Overranging

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of scanning beyond the boundaries of what is being imaged, usually in order to accurately reconstruct the edges of that region. uncountable

    "To reconstruct the first and last sections of a helical computed tomographic (CT) scan, the scan length is automatically extended beyond the planned image boundaries, a phenomenon known as overranging."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of overrange form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"To reconstruct the first and last sections of a helical computed tomographic (CT) scan, the scan length is automatically extended beyond the planned image boundaries, a phenomenon known as overranging."

Etymology

From over- + ranging.

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