“computed”

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

noun

computed 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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