra·phy

noun \tō-ˈmäg-rə-fē\

plural to·mog·ra·phies

Definition of TOMOGRAPHY

: a method of producing a three-dimensional image of the internal structures of a solid object (as the human body) by the observation and recording of the differences in the effects on the passage of waves of energy impinging on those structures—called also stratigraphy; see computed tomography, positron-emission tomography

—to·mo·graph·ic \ˌtō-mə-ˈgraf-ik\ adjective