English > tomography: 1 sense > noun 1, actMeaning | (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body. |
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Synonym | imaging |
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Category | medicine, medical specialty | The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
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Narrower | X-raying, X-radiation | Obtaining images by the use of X rays |
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magnetic resonance imaging, MRI | The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images |
positron emission tomography, PET | Using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain) |
radioscopy, radiology | (radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation |
sonography, ultrasonography, echography, ultrasound | Using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram) |
Broader | pictorial representation, picturing | visual representation as by photography or painting |
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Spanish | tomografía |
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Catalan | tomografia |
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