tomography
noun
to·mog·ra·phy
tō-ˈmä-grə-fē 
: a method of producing a three-dimensional image of the internal structures of a solid object (such as the human body or the earth) by the observation and recording of the differences in the effects on the passage of waves of energy impinging on those structures compare computed tomography
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Sources The 3-D lung visualizations were created from reconstructed computerized tomography (C.T.) scans that calculated tissue density.
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Hang Do Thi Duc, New York Times, 31 May 2023
By capturing a large number of muons passing through something, researchers can reconstruct an image of it, a technique known as muon tomography, also known as muography.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Nov. 2022
First, take a 3D scan of the scroll using x-ray tomography, the same technology as that used for a CT scan.
—Will Henshall, TIME, 21 Oct. 2023
When lung cancer is caught this early, it is usually seen on a computed tomography (CT) scan for annual lung cancer screening of high-risk individuals.4 By definition, stage 0 NSCLC is limited to the lining of the airways and has not spread into the lungs.
—Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2023
Those rocks will be scanned using X-ray and computerized tomography at the University of Utah South Jordan Health Center before being studied further at the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm by laboratory and collections crew volunteers.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2023
One such find, from ancient deposits in Colorado, contains parts of a jawless fish that a new study has scanned with modern X-ray tomography.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2023
One was a study using positron emission tomography — PET scans — that showed different areas of the brain were associated with each form of memory.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
Regardless, my younger years of careless living came at a price, and evidence from my first coronary calcium scan (CCS), which is a special computerized tomography scan of the heart that looks for calcium deposits in the heart arteries, showed that my arteries were clogging and calcifying.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
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Hang Do Thi Duc, New York Times, 31 May 2023
By capturing a large number of muons passing through something, researchers can reconstruct an image of it, a technique known as muon tomography, also known as muography.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Nov. 2022
First, take a 3D scan of the scroll using x-ray tomography, the same technology as that used for a CT scan.
—Will Henshall, TIME, 21 Oct. 2023
When lung cancer is caught this early, it is usually seen on a computed tomography (CT) scan for annual lung cancer screening of high-risk individuals.4 By definition, stage 0 NSCLC is limited to the lining of the airways and has not spread into the lungs.
—Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2023
Those rocks will be scanned using X-ray and computerized tomography at the University of Utah South Jordan Health Center before being studied further at the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm by laboratory and collections crew volunteers.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2023
One such find, from ancient deposits in Colorado, contains parts of a jawless fish that a new study has scanned with modern X-ray tomography.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2023
One was a study using positron emission tomography — PET scans — that showed different areas of the brain were associated with each form of memory.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
Regardless, my younger years of careless living came at a price, and evidence from my first coronary calcium scan (CCS), which is a special computerized tomography scan of the heart that looks for calcium deposits in the heart arteries, showed that my arteries were clogging and calcifying.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
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tomography
noun
to·mog·ra·phy
tō-ˈmäg-rə-fē
plural tomographies
: 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
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