tomography

tomography
tomography (n.) 1935, from Gk. tomos "slice, section" (see TOME (Cf. tome)) + -GRAPHY (Cf. -graphy).

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  • tomography — [tə mäg′rə fē] n. 〚< Gr tomos, a piece cut off (see TOMY) + GRAPHY〛 a process for producing an image of a single plane of an object excluding all other planes, as by using CT SCAN or ULTRASOUND, in …   Universalium

  • tomography — [tə mäg′rə fē] n. [< Gr tomos, a piece cut off (see TOMY) + GRAPHY] a process for producing an image of a single plane of an object excluding all other planes, as by using CT SCAN or ULTRASOUND, in diagnostic medicine, seismic surveys, etc …   English World dictionary

  • Tomography — Basic principle of tomography: superposition free tomographic cross sections S1 and S2 compared with the projected image P Tomography refers to imaging by sections or sectioning, through the use of any kind of penetrating wave. A device used in… …   Wikipedia

  • tomography — Making of a radiographic image of a selected plane by means of reciprocal linear or curved motion of the x ray tube and film cassette; images of all other planes are blurred (“out of focus”) by being relatively displaced on the film. SYN:… …   Medical dictionary

  • tomography — n. the technique of rotating a radiation detector around the patient so that the image obtained gives additional three dimensional information. In plain film tomography the source of X rays and the photographic film move round the patient to… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • tomography — noun Etymology: Greek tomos section + International Scientific Vocabulary graphy more at tome Date: 1935 a method of producing a three dimensional image of the internal structures of a solid object (as the human body or the earth) by the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tomography — noun Imaging by sections or sectioning. See Also: tomogram, computed tomography …   Wiktionary

  • tomography — tomografija statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Tiriamo erdvinio objekto sluoksnių vaizdų gavimas. atitikmenys: angl. laminography; tomography vok. Körperschichtaufnahmeverfahren, n; Laminographie, f;… …   Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

  • tomography — tomografija statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Tyrimo metodų, leidžiančių pasluoksniui tyrinėti objekto sandarą, visuma. atitikmenys: angl. body section radiography; laminography; planigraphy; tomography rus. томография …   Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • tomography — tomografija statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. body section roentgenography; laminography; tomography vok. Röntgenschichtaufnahmeverfahren, n; Röntgenschichtverfahren, n; Tomographie, f rus. послойная рентгенография, f; томография, f… …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

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