computed axial tomography

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Noun

computed axial tomography (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, dated) Computed tomography in the axial plane (which was the original type). Sometimes referred to as “computerized axial tomography”.
    Synonym: CAT (acronym)
    Hypernyms: computed tomography < imaging
  2. (medicine, dated) A scan produced by this technique.

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other imaging modalities
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