Computed Axial Tomography

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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

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: computerized tomography
plural: Computed Axial Tomographies
possessive: Computed Axial Tomography's
pluralpossessive: Computed Axial Tomographies'

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