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The following 5 entries include the term computed.
computed axial tomography
noun: computed tomography —abbreviation CAT
computed tomographic
adjective: using, produced by, or obtained by computed tomography
computed tomographic colonography
nouncomputed tomography
noun: a method of producing a three-dimensional image of an internal body structure by computerized combination of two-dimensional cross-sectional X-ray images —abbreviation CT see ct colonography, ct scan
single photon emission computed tomography
noun: a medical imaging technique that is used especially for mapping brain function and that is similar to positron-emission tomography in using the photons emitted by the agency of a radioactive tracer to create an image but that differs in being able to detect only a single photon for each nuclear disintegration and in generating a lower-quality image —abbreviation SPECT
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