Definition of tomography in English:
tomography
noun təˈmɒɡrəfitəˈmɑɡrəfi
mass nounA technique for displaying a representation of a cross section through a human body or other solid object using X-rays or ultrasound.
Example sentencesExamples
- They can be treated by percutaneous drainage guided by ultrasonography or computed tomography if the pancreatic injury was minor.
- We used plain radiography or computed tomography to diagnose pneumonia.
- Ultrasonography and computed tomography will show the size, position, and number of liver cysts and any extrahepatic cysts.
- The diagnosis may be confirmed with plain radiography, computed tomography, or endoscopy.
- Ultrasonography and computed tomography are the imaging studies of choice.
Derivatives
adjective
Radiologic studies, including computed tomographic scan and ultrasound, can suggest a diagnosis.
Example sentencesExamples
- While in radiology, a computed tomographic scan-guided needle biopsy of a tumor nodule in the bony pelvis was conducted.
- Abdominal ultrasonography or computed tomographic scanning with contrast medium is appropriate when organomegaly is present.
- Two and a half months later, a computed tomographic scan showed multifocal nodules with ill-defined margins in both lungs.
- The electroencephalogram and computed tomographic scan were within normal limits.
adverb
In addition, we have investigated the possibility of using MR techniques to tomographically image the direct consequence of bioelectric activity in living tissue.
Example sentencesExamples
- A rapid change in the shape of tracheal shadow with sharp angle was also shown tomographically.
- The distinctive feature of the present approach with respect to other works is that we use tomographically reconstructed evolutions of total radiated power from a bolometer array.
- The three-dimensional model is formed by tomographically creating a portion of the individual, processing the plurality of two-dimensional cross-sectional images to form data representative of the three-dimensional model, and compressing the data.
- The reason for the redundancy, of course, is that one dimension is already taken out by the field equations, so that boundary data can be used to tomographically reconstruct the system inside.
Origin
1930s: from Greek tomos 'slice, section' + -graphy.