A series of detailed pictures of areas inside the body taken from different angles; the pictures are created by a computer linked to an x-ray machine. Also called computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan and computed tomography (CT scan).
Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes data from multiple x-ray images and turns them into pictures on a screen.
or CT scan is an X-ray procedure that takes cross-sectional views or "slices" of the body, which can be further post-processed on a computer for 3-dimensional display and analysis.
a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis
A CT scan is an x-ray procedure that is enhanced by a computer. This results in a three-dimensional view (referred to as a "slice") of a particular part of the body. Typical applications include viewing the chest, abdomen, and spinal cord. (Definition provided by St. Joseph Regional Medical Center web site.)
A procedure that takes X-rays of very detailed sections of the body in order to detect or monitor abnormalities.
type of x-ray that can take very detailed pictures; used to detect tumors and report on their size, shape and position. During CT scan, patient, lying down, is moved through a ring, which takes pictures in sequence. A contrast dye is injected through an IV so internal structures can be seen more clearly on the pictures. Together, the pictures create a thorough internal image of the body.
A test that uses computers and x-rays to make a 3-dimensional image of an organ or part of the body. It uses many x-ray images taken in a series.
an x-ray imaging technique by which a computer is used to analyze x-ray images in order to see the brain or other parts of the body as if cut into slices.
Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X-ray images and turns them in pictures. See the entire definition of Computerized tomography
Also known as CAT or EMI scan. An automatic electronic machine which provides X-ray scans of tissue planes at a given thickness. Scans show the internal structures fo the brain. Tumors, brain injury or other abnormalities can be shown.
a diagnostic technique in which a computer and x-rays are used to create cross-sectional images of the body.
A procedure by which an image of the detail in a chosen plane, perpendicular to the axis of the specimen, is computed from a large number of X-ray absorption measurements made from many directions perpendicular to the axis. This is computerized axial tomography and does not apply to other means of performing tomography.
Computer generated cross-sectional images of a portion of the body. Also called CT or CAT scan.
A pinpoint x-ray beam directed on horizontal or vertical planes of the brain. These slices are then fed into a computer, which analyzes and displays them for diagnostic purposes.
A computer–assisted technique that generates visual cross–sectional images by exposing a subject to an x–ray beam that rotates around the subject and then recording those beams that pass through the body.
A type of X-ray picture. The patient lies on a table that moves. There are clicking sounds while the pictures are being taken.