computed tomography

English

Noun

computed tomography (countable and uncountable, plural computed tomographies)

1. A form of radiography which uses computer software to create images, or slices, at various planes of depth from images taken around a body or volume of interest. Sometimes called “computerized tomography”.

Synonyms

• Body Section Roentgenography
• X-ray computed tomography
• computed axial tomography (alternatively, computerized axial tomography”)
• CAT
• CT

Derived terms

• CT
• CT scan
• computed tomography scan

Translations

form of radiography which uses computer software

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電腦斷層掃描／电脑断层扫描 (diànnǎo duàncéng sǎomiáo), 計算機體層成像／计算机体层成像 (jìsuànjī tǐcéng chéngxiàng)

• Czech: počítačová tomografie f, výpočetní tomografie f
• Esperanto: komputila tomografio
• Finnish: tietokonetomografia (fi), tietokonekerroskuvaus
• German: Computertomographie (de) f
• Irish: tomografaíocht ríomhairithe f
• Italian: tomografia computerizzata f
• Russian: компью́терная томогра́фия f (kompʹjúternaja tomográfija)
• Spanish: tomografía computerizada f

See also

• MRI
• fMRI
• PET
• X-ray
• fluoroscopy