Tomography Definition

tō-mŏgrə-fē
noun

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.

Webster's New World

Imaging by sections or sectioning.

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Origin of Tomography

  • Greek tomos section tome –graphy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • tomo- +"Ž -graphy

    From Wiktionary

Tomography Sentence Examples

  • We expect a report on the first X-ray tomography.

  • Now a picture is emerging, produced by a geophysical technique called seismic tomography.

  • Electrical impedance tomography a new imaging technique for epilepsy All imaging methods in use today have their limitations.

  • Radionuclide imaging including positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission tomography.

  • Transvaginal ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed extreme thickening of the urethral wall.

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